Brook Green, British, Modern Restaurant Guide

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.