London Wandsworth Restaurant Guide

In Wandsworth’s ‘Ram Quarter’ – the shiny new development on the site that was for 500 years Young’s Brewery – this ambitious venture opened in January 2020. Chefs Assem Abdel Hady and Andres Bernal offer multi-course tasting menus (typically about £65 for 8 courses) of a level that you would not expect, given the unpretentious modern decor and a hard-to-shake memory of what Wandsworth town centre used to look like! There’s outdoor seating too, and a cut-down version of the offering at lunch.

2021 Review: “Neapolitan influences are evident in the choice of ingredients, and the wood-burning oven makes for good, chewy, charred crusts, unlike most high-street pizzas” – so say fans of this global chain, whose HQ is indeed in Naples. Not everyone is impressed, though, and ratings are dragged down by those who feel it’s merely an “everyday” choice: “OK for a bog-standard group, but not great”.

2021 Review: “When all you want is an old-school burger”, these US-based arrivals of recent years really “hit the spot” – you can “build your own”, with “tons of accessories”; plus “seriously addictive fries”, “thick milkshakes”, and “more soda flavours than is reasonable”. “The eat-in experience is as depressing as McDonald’s”, though, in fact perhaps more so – “some branches have a strangely gloomy ambience” – but fans feel that “if you don’t mind 1980s-rock, a trip can still be surprisingly fun”.

2018 Review: Wandsworth Town yearling that manages to live up to its name – a “fun place to meet up with a good choice of BBQ-type dishes”, and also a decent range of cocktail, beers and wine make it “a useful addition to the local scene”.

With their very “pretty interiors” and “great brunch” – this “reliable chain” of “cheerful” all-day hang-outs has emerged completely undaunted from the pandemic, expanding beyond its south west London heartlands as far as Islington, Marlow and St Albans. With new openings scheduled for late 2021 in Dulwich and Richmond, the roll-out shows no sign of slowing down. They’re very “dog friendly” too.