A perfect sunny Sunday calls for a perfect Sunday Roast. Carla tries the very popular Hawksmoor version.

It seems everyone I’ve been talking to outside of the social media world for at least the last 3 years, is either going, has gone or dreaming of going to Hawksmoor.

It’s a good sign, that, years after all the social media promotions, the restaurant today is packed with diners. To the point that we actually have to wait for our table to be ready, but luckily it’s just five minutes.

This gives me time to explore the space, we’re the Wood Wharf, a ship like construction in the water.

Two floors allow for a decent amount of well spaced tables along with a terrace, which isn’t quite open yet but I can see it being popular on hot summer days, especially with its sun loungers..

If you still think of Canary Wharf as a Monday to Friday financial distinct, those days are far gone, many people actually live here now. While neighbouring boroughs visiting on weekends, all contribute to a vibrant atmosphere.

Hawksmoor does Sunday Roast two ways – the classic beef roast with all the trimmings, or sharing two steak cuts from the blackboard also with the trimmings.

As it’s my first time here I have to try the steak. Plus I’m on a mission for Foodepedia’s bottomless weekend series.  Although, it’s not exactly bottomless they do something rather similar, the Sunday Feasting of two preferred cuts of chosen weight certainly feels bottomless.

But first – starters, I’m blown away by the scallops, it’s my most ordered starter but in most cases (there is always a but) , it’s about over salted scallops, or a they’re a little over cooked or the sauce missing flavour.

As to the first it alwats puzzles me how, or why, chefs put salt into an already naturally sea salted product. 

Hawksmoor’s scallops are spot on, ticking all the boxes and more. A silky buttery herbal sauce compliments thr plump sweet scallops perfectly, even writing about it fills my mouth with saliva again. I would go back there just for the starter alone.

We also share one of the signature dishes – bone marrow with fried onions, a well prepped meal but ironically this dish lacks a bit of salt.

And for my partner it’s Devon crab on toast- generously topped rye bread with a little cucumber salad on the side. We might be in a steak place but their seafood dish are a blast, seasonal and British sourced too.

Moving onto the main player the steaks. From the blackboard there are some great cuts to choose from and at small or lager weights too and we opt in for Chateaubriand for him and Rib-eye for myself.

It’s perfectly cooked and seasoned, I ask for salt and black pepper by default but they remain untouched. From the trimmings list the potatoes are particularly good, crisp, no burnt ends with creamy middle and the Yorkshire pudding, fluffy and giant.

A little extra bonus is half of roasted whole garlic, currently a trending item on social media. The video normally goes as follows, it’s roasted with the skin on to a soft puree which gets squeezed out and onto a bread or a sauce. Something I haven’t made or tried until now.

The Great Feast is accompanied by equally great cocktails. I am slowly sipping on a pear martini, with cocktails under £17 it doesn’t exactly need to be slow, but I’m savouring the flavour.

`they have a top notch list of cocktails here my guest is also content with his Old Fashioned, balanced, bitter sweet yet strong.

The Feast deserves its name, we ask for half of it to go with us in an attempt to preserve some space for desserts. The sweet card is traditionally English, like the cocktails it’s also at very good price, just £10 for a pudding.

Black forest pavlova is an all familiar sweet mess but with, slightly tangy Morello cherries and a cherry sorbet topping.

While my peanut butter shortbread is interesting. I’m generally not a fan of English puddings, as I prefer layers of complexity in desserts evolving with each spoon.

But as far as desserts go it’s not bad, pleasing crumbly buttery texture on the outer layer and peanut rich middle.

Steak lovers each have their favourites – whether it’s rich Argentinian, fattier corn-fed US or a classic taste of British beef.

For heritage grass-fed beef Hawksmoor is the place to be, for a steak or a refined Sunday Roast. But first don’t forget the seafood starter to set the dining mood right.

Hawksmoor, 1 Water St, London E14 5GX