Twickenham Restaurant Guide

Notably smart with its white tablecloths and stained-glass windows, this three-year-old St Margarets bistro is a hit with local diners for its “beautifully prepared” French classics, “friendly service and good ambience”. “The new vegetarian menu is a definite winner”, and for rugby fans, it’s “ideal when going to Twickers!”.

This upmarket Italian, just over the bridge from Richmond in St Margaret’s, continues to earn solid local praise for its “good food” and “excellent value”; and is also useful for rugby fans from further afield who want to make a full day of a game at nearby Twickenham.

With their “clubby”, “dark” decor, Martin Williams’s Vegas-esque steakhouses can “feel like they’re trying too hard to be cool”. For more reporters, though, they are “an expensive but guilty pleasure” with “perfectly executed steak”. Change may be afoot, because, as of September 2018, Williams is no-longer the ‘ex-Gaucho CEO’, but has returned back to that post to turn around the chain he headed for many years. Where this will leave this project remains to be seen. Top Tip: “excellent deal with free-flowing Prosecco”.

At Hippo Inns we want to ensure our pubs are one of a kind within the neighbourhood. Just a short stroll from Twickenham station and you’ll arrive at The Royal Oak. Spread over two floors, downstairs you’ll find a classic, relaxed pub complete with wood fire and sp...