Review: Fire & Stone, Spitalfields Market

We needed a quick meal before rushing home so we wandered down to the restaurants at Spitalfields market. We've been to Fire & Stone before and enjoyed it, and it had been a while, so we decided to go again.

Last time we went the pizzas seemed huge and great value but this time they seemed a lot smaller to both of us which was a bit of a shame.

We started with some Zucchini Fritters (courgettes) which were sprinkled with Parmesan and a garlic dip. I love anything garlicky but was dissatisfied when a tiny bowl of dip arrived, which wasn't nearly enough for so many fritters. The fritters were nice and not greasy and I would like to have a go at making them myself, they were a little under seasoned but some table salt rectified that.

We also had a pizza each which arrived on a wooden board with a large knife for slicing. The pizzas have an 'around the world' theme, Hayley chose a Marrakech. The Marrakech came with cumin spiced lamb, a yoghurt mint drizzle and chilli oil, it also featured some olives which Hayley didn't enjoy.

I ordered a Mexico which was topped with spicy chicken, guacamole and rather bizarrely fried potato. It was tasty and had a nice kick to it but it tasted as though a lemon had been drizzled over it which I didn't like at all.

Both pizzas had a lovely crisp base and the dough was very tasty which somewhat redeemed their reduced size.

Our bill came to over £30 with only soft drinks, it wasn't great value for money as pizza is so cheap to make and we seemed to be paying a premium for novelty toppings. I don't think we will be returning any time soon and for high street pizza you would be better off heading to Pizza Express.