Beautiful, cozy place with tasty unique cuisine…read more Truly hidden gem! People please do try this place. Cheers!

Absolutely incredible food and service. The owner is so hospitable. He made great suggestions, the…read morelamb is maybe the best I've ever had. 5 stars all the way.

For the discerning reader, please know that I'm a cafe sort of guy. An academic from the early 90s…read moreonward, like many scholars, I have spent more hours of my life in cafes than almost anywhere else. I long to find the perfect spot, where the bakery items, food, coffee, espresso, setting, friendliness of the staff, everything come together. Trust me when I say that this is the real deal. R & H Cafe is my favorite cafe in the world, maybe tied slightly with a great place on Rue de Abbesses in Paris, called Cuillier. I have eaten there about six times in the last two weeks. I can tell you that the people working here are some of the nicest cafe owners I've ever met. The baked goods are made fresh weekly and offer some of the most unique and interesting recipes I've encountered in cafe. I highly suggest their moist and decadent banana bread. Even I'm not sure how banana bread gets that delicious. Hopefully, when you get there, they will have the carrot cake loaf, which is completely unlike American carrot cake (thank goodness). The R & H version lacks raisins and nuts baked into the load. Instead, it has a light frosting that hints of maple, and then has black sesame seeds on top with a few walnuts. The taste is exotic. Second, I highly suggest the Apricot Pistachio cake. I don't normally like dried fruits and nuts in my dessert and this may be one of the best items I've eaten in my London travels. The raisin cookie is surprisingly great, considering I do not even like raisins. And that should really tell you something: I don't like dried fruits in bread and order theirs. I don't like raisins but order their raisin cookie. My point being that this place does everything so well that I trust them. I want to see what amazing things they do with ingredients. If they have fresh made saffron bundt cakes: order one. Pair it with either their great Nude espresso or cappuccinos. Oh, and as if all of this wasn't enough: they make incredible savory egg dishes! I had the one with pinto beans in a Persian spicy sauce. Blew me away how great it was. They have a fantastic, small gallery upstairs. And if you live in the area, they seem to also have prefix menu nights when they cook dinners. I didn't have one of their dinners, but I know wine enough to see that the bottles they have up on the wall are very thoughtfully considered. I cannot say enough wonderful things about this place, the ladies who work there, the cuteness of the ambiance, the fantastic Iranian and Sufi music they play, and more than anything else: the baked goods and espresso drinks.

An amazing exploration of the senses especially that of taste. Experienced our first supper club…read moredinner at R&H after only being here a week. The family style atmosphere was welcoming as diners arrived from a variety of backgrounds in what was to be an experience of Persian delights. Normally we visit R&H for coffee and breakfast which in itself is amazing. This time it was for a monthly supper club. Not knowing what to expect we enjoyed a bottle of wine from South Africa and an amazing first course made from yoghurt and spinach along with tasty cheese, olives, walnuts, bread and an authentic Iranian drink - fantastic. Then a traditional soup with lentil and pasta which I took great joy in as I dipped my Iranian bread into the bowl. Then came the rice frittata and Salmon made to perfection. Finally fig cake (and special for me a poached beetroot with nuts). All topped off with great coffee. Wow and amazing are too simple a set of adjectives to describe the meal, experience and our hosts Zara and Mahren! So come to Richmond and to R&H and grab a coffee and a great meal. Then come to the next R&H supper club and prepare to enjoy one of London's best culinary gems!

I have to give this place a 5 just for the value and quality of the food…read more Between 12-3 mon-fri they have a 3 course meal for £6.95!!!!!!!!! A long list of dishes are included, all soft drinks are £1.50 at this time awswell. If you want lots of meat i recommend the share platter we had for £19.95 for 2/3 people it comes on a bed or rice, naan/bread chilli sauce and garlic sauce and a plate of salad.

Warm welcome by the staff every time you visit this place. Large restaurant with open kitchen so…read moreyou can watch the chefs prepare your dishes, serving traditinal Turkish Mediterranean cuisine. Casual relaxed atmosphere. They have a lunch time special of 3 courses for only £6.95, bargain. There are 7 starters to choose from such as humus and calamari. 9 main courses to choose from Iskender, moussaka, doner, etc. Fresh pitta is brought with the courses. Good size portions and the dishes taste great too. Xoxo

We have visited this restaurant on numerous occassions, and would say it's our favourite local…read more It is child friendly, they have high chairs and the staff are so friendly and helpful. We love coming here as the food is so good and well presented. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it to all my friends.

Really superb restaurant this, offering great value for money. We went on a Tuesday evening when…read morethey offer a set menu and we had to ask for a doggy bag as the quantity of food was so substantial, and the quality was equally as good. The waiting and kitchen staff are attentive and friendly as well.

