Hereford Road

Press Reviews (6)

• Matthew Norman (7th January 2008)
  8/10 points
  
  The critic dines with Michael Winner, who – ten years after first acquaintance – he finds “much diminished in size, but not at all in volume and hilarity”. Indeed, it is a discussion of the Mr Winner’s reviewing techniques (and so on) which takes up much of the review of this Bayswater newcomer: only from the mark awarded do we really gather that Mr Norman actually quite liked it.
• AA Gill (13th November 2007)
  3/5 stars
  
  Is the rating awarded to this Bayswater newcomer simply a mistake? – even if the staff were “charming” and “well-meaning”, it is pretty much impossible to square it with the critic’s relentless negativity about the food.
• Tracey MacLeod (8th November 2007)
  Food 3/5 stars; Ambience 3/5 stars; Service 5/5 stars
  
  Both Independent critics visited the same establishment this week. Ms MacLeod found the cooking “confident” and “uncompromising”. Dishes can be “huge” (“so not food for ladies who lunch”), but overall this is a “convivial neighbourhood restaurant”.
• Terry Durack (8th November 2007)
  15/20 points
  
  Back from Down Under, Mr Durack goes to this Bayswater newcomer. His first visit was a “real let-down”, but he went back for a second visit, which found the fare “simple, seasonal, unadorned and unadulterated”.
• Giles Coren (6th November 2007)
  Meat/fish: 9/10 points; Cooking: 9/10 points; Maths set: 4/10 points; Water: 10/10 points; Score: 8/10 points
  
  Uninfluenced by the fact that he was at school with the chef, Giles finds this Bayswater restaurant simply “brilliant”. Some of the British fare may seem a touch “unstructured”, but it is “terrifically tasty”.
• Fay Maschler (1st November 2007)
  3/5 stars
  
  The critic finds “delightful” service a plus at this much-awaited school-of-St-John newcomer, in Baywater. On the food front, though, her views are mixed – some main courses evoking a “workhouse”, rather the the “schoolhouse” the place decoratively resembles.