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Summary

£72
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3
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* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

This “fun place” on the King’s Road with “happy, smiling staff” and an “eclectic” faux-rustic interior is, for most diners, an enjoyable spot for a meal – even if the cooking doesn’t always do full justice to the Gladwin Bros’ ‘Local & Wild’ ethos (of food farmed and foraged by their family). We do have reports of “delicious light lunches” with “glorious comfort food”, but it’s patchy: for instance, one would-be fan opines – “having visited the family vineyard in Nutbourne on several occasions, we came with high hopes. The food was surprisingly mediocre, the game pie dry and unappetising. What should be a real gem was disappointing”.

Summary

£71
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2
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2
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2
Average
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

The Gladwin family’s faux-rustic, field-to-fork spot in quirky premises on the King’s Road still scores more hits than misses, thanks to the “care taken sourcing the ingredients” and its “buzzy” atmosphere. It’s perennially a “crowded” venue however, and a slip in ratings supports the odd reporter who feels that food-wise, its British small plates are “not quite punching up there like they used to”.

Summary

£69
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* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

This quirky, faux-rustic venture in Chelsea was the second in the Gladwin family’s nowadays fast-growing farm-to-fork group. Its sustainable small-plates can be “very good”, but there are also a few gripes in reports, including service that can be so-so and a feeling that “tables are too close together”.

Summary

£68
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3
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2
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3
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* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

“Tasty sharing plates” – sourced from the family farm and vineyard in Sussex – earn general praise for this “charming” but “cramped” and oddly proportioned faux-rustic dining room in Chelsea. Rabbit was the second of the Gladwin brothers’ ‘farm-to-fork’ small plates London venues, following The Shed in Notting Hill and preceding Nutbourne in Battersea and Sussex in Soho. The fifth, The Fat Badger in Richmond, is due to open in late 2021.

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172 King’s Rd, London, SW3 4UP

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Rabbit Restaurant Diner Reviews

Reviews of Rabbit Restaurant in SW3, London by users of Hardens.com. Also see the editors review of Rabbit restaurant.
Mark H
Very enjoyable food. Good use of English pr...
Reviewed 1 months, 29 days ago

"Very enjoyable food. Good use of English produce. Very “field to fork”. I thought the space was a bit unfinished for a restaurant where dinner for one was ££/£££. Service wasn’t particularly slick. "

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George S
Chorizo starter was good but cuttlefish tou...
Reviewed 7 months, 7 days ago

"Chorizo starter was good but cuttlefish tough because cooked with too much haste and scallop dish minute; accompanying asparagus arrived too late for the main dishes and also underwhelming. A pleasant atmosphere, prices reasonable by Chelsea standards but poor value by others."

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Maria F
Delightful surprise of an excellent light l...
Reviewed 9 months, 15 days ago

"Delightful surprise of an excellent light lunch. Fresh, tasty, and prettily presented. Great value"

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Martin L
Looks like a college refectory. But the tas...
Reviewed 9 months, 22 days ago

"Looks like a college refectory. But the tasting menu was excellent the night I went."

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Prices

Traditional European menu

Starter Main Pudding
£13.00 £25.50 £9.00
Drinks  
Wine per bottle £28.00
Filter Coffee £0.00
Extras  
Bread £4.00
Service 10.00%
172 King’s Rd, London, SW3 4UP
Opening hours
Monday5 pm‑10:30 pm
Tuesday12 pm‑3 pm, 5 pm‑10:30 pm
Wednesday12 pm‑3 pm, 5 pm‑10:30 pm
Thursday12 pm‑3 pm, 5 pm‑10:30 pm
Friday12 pm‑3 pm, 5 pm‑10:30 pm
Saturday12 pm‑3 pm, 5 pm‑10:30 pm
Sunday12 pm‑8 pm

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