South of the River – GRUBSTANCE

Informal South of the River Surrey Thai

Busaba Kingston Riverside Review

Alan Yau OBE, a serial restauranteur, without him there wouldn’t be Busaba, Wagamama, Hakkasan, Yauatcha, Duck & Rice or Park…

Good for dates Informal Japanese Raynes Park Restaurant Graveyard South of the River Surrey Sushi

Hashi Review – Raynes Park

Raynes Park for many years was like the shell suited lout of a younger brother to its famous older sibling…

Cheap Eats Craft beer/ales Gastropub Good for Groups Informal Richmond South of the River

The Britannia Richmond. “…if I was in a muttering mood then I’d say the roasties weren’t crispy and the gravy’s depth went missing in action”

Richmond is a hoity-toity part of town, a suburban area of South West London, full of posh shops, normal ones,…

Craft beer/ales Gastropub Good for dates Good for Groups Informal Open Kitchen South of the River Surrey

Kings Head Teddington “Everything deserves a second chance”

The Kings Head in Teddington is part of the White Brasserie pub group, where the legend Mr Raymond Blanc (Le…

Alfresco Dining Craft beer/ales Gastropub Good for dates Good for Groups Informal Open Kitchen South of the River

The Ship Wandsworth Review. If you don’t get claustrophobic, then you probably will develop the condition as it gets utterly rammed to an inch of its life.

The ship is a boozer that overlooks the River Thames right by the traffic clogged Wandworth Bridge Road. You know…

Cheap Eats Korean New Malden South of the River Surrey Sushi

Lotte Korean Restaurant …we get a pair of Korean aunties in charge, one taking the orders and the other cooking for a bare bones restaurant…

Lotte Korean Restaurant is a place where you can get some serious food action cooked by Korean aunties at the…

Cheap Eats Curry Good for Groups Indian Informal South of the River Surrey

Dastaan Ewell – “the mouth dripping, ripe aroma of roasted spices and tandoori smoke fills the air. That’s my happiness right there”.

There is something nicely poised about Dastaan in the very unassuming part of Surrey called Ewell. It mingles with a…

Cheap Eats Curry Good for Groups Indian Informal South of the River Surrey

Thali-Ho – “Best Casual Dining Restaurant, London Suburbs”

After putting on my Sherlock Holmes hat, I found out that Thali Ho was a ten-year plot between two brothers,…

Cheap Eats Fried Chicken Good for Groups Informal New Malden South of the River Suburbia Surrey

Kang Nam – New Malden… It serves up the customary stablemates

Kang Nam is one of the latest additions to the already strong fleet of Korean restaurants in New Malden. It…

Good for dates Informal South of the River Steak

Buenos Aires Review Wimbledon – What I got was a really tender piece of steak, full of carbonic sear…

Argentina is a country besotted with it’s beef, apparently they eat it for breakfast, lunch and dinner – relentlessly. So…