London West Kensington Restaurant Guide

This pair of “genuine Turkish” grills in Fulham “faithfully reproduce the correct flavours, smells and textures” required by kebab-lovers. Their “great shish kebabs are full of flavour, served beautifully with an accompaniment of rice and salad” – “always reliable for a delicious dinner”. (Note, there is also a business called “1996 Best Mangal” at 66 North End Road – similar, but not reviewed here).

This pair of “genuine Turkish” grills in Fulham “faithfully reproduce the correct flavours, smells and textures” required by kebab-lovers. Their “great shish kebabs are full of flavour, served beautifully with an accompaniment of rice and salad” – “always reliable for a delicious dinner”. (Note, there is also a business called “1996 Best Mangal” at 66 North End Road – similar, but not reviewed here).

2021 Review: “Just around the corner from Olympia”, it’s worth knowing about this well-rated pub, in the not-particularly-auspicious northerly reaches of the North End Road. In the same stable as Earl’s Court’s excellent Atlas, it delivers “a very enjoyable meal, with a good quality menu and a lovely atmosphere”.

2018 Review: Limited but positive feedback (as a business destination) for this calm, very grandly situated dining room – part of a hotel set in a grand Gothic Victorian building at the south end of Brook Green that formed part of the original St Paul’s Boys’ School.

These pan-Asian pitstops can knock up anything from “reliable Japanese” dishes to “amazing curry laksa” with great speed and efficiency. Launched in Bloomsbury, the chain has expanded slowly over 25 years and now has branches in Ealing, Putney, Kensington and Chiswick.

2021 Review: Backing onto the rear of Queen’s Club in Baron’s Court (and with a cute small garden for sunny days) – “a good, standby local pub” given a very stylish revamp a couple of years ago, and serving “a decent array of dishes”. “The ambience varies a bit depending on where you are sat in the dining room”.

2018 Review: “Never-failing” curries at this Indian local, tucked away behind Olympia, help it consistently exceed expectations; less so the atmosphere, which more rarely takes flight.

2019 Review: Small Lebanese café lost in the backstreets immediately behind Olympia. Known mainly to a faithful local crowd since the days of its redoubtable but endearingly chaotic former owner, “it maintains the standards set by Marcelle: the big difference is in the improved reliability of the service!”

If you’ve ever been stuck in a traffic jam near the gyratory on the North End Road, you may have noticed this small, long-standing vegan and vegetarian café. It doesn’t inspire a huge volume of feedback, but such as there is still says it’s a “good” choice for an “original” meal.

A new neighbourhood Italian from Robin Gill, opened in Summer 2022.