Harden's survey result
Summary
The Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zep… they all recorded here, but now the studios host a successful indie cinema with a membership club and bistro, featuring an attractive terrace on the Barnes main drag. It’s a popular local rendezvous for coffee and a bite, but perhaps sees no need to up the standard of the food – “such a shame, as it could and should be so much better”.
Summary
If you’re a fan of ’70s ‘Dad Rock’ then chances are your vinyl collection includes disks recorded at this legendary Barnes studios – nowadays converted into an indie cinema, restaurant and funky (for Barnes) members club. Foodwise, it’s a “useful” all-day operation, benefiting from its prime position on the main drag of Barnes, and a wide pavement terrace that catches the summer sun. Perhaps that makes it complacent: the brasserie fare is too often mightily ordinary.
Summary
For “Barnes at brunch” – or as a “very useful and convenient place to eat before a film” – the “family-friendly” dining room in the “nice surroundings” of Barnes’s iconic recording-studio- turned-indie-cinema “serves its purpose” (and the outdoor terrace further adds to its appeal as a social hub in decent weather). But the menu is “disappointingly limited and dull, even if pretty well executed”.
Summary
“Barnes at brunch” is to be found at this “family-friendly” brasserie, on the ground floor of a complex created from legendary recording studios (The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Ella Fitzgerald, Madonna, Prince… the list goes on) and which also incorporates an indie cinema and “very cool” members’ bar. Fans say you get “decent food at reasonable prices” here at any time. Sceptics that “it has nice surroundings, but a limited and dull menu, which is pretty well executed, but just serves a purpose, nothing more”.
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117-123 Church Road, London, SW13 9HL
Restaurant details
Prices
 Drinks |
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|---|---|
| Wine per bottle | £27.00 |
| Filter Coffee | £0.00 |
 Extras |
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|---|---|
| Bread | £4.50 |
| Service | 12.50% |
117-123 Church Road, London, SW13 9HL
Opening hours
| Monday | 8:30 am‑10 pm |
| Tuesday | 8:30 am‑10 pm |
| Wednesday | 8:30 am‑10 pm |
| Thursday | 8:30 am‑10 pm |
| Friday | 8:30 am‑10 pm |
| Saturday | 9 am‑11 pm |
| Sunday | 9 am‑9 pm |
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