The Dukes Head, Putney

Lovely location down on the river. However, the bar staff are just bad at their jobs, couldn't remember more than two drinks in an order. Friendly though, which is more than could be said for the waitress.

The food is dire and overpriced. Fish and chips did not even come with chips - fried new potatoes instead - apparently these are "mum's chips". Not like my Mum used to make! The ploughman's included a slither of stilton. Unfortunately we had paid when we ordered at the bar so couldn't insist on not paying.

Will not be returning.

15 May 2009 08:52

The Horseshoe, Hampstead

Great service, nice wine list with good range of prices. Bar and waiting staff that can actually hold a conversation and have opinions about the food and wine.
Best fish and chips we've had in London for a long time.
Homemade custard!
Only complaint would be that its a bit noisy, the acoustics are all wrong.

15 May 2009 08:48

The White Horse, Hascombe

The best thing I can say is that the orange juice is good.

We arrived on New Year's Day for lunch, there was a special menu including things like Chilli con Carne, Beef stew, Cold turkey and champ, Ploughmans etc.
Having arrived at 1pm, the food turned up after 2.30pm. The mashed potatoes were not mashed. The cold turkey was out of a packet of slices from the supermarket. There was no apology for the delay. The soup arrived after the main course.

All around us people were asking for the food to hurry up, or indeed to cancel their orders. What a waste of a great location.

2 Jan 2009 16:02