Minnow Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "From the delicious cocktails we started with every course was excellent, (particularly the ragu and chicken schnitzel 🤤)."
• "Food was delicious and even better, management is incredible."
• "We enjoyed a cosy brunch and shared two dishes: The Veg Minnow with Poached Eggs and the French Toast drizzled in Maple Syrup."
• "Both breakfasts were delicious."
• "The Minnow is well situated opposite Clapham common... Both the Beef Sunday Roast as well as the Chicken were very tasty."
• "Food was super fresh and absolutely delicious - the pan fried squid was so good!"
• "The food is incredible and caters for all diets."
• "The food was excellent, and the carrot, orange, and ginger juice was truly delightful!!"

Cons:

• "Food for me was a let down. Lacked flavour and small portions."
• "Food was underwhelming for the prices, beans bland, avocado extremely salty."
• "While the food was tasty... the size portion of the food. For 21 quid I expected a decent sized piece of fish."
• "Oh dear. Having been recommended Minnow for Sunday roast, I was very disappointed. Literally everything was very poor and universally cold."
• "The food has the egg / English breakfast options, nothing special, it's the usual Saturday morning stuff. Portions are small ish."
• "The poached eggs were overcooked unfortunately and the hollandaise sauce was too thick."
• "There for a birthday meal and was so disappointed. There was no soup for the mussels."
• "Worst roast I’ve ever had. The beef was extremely tough, chewy, dry and cold."

Service

Pros:

• "Staff were welcoming and attentive as always."
• "Service, great, prices not too bad."
• "The service is attentive as well."
• "We had a table booked outside. We arrived quite early and were welcomed to sit anyway. Very attentive staff."
• "They do have a 12.5% service charge that is optional which is a bit annoying but since this is getting more and more popular in London."
• "Staff were very friendly and helpful however as they get very busy they were a bit streched however we received very good service."
• "The service was excellent, and the carrot, orange, and ginger juice was truly delightful!!"
• "Had a wonderful experience here recently with my partner. Food was excellent and we had some great recommendations from our server, Luke."

Cons:

• "Staff dressed extremely casually and not representative of the vibe. Shoulder to shoulder seating."
• "There for a birthday meal and was so disappointed. Our server was attentive and I feel sorry for her, but the manager was nowhere to be seen."
• "This restaurant run by a very rude guy, working as waiter as well, He was punched his face as its discolored."
• "Would have received a perfect score but we were asked to leave on the hour as they needed our table."
• "Slow service, expensive for what you get and small portions."
• "The staff need training on what being friendly and welcoming look like."
• "Not a dog friendly place. Very rude member of staff created a bad memory for me."
• "The staff could definitely improve - we were also told we are during happy hour but when the bill arrived we realised they charged us normally with no happy hour."

Ambiance

Pros:

• "Lovely warm cozy atmosphere inside on a cold night."
• "An adorable place for brunch, lunch or dinner."
• "Tucked away in Clapham Old Town is this absolute gem of restaurant, Minnow."
• "LOVED it here. Used to be called Tea Time years before & was the Clapham tea shop everyone came to."
• "Love this brunch spot! And especially in the sun! Food is always delicious every time I visit."
• "Atmosphere is nice, staff was very nice a superb friendly."
• "A really great addition to the London restaurant scene. Innovative food that also tastes fantastic."
• "Enjoyed a lovely brunch at this gem in Clapham. I felt as though I was transported to Paris."

Cons:

• "Pretty little thing but most of all Instagramable.. Which is never a great sign."
• "Red pepper croquettes and potato dauphinoise were good. Nothing else was. Uncomfortable small tables opposite the bar."
• "Cute on the outside but the decor was a bit weird and dingy on the inside."
• "This restaurant run by a very rude guy, working as waiter as well, He was punched his face as its discolored."
• "The outside seating area is lovely, however, the breakfast was nothing particularly special."
• "Unfortunately the food was less than average: the bread was stale and the bacon was too salty."
• "The outside seating area is lovely, however, the breakfast was nothing particularly special."
• "It’s interesting that the review directly below mine points to the same issue: service."