Brook Green, British, Modern - Restaurant Guide

2025 Review: This “comfortable and friendly gastropub” with a blue-tiled facade has been a staple foodie feature of the backstreets behind Olympia for three decades. Nowadays part of The Metropolitan Pub Company: “the menu doesn’t change as much as it used to”, but is very acceptable, with a focus on pies (e.g. confit duck or braised rabbit), alongside other deftly realised traditional classics (perhaps Steak Sandwich, or Chicken Kiev).

“A useful option if near Hammersmith Broadway!” – this little- known but handy haunt occupies the cellar of Bradmore House: a grade II listed property on W6’s trafficky central roundabout, just seconds from the tube gates, most of which nowadays functions as a co-working space. An ideal lunchtime rendezvous: the interior is cosy, the menu is limited but affordable, and “the short but unusually interesting wine list is worth flagging for a venue of this size”.

Even those who say this lively pub near Hammersmith Broadway is “not special” foodwise rate its Mediterranean food as “good”. Other feedback is more enthusiastic however, and this sibling to Earl’s Court’s Atlas remains a good destination for those wishing to escape the crush of nearby King Street. Top Tip – cute terrace for the summer.

Repelled by the Westfield Shepherd’s Bush crowds? – in a backstreet 3 minutes away this 231-bedroom hotel somewhat basks in its storied history as a studio for the Beeb in decades gone by (not that you'd know now). After a major refurb, it reopens in 2026 and its open-kitchen food operation serves "a series of social spaces". Pizza is the summit of the culinary aspiration, making it promising for an informal but calming and upscale all-day retreat from the retail mothership nearby.

Part of the transformation of Olympia – Des Gunewardena's D3 Collective will be launching three new hospitality concepts within the Pillar Hall in Spring 2026 of which this 130 cover space on the ground floor of the former exhibition hall answers best to the description restaurant (there's a 70-cover bar and a 500+ cover event space). Led by an all-female culinary team, the venue will offer modern British cuisine with a focus on pastries and desserts.