I admit it, I am a bit of a food snob. I would rather stay away restaurants that are part of a…read moregroup and frequent the smaller, more individual places. But last Saturday evening me and my friend were hungry, we had both had bad days, and we wanted food pronto. I didn't particularly care to drive around for an hour while I found the most authentic place to eat - I'm not stupid! So this is how we ended up at Red Peppers, my choice of sophisticated dining back when I was a teenager. I was actually quite pleased to be back; it was lively and fun, packed full of families and groups of friends - it seems Red P is the place to be for a celebration in Esher on a Saturday night. The moment we sat down our helpful waitress brought us a dish of free olives - you should know that I get disproportionately happy when I get free food, however small. We ordered a couple of glasses of Cabernet Sauv, nothing to write home about but perfectly decent to wash down dinner. The menu is huge, almost a bit too much choice. A lot of it is quite generic - starters are things like nachos, garlic mushrooms, baby back ribs, mains (which are huge), are foods like steak, burritos, fish, pizza or pasta. There are lots of side dishes as well. We ordered the Calamari to split as a starter which was very good, although my friend said that her main of fish cakes was 'so-so'. I had a small salad of roasted halloumi cheese over cous cous and roasted veg, which was perfectly decent, but didn't make me ooh and ahh in delight. The garlic pizza bread with caramelised onions and goats cheese that I had as a side was much tastier. I walked out completely stuffed, and the amount of carbs consumed had raised our serotonin levels sufficiently so that our bad day had been revised to a good evening, but I wouldn't go so far as to say that the food was responsible for that.

Very nice and friendly restaurant that is perfect for a family night out. We went with son and his…read morefamily and had a wonderful experience. The young girls (ages 7 and 4) of course ate pizza. I had the Lamb Moussaka. There were no complaints whatsoever with the food. What was the best thing about the evening was how friendly the service staff were, and that we were not rushed at all. We will be returning again in September, and Red Peppers will be included in our culinary itinerary.

Continuing my quest to try every restaurant in Barnes, Sonny's was a place I always seemed to…read moreignore when walking by. Yee Gan is right; it's utterly forgettable from the outside, and almost seems to hoity-toity and exclusive to be a nice place for dinner. However, inside, Sonny's has a whole different feel. It is much larger than it seems! You come in through the bar, and find that there are tables that stretch waaaaaay back inside. We were able to get a table without a reservation on a Friday night. Everything is done right, in a simple way. There is nothing overly snobby or fancy about Sonny's or its food; they've just done their homework and gotten an A. I had the sardines with chickpeas to start. (I can never remember the frill words on menus, so I can never convey the full excitement of the dish!) It was absolutely delicious and much better than you'd expect from a simple sardine dish. For the main course, I had sea bream (with spring onions and salsa verde). Yumsville. Everything was melt-in-your-mouth good, served piping hot, with freshly baked bread. Service was excellent and attentive without being overly so. Dessert: poached peaches with raspberries. Although the menu said it would be served with sorbet, I didn't see any on my plate. Still, it was a very nice simple dessert and a good change for me from the old fruit salad or sorbet that I'm used to ordering. Oooh and we had a Vina Chocolan (red wine) from Chile. Highly recommended for chocolate lovers!! All in all, for a special meal out without the fuss, try this place. It seems to be a locals' favourite where pretentiousness is left at the door.

Sonny's many professional reviews descibe it as a well-established, well-loved locals' restaurant…read morein Barnes. Judging from the well-heeled clientele dining there this evening, I would guess that Sonny's must be doing something right to keep customers with such high standards happy. The restaurant has an unspectacular facade but opens out inside - it extends way into the building and takes a lot of covers. Service was smooth throughout the evening. The menu offered 6-8 courses in each category. I started with the white crabmeat tortellini with potted shrimp, caper and parsley butter sauce. Four plump tortellini duly arrived, packed with white crabmeat and well made pasta though I could have done with a touch more seasoning in the crabmeat itself. The sauce was finely balanced with the sea salty potted shrimp playing against the capers and lemon. My choice of main course had no competitor once I had spotted it on the menu. The humble poussin was being given some illustrious partners - foie gras and morel sauce. It duly arrived as a whole stuffed bird with legs removed and arranged alongside and on top of a bed of spinach, 2 slabs of seared foie gras on a giant crouton and the morel sauce in a separate pot for pouring. All these elements were served with great flourish at the table, all in a giant copper-bottomed saucepan. With such great elements, it was a most enjoyable dish. For dessert, I enjoyed a technically accomplished chocolate fondant with gooey centre, which was nicely complemented with a suitably tart raspberry sorbet. Sonny's does deserve its good reputation.

The perfect neighbourhood restaurant, just wish Kingston actually was my neighbourhood and not a…read morelong trek on busses and trains. Well worth the journey though when I attended a special private party - the restaurant opened on a Sunday especially for my friend. You feel instantly at home, this is good old fashioned hospitality and a local favourite. Looking forward to an excuse to return soon.

I have been dining here with friends and family for years and know of many, many regulars that…read morereturn time and time again to sample Gerrardo and Lino's warm welcome. With melt in the mouth specials and a garlic pizza bread with cheese to die for you'll never go wrong eating out here.

Fabulous meza platter to share and lovely atmosphere. Full bar, Arabic music and a short walk from…read morethe station. Good wine plus beer on tap. Can't get enough of the food here.. authentic Arabic dishes. Feels like home :)

Fabulous local authentic Lebanese Resturant and bar. Small and cosy atmosphere. Wonderful, tasty…read moreVegitarian Maza platters. Tons of food for £30 for two. Will defiantly be back again.