Harden's survey result
Summary
“HomeSW15 continues to go from strength to strength” – a neighbourhood brasserie (with terrace) amidst a traditionally lacklustre selection of restaurants on the wide pavement leading to East Putney tube. “Craig has led his team throughout the last several years and does a fantastic job, knows all the regular customers and has been the only person in the last decade and a half to get this site to work effectively”. And now the same magic is winning hearts in Barnes at HomeSW13 – “a new version of Church Road” (RIP) but “cheaper and more cheerful”. “The makeover has resulted in a higher energy and more flexible local and the team’s slightly more relaxed approach works well”. It helps that “the food is really good” too – it’s looking like this site is at long last recovering the high mojo it had for so long when it traded as Sonny’s (long RIP); if with a more “informal style” of cuisine from an “all-day menu spanning brunch, lunch and dinner”. Top Menu Tips – “lovely cauliflower bite snacks; top-notch Jerusalem artichoke soup… the blade of beef with garlic mash is suitably unctuous; and the chicken schnitzel with Asian slaw is also good”.
Summary
This “lovely Putney spot” is “the best neighbourhood restaurant ever”, according to its local fanclub – in particular, “Craig and his team have customer service down to a fine art”. It’s set amidst the pick ’n’ mix of restaurants near East Putney Tube, and a pavement terrace with awning leads onto rather a stylish interior, with eye-catching tiled floor, brick walls and a long bar; and they serve a jazzy modern bistro menu. In September 2024 they opened a second branch, Home SW13, in next-door Barnes (taking over from Church Road, RIP). Top Tip – “love the scrap-eat Mondays where they use up all the weekend excess on a surprise great-value set menu”; “and those cauliflower croquettes are divine!”
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Home SW13 Restaurant Diner Reviews
"Seriously overpriced wine list. Indifferent food. Cold coffee"
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