Press

With wonderful cocktails, delicious food to share, vodka to drink and a convivial vibe, Baltic is well worth a visit whatever the occasion, whether it is for a catch up with friends or a hot date.

“A sleek, modernist bar with dark concrete floors and white walls leads into a huge, atrium roofed dining-room, with exposed old brick and beams (Grade II Listed of course). It’s simple, but it looks gorgeous” “…..equally gorgeous are the staff – male and female, they’re seemingly the pick of the Polish gene pool, selected & imported on account of their looks & charm. They’re also really good at their jobs – attentive, well trained & smartly clad” “Baltic’s food is Polish based nosh taken to a higher level”

“The conversion of Baltic is unquestionably by Seth Stein. It is equally among the most triumphantly accomplished works of restaurant architecture made in the past few years”

“Left your membership for the Tate Modern at home? Fear not. Skip down the road for vodka cocktails in a light & airy bar/restaurant that works the neo-russian vibe to perfection”

“Two things I like very much about Baltic:it offers a cuisine with history and culture, and it attracts a varied clientele”

“Baltic is a dramatically modern bar and restaurant venue dedicated to the finest gastronomic and libational delights of the Balkan States.” “Baltic is fantastic news for the residents of Southwark, and yet another nail, perhaps, in the coffin of Soho as the ultimate-destination” “The Eastern European menu has much to welcome home the weary traveller. The schabowy, breaded pork escalopes with portobello mushrooms, were luscious”

“I love the front bar with its wall of unpronouncable labels and mad scientist laboratory bottles of flavoured vodka. I love the icy shot glasses of zubrowka bison gras vodka, full of spicy bedroom aromas. I love the barn like dining room that spreads out at the back like an atmospheric church hall” “The contrast between the uncompromising modernity of the setting and the menu of surprisingly faithful Baltic specialities is so endearing” “..Even the wine list, well-chosen and interesting, fails to rip us off, and the 20 plain and 8 flavoured vodkas can add a real rush to the experience”

“Baltic has been worth the wait. Fans of Wodka will not be disappointed and the residents of this up-and-coming quartier have acquired an unpretentious and rather good restaurant” “Baltic explores a culinery lexicon still underexploited by London restaurateurs, namely that of Eastern Europe and the Baltic                                                               Seaboard”

Big, tough, bully-boy flavours provide a bracing start” “Baltic has provided a welcome respite from the generic London restaurant menu and those interminable dishes that confront us everywhere…..a restaurant that seems destined for certain success” “….it (Baltic) is sure to clean up. Not just because of the terrific bar – hot snacks and 29 different types of iced vodkas – but because of the generous price structure and merry atmosphere that prevails

The Barszcz is deeply delicious; a purple broth stiffened with chicken stock, containing a silky tangle of beetroot fronds” “The airy premises, which use to be a coachbuilders, have been stripped down & pared back most pleasingly