Nickie C.
Yelp
We were looking for a place to grab a small bit of food, and on a wet and cold night, Ergon seemed to fit the bill.
It's a nice place, but a little cramped. There's a deli downstairs, where you apparently buy a lot of the ingredients for the menu items, and I would definitely pop back to check that out, as the quality of the ingredients in what we had seemed very good.
I opted for a plate of spreads and bread, at £10, and my other half got some odd-sounding meatballs, for £9. One of the spreads was salmon, so I requested to have that removed and get more of the more-appetising-sounding spicy feta spread. There was a bit of a language barrier (ie, I only speak English, and the waiter thought he did, too) so ordering was a bit tricky but got it in the end.
My plate came out first, about 15 minutes before the meatballs. It was served on a very heavy slate with 5 slices of bread - 2 a farmhouse style, and 3 a bit artisanal-y. I had 2 scoops of the feta, a splodge of aubergine stuff, and red tzatziki. I'm not sure what made it red - well, more just not-white really, but it was my favourite. The aubergine was nice, but I didn't like the spicy feta spread. It was really heavy on the smoked paprika, which I don't like (and wasn't listed as a main flavour) so I didn't really have much food, to be honest! Plus we didn't have enough bread (and why wasn't it pita?).
I didn't have any of the meatballs, but my husband enjoyed them (but not really very much until he started using some of the leftover spreads from my food to enhance them).
The service was fine, the ingredients good quality, but the value for money was bad, and the food just wasn't really exciting enough for that 4th or 5th star. A fine place to go, though, and I think would be more suited to a group of 4 people. The menu is pretty limited - less than what shows on the website - so go with people who aren't picky, share some meze, and you might enjoy it a bit more than me!