Gremio de Brixton

St Matthew’s Church, Basement, Brixton Hill, London SW2 1JF

Opening Times (for food)

Wednesday        6PM      10PM

Thursday             6PM      10PM

Friday    5PM      10PM

Saturday             5PM      10PM

Website: https://gremiodebrixton.com/

Phone: 020 7924 0660

Previous review link here (2015) and here (2013)

We went to visit an old haunt which has not changed in the last 9 years. It still feels like the inside of the cathedral in Cordoba with brick pillars everywhere but they have improved the lighting so you do not now need to have the torch on your phone.

We visited early-ish mid-week so out for a snack rather than a three course meal. We travel to Spain quite often so have the hang of a menu, though usually we only buy the drink and the tapas comes free. We ordered mushroom croquettes (Croquetas de champinon con ailoli), fried aubergine with honey (Berenjenas Fritas con miel), fried goats with pear and honey (queso de cabra frito con miel y pera), pork belly and crackling (panceta y chicharron) and bread with spreadable chorizo(pan y sobrasada). All surround this text. We enjoyed the ambience and the food although we should have ordered less fried plates. We really enjoyed the aubergine but left some of the sobrasada as it is very rich and salty. Despite thinking we were ordering just enough we clearly over-ordered – take note, order as you go along.

We drank lots of water and had a bottle of red wine and took home half of it to drink later. The whole mean cost £78.18 but this included £34 for the wine that washed everything down well. So only £44.18 for the food for two.