The Petersham on a sunny Sunday lunchtime – a special occasion. We were seven, two families celebrating a double birthday, one in each family. Tipped off about the double birthday, they had kindly given us the best table in the house. Our table was at one o clock. By one thirty the place was completely full – [...]
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The Petersham
Posted in Restaurants, tagged fine dining, Richmond, The Petersham on April 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Britannia
Posted in Pubs, Restaurants, tagged Britannia, Richmond on February 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Riversniffers has confessed before how outdated we can be on Richmond pubs. The last time we went in the Britannia it was full of shaven-headed tattooed folks with pitbulls. Yes, skinheads – remember them? Well it ain’t like that now. This must be the only place in Richmond that regularly serves oysters (Thursday to Sunday, when there’s [...]
Brocca Antica (2)
Posted in Restaurants, tagged Brocca Antica, fine dining, Italian, St Margarets on December 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We came, we saw, we were conquered. The fit-out must have been expensive. Rustic Italian, it has a relaxed, urban feel (if that’s not a contradiction in terms). Starters were slow-cooked cannellini beans with Tuscan sausage (intense flavours) and prawn and crayfish cocktail (utterly refreshing). Main courses were tagliolini with crabmeat, and calves liver, both perfect. We [...]
Brocca Antica
Posted in Restaurants, tagged Brocca Antica, fine dining, Italian, St Margarets on November 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This St Margarets Italian from the same stable as Twickenham Church St’s rock-solid duo of Pincho and Osteria Pulcinella has been open about ten days now. The first signs are that this is a major asset for St Margarets. Riversniffers bumped into two seasoned restaurant goers who ate at Brocca on the first Saturday. Their verdict? [...]
La Buvette
Posted in Restaurants, tagged fine dining, French, La Buvette, Richmond on April 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
After the recent great review in the Guardian we went to see for ourselves The Guardian did not get it wrong. I won’t go through what we had, as the menu can be seen here. But in summary, our meal for four was superb in every respect. As well as seriously impressive food, the [...]
Bibi – Twickenham
Posted in Restaurants, tagged Bibi, Persian, Twickenham on March 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Bibi may be shut. I don’t want to call time prematurely, but just passing by recently on a Friday or Saturday night, it’s been dark. Phone first before you travel.
Update: Bibi Persian Cuisine – Twickenham
Posted in Restaurants, tagged Bibi, budget eating, Persian, Twickenham on March 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Friends tell me that Bibi is now charging £4 corkage on BYO. Seems fair enough, now they have a licence. It might be simpler just to drink their wine – apparently it’s good and good value for money. Just like the rest of what they do then… Bibi Persian Cuisine, 157 Heath Road, Twickenham [...]
La Buvette
Posted in Restaurants, tagged fine dining, French, La Buvette, Richmond on March 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“How so affluent a suburb went so long without a brilliant neighbourhood joint I can’t explain, but it certainly has one now.” Thus Matthew Norman, a restaurant critic at the Guardian, in a recent review of La Buvette, Richmond. So Richmond’s very long period without a first-class restaurant (see my review of A Cena on [...]
A Cena
Posted in Restaurants, tagged fine dining, Italian, Twickenham on February 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We never go out for dinner on Valentine’s Day. After a run of bad experiences (overbooking, price ramping, shoddy food, couldn’t-care-less service etc) Mr and Mrs Riversniffer vowed some years ago never again to dine out on that day. But when Mrs R said in January she’d booked A Cena, [...]
