The Bite Magazine - Autumn/Winter 2022 - Issue 32

On a rainy evening, Jada Brookes experienced Coco Grill & Lounge’s warmth, meat and fish-enhanced menu and mesmerisation of the 24-karat steaks. bitecuisine I n the late 19th century, Shad Thames, a name reportedly derived from ‘St John at Thames’, the area once owned by the medieval Catho- lic military order Knights of St John, was the largest warehouse complex in London. The prop- erties on the partially cobbled streets housed huge quantities of tea, coffee, spices and other commod- ities, unloaded and loaded onto river boats, giving it the title ‘larder of London’. Today, the riverside overlooking the River Thames is a line of cafés, bars and restaurants. The modern and stylish Coco Grill and Lounge opened several months ago, offering stretching views of the iconic Tower Bridge and Thames waterside. Its plush interior has good lighting, a spotlight collage of several bulbs, mirrored col- umns, blue velvet Chesterfield banquette seating and chairs, and small lampshades on marbled top tables. The cherry blossom decoration overhangs the stairs leading up to the ladies and the outside terrace, which doubles as a shisha lounge. Wagyu Sirloin