Address: 28 Brixton Water Ln, London, SW2 1PE, United Kingdom
Phone: +442072747796
Rating: 4.6
based on 132 reviews.
Food Quality
Pros:
"Absolutely fantastic and well balanced dishes to share."
"Honest, no nonsense food packed with flavour and cooked with the utmost respect!"
"Beef carpaccio was delicious and can’t fault it."
"Great service and ambience. Croquettes and oysters we're very good."
"The buratta and broad beans - suddenly you're in a tiny village in Italy...the pork belly - oh the pork belly, it was just so...so...yeah order the pork belly."
"Ham and cheese croquettes have a crisp crunch outside with a deep smokie ham flavoured cheesy centre was delicious."
"Every dish was spot on. Pear and blue cheese was an interesting one."
Cons:
"The burrata was very salty and so was the turbot."
"It was to say the least mediocre pork belly was really disappointing and soggy."
"The pork was nothing special - fatty and the cabbage / other greens on top wasn't interesting or nice."
"The courgette was confusing - it was so lemony and sweet it could have passed for a pudding."
"Some didn’t impress me like the burrata, corn and steak tartare (way too rich)."
"The Turbot was a little overdone but still big on flavour."
"Pork belly, quite small, tasted ok but the Gochujang sauce was way too strong for it."
Service
Pros:
"Everything was incredible and the waiting staff were experts in bringing the next plate at the right time, and waiting for you to be finished before clearing."
"Fantastic service all around."
"The service very attentive, relaxed and engaging."
"It's tiny and can get super busy but we always felt looked after."
"Really friendly and knowledgeable staff."
"The service was spectacularly good! Unpretentious, super helpful and just generally lovely people."
"Kind and attentive service to our availability."
Cons:
"However, it seemed like her demeanor changed when she realized we weren't getting any more food; she told us we weren't able to stay for the whole duration of the two-hour booking."
"They were very inflexible and not friendly or helpful at all in rearranging this to another day."
"Felt very rushed and ignored by staff."
"Also, lack of a wine list with prices was very frustrating."
"Had to chase our waitress a few times for things we'd ordered that they had forgotten."
"Was kicked out while thinking of another bottle of wine while others coming at the same time was ordering way less than us."
"The only let down was the service unfortunately. Whilst we understood there was a 2 hr window it all felt a little rushed- no order (drinks or food) was taken for 20 mins and then we were asked if we'd like a 'quick' desert twice as we closed in on the 2 hr mark."
Atmosphere
Pros:
"Lovely little restaurant, whose food completely warrants the review scores."
"Great (mostly but not exclusively French) wine selection .. lots of different things that you won't find elsewhere."
"I love how 'taken care of' you feel in this homey spot knowing you're in trusted hands of true experts."
"The restaurant itself is small and we were seated at the back. It did not have an inviting ambience and had uncomfortable metal chairs with cold decor."
"Love this place! Food (small plates for sharing) is delicious and the biodynamic wines are great."
"Amazing atmosphere in a very cute and comfortable decorative wooden setting and books on a shelf."
"Beautiful restaurant, really unpretentious and friendly service."
Cons:
"When they let people drink on the street they completely block the tiny road causing inconvenience for the locals, people with buggies and the disabled."
"When we were first seated we were two tables away from this group that were being so obnoxiously loud and were annoying everyone around them."
"The atmosphere is casual yet the services is great. 2 female owners / sommeliers are exceptional, and their wine choices are great."
"The atmosphere is bustling and can be exhilarating when the room is full and softly lit."
"It feels like you’re in your best friends home, being treated to a lovely dinner."
"Divided into two areas, one near the kitchen and on the bar side very bright and welcoming, the other more private inside."
"Perfection. From the moment you walk in, you feel like you're in your own familiar corner family restaurant."
Value
Pros:
"Cheapest bottle of wine was £21 which was also pretty good value."
"The prices are reasonable and the menu changes by the seasons."
"Food was fabulous and really well priced!"
"Add a friendly staff, nice wines and great value for money and you get what is probably the best restaurant in Brixton."
"The food is very good and reasonably priced. Ham croquettes, grilled mackerel and the burrata were the highlights."
"The food was excellent; the burrata, scallops and crab were so well balanced and tasty. The pork belly was also very tender with great flavour."
"It’s expensive for the quantity you get but quality is faultless."
Cons:
"£13 for half a glass of negroni is insane, especially in Brixton."
"Wines - again stupidly expensive, very small glasses, same for cocktails."
"Good and unique plates but very expensive."
"The bill was around £80 for 4 sharing (small) plates and 4 drinks- not good value for what we got."
"But for the nearly £200 for the meal I expect a much nicer environment and a wine list!"
"The standard wine prices were EXPENSIVE too – the cheapest was £30ish for a 500ml carafe of wine."
"When the cheapest bottle/carafe of red is around £30, it makes the meal suddenly a lot more expensive."
Accessibility
Pros:
"Off the beaten track in Brixton, could be found in central London but fortunately no travel needed for South London foodies."
Cons:
"Also to note my partner was on crutches and the toilets are down some steep steps so not sure how amenable the setup is to disabled customers."
"There are no chairs, only really, really, uncomfortable stools - maybe a way to get people in and out quickly?!"
"Our seat was next to a door at the back through which a strong smell of weed came several times during dinner."
"I was sat next to the fire exit which creates a cold draught but they try to compensate for this by placing a small heater there."