Tucked away in a Hammersmith backwater, this stylishly-converted pub pleases most reporters with its “interesting” and “well-cooked” food; there’s a “great” garden too.
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The critic visits a Hammersmith gastropub that “serv[es] outstanding food with unaffected charm”. The design is “engaging” and “retains its pubbiness despite a dash of bistro”. The food is “beautifully cooked”, and he notes that “the chef shows real delicacy in balancing flavours”. The only slight criticism is that portion sizes “tend toward the rustic”.
Fay Maschler (17th January 2008)
3/5 stars
“This is the Hammersmith gastropub to which the hard-to-satisfy AA Gill awarded his maximum five stars in a review last year. Where are the swarms of customers?” (Admittedly it was a Monday night, but we at Harden’s also sometimes muse on the ability of top reviewers not sometimes to fill restaurants.) Anyway, “you'll see that The Carpenter's Arms doesn't get my five stars”, she says, “but three equals ‘very good’, which it is.
AA Gill (1st November 2007)
5/5 stars
“Just bloody brilliant” – the critic is swept away by this Chiswick gastroboozer.
Matthew Norman (29th June 2009)
Fay Maschler (17th January 2008)
AA Gill (1st November 2007)
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