Honky Tonk – 6 Hollywood Rd, London SW10 9HY

Honky Tonk: 6 Hollywood Rd, London SW10 9HY
Contact: 0207 351 1588 http://http://www.honkytonkchelsea.com/
Price: £7.95 ribs starter, £14.95 Honky Tonk burger and fries

Food: ★★★★★
Service: ★★★★★
Style: ★★★★★

BBQ Beef Ribs

The Chelsea Connoisseur loves fine dining but on my guilty pleasure list is American diner food. I went to Honky Tonk on Hollywood Road in Chelsea for the legendary BBQ beef ribs. We went at 7pm on a Saturday night and found the place empty when we first arrived but it soon filled up by about 7:45pm. We ordered 2 starter portions of beef ribs with apple slaw on the side between 3 of us and tucked in hungrily. The meat fell off the bone and melted in the mouth. The deep smoky flavour was rich and satisfying. Legendary is a good description for these ribs! The apple slaw was sweet and hot from the added apples and wholegrain mustard. Creaminess of the slaw was a good compliment to the smoky BBQ sauce on the ribs.

Honky Tonk burger

For mains we ordered a Honky Tonk burger and 2 chicken burgers which came with sides of rosemary fries. The menu describes the signature burger as 7 oz of rare breed ‘Longhorn’ beef  topped with cheese, [bacon], caramelized onion, guacamole, salsa, baby gem lettuce, tomato and burger sauce. My chicken burger was dry and uneventful whereas the beef burger was succulent. The buns themselves were large and therefore made my bunless version look pitiful. I could not detect much rosemary flavour in the fries but they were crispy on the outside and fluffy inside. The BBQ dipping sauce provided was deliciously smoky.

Why is there cress on my apple pie?

The apple pie dessert with ice cream was satisfying and well spiced with cinnamon. It was quite stodgy but that is what apple pies should be really. For some unknown reason it came with cress on top which confused us massively. Needless to say I removed it to enjoy the sweet goodness of the pie and ice cream.

Overall I don’t think you can go far wrong with the ribs and a burger! I would definitely go back for more when I feel in the mood for a guilty pleasure.