Just adding a note to last year's experience - and I've downgraded it a bit.... If this was a review about the sticky date pudding - it would be five stars, no problem. It has to be London's best - soft, rich, super moist and a lake of really dark, delicious sauce. But other than pud, I felt rather, well, neglected at Hereford Road last night. I've always loved it before - and I'd had to charge 12 miles around London during the day because of the tube strike chaos, so I was really ready for a decent meal. First off, they forgot to bring any bread. All the other tables got some. But although they warned out mains would take at least 15 minutes, we didn't get anything to tide us over. Then, the vegetarian dish. C'mon, guys! I mean, I know you're famous for your meat and all, but you could vary the thing SLIGHTLY. In two years. Barley, pumpkin, goats cheese. Not so much. I've had it 4 times now, the first time it was pretty good, the second time mushy, the third time dry, this time just bland. Did you forget the seasoning? What's wrong with - say - offering some lentils and girolles, which were on the menu alongside the duck? Anyway, just a thought. Oh, and my chunk of pudding was gorgous, but way smaller than the girl on the next table. Just saying. read more

Everything about our meal was excellent and, in my book, the mark of a really good restaurant is when I simply cannot decide what to order - I would have liked every single one of the dishes. But the stand out starter was an artichoke and rocket salad that was intensely flavoured. And the venison for the main course was stunning. An interesting wine list also. read more

My BF and I came for lunch. I had the set lunch, 3-courses (starter, main and dessert) for 16.50 euros and my BF had the express lunch (main course, a glass of wine and a cup of coffee) for 9.50 euros. Not bad at all. It is a mid-price range establishment and is supposed to offer authentic British food, but I wouldn't know anything about British food because I'm not from there. Its layout is clean and simple with a mix of retro booth seating and table seating. Starter: I'm disappointed I did not take better notes on this dish but I do have a picture of it. It is some sort of hummus-like spread on toasts. Main dish, Fried smelt: This was my favorite dish. I believe its smelt but I'm not completely sure. It is a long skinny fish that is mildly fishy and oh-so pleasant to devour. I love small fishes like smelt and sardines. The dish is served with arugula, lemon and tartar sauce. Uncomplicated and delicious. Main dish, Fried dover sole: Served with a courgette (zucchini) salad and a lemon wedge. There's not much to say about this dish. It's as good as fried fish can get. Sole/flounder is a flat fish. It has a delicate but firm taste and is a medium fishy fish. I can't remember what dessert we had, I know it was a pudding of some sort. I do remember walking out full and satisfied. The food here looks underwhelming perhaps. It lacks presentation and appears so simple but don't be fooled by its appearance. Simplicity can be exquisite. This place is a great value and I highly recommend it. read more

Brilliant place, quite romantic with its seating style in the front. Have been here 3x and never disappointed. Give it a shot!

I wanted to love this place. Twice. Staying just a few yards from Hereford Road, which had great reviews, I thought I was blessed. Instead, one time, having made and confirmed reservations we had to wait for a table for more than 30 minutes. By the time the menus came, and by the time the food was served an hour and 20 minute had passed. I can't even remember what the food was like, I was so unhappy. Why didn't we leave? We were already there, it was getting late so other restaurants in the area would be full or closing for the night. We had already invested the time. Surely it couldn't take much longer (but it did). OK, we thought maybe the restaurant was having a really off night. So, we reserved during the following year's visit ( May 2013), and once again the service failed us. Drastically. We won't be going back. read more

Two "nos" too many. We made reservations on open table for dinner. Got there right on time and place was virtually empty except for one noisy table. They attempted to seat us immediately adjacent to the them. We discretely asked if we could be seated in one of the 3 empty booths. Nope. After they seated us again in the original seats, it was pretty miserable. We asked if there were any other options amongst all the empty seats we could see. All they had was "upstairs". Two steps up and 10 feet way adjacent to the bar - they were available, but we would need to be gone in an hour and 15 minutes. Another " no". Strike 2. Not willing to endear a strike 3. We really aren't that picky of a couple, but this was pretentious and rude. So, we can't speak to the food, but we were really happy at the greek place around the corner!!! read more

Fabulous! Recommended by a friend, native of London. Stopped here for lunch and was not disappointed. The 2-course lunch special was reasonably priced and options very good. I had the duck egg and beet salad for starter, whole mackerel for main. Both were divine. Highly enjoyable. read more

Situated in an old butcher's shop near Notting Hill, Hereford Road's simple and sparse interior allows the food do the talking with its seasonal British menu that relies on high quality ingredients. Similar to St John, where the chef trained, Hereford Road has a focus on offal, but it is also well known for its simple yet accomplished fish dishes. read more

The food here is really very good. The service is a letdown. The waiter was astonishingly rude. I also witnessed him bullying the waitress. Awful business. A great shame really since the chefs here do a great job. read more

We're not big "British food" fans. But this place has won us over. Notting Hill is quite the charming neighborhood. This restaurant adds to the neighborhood's charm. We started with the quail. It wasn't the best. Meat wasn't as tender as it should have been. But our mains were amazing. We enjoyed the braised rabbit leg and pork belly. Their sides are equally flavorful. Not over salted, but perfectly seasoned. Ended with their eton mess, a refreshing summer dessert. And we enjoyed our stroll home. We'll be coming back. read more

The place to go if you like more stimulating dishes, over and above more standard British menus. Dark décor but the dishes are there to be tasted more than admired. So good we went back for our engagement meal in December '14 read more

Wonderful interior! It's obvious that some real professional had worked on the vision of the restaurant. I think that the prices are acceptable and dishes are fantastic. I really like the romantic and relaxed atmosphere here. This is the most visited restaurant by us. read more

In the last three months I've eaten here three times, twice in the last week. The menu changes regularly and as others have noted the food is excellent, with a wonderful emphasis on local food and nose to tail items. I had excellent faggot, liver and sweatbreads. The service is capable and the selection of wines in 1/2 litre jugs is good (along with many more by the bottle). Do give it a go! read more

When my father told me he wanted to bring us here for a good English meal, I thought "Blaaah English food? This is going to be awful." Boy, was I wrong. I was so surprised and impressed with this place. Although some of the items on the menu seemed bizarre and daunting, I absolutely loved everything I tried. All the produce and ingredients were absolutely fresh. Hereford Road's menu changes based on the produce available to them which is a farmers market/farm-to-table quality I feel I rarely see outside of California. The actual restaurant contrasts greatly with its traditional food - the place is very modern with lots of steel and sharp accents - which creates a really great juxtaposition to its location in town home. Among the food highlights were the terrine pate, the rabbit, the steak, slip soles and the mullet (no I don't mean the hairstyle). Their desserts were also delicious - the chocolate cake was to die for. The wine list was also very good and affordable. In fact, the entire meal was surprisingly affordable considering how great the quality of the food was! The staff was incredible friendly and helpful as well. I would definitely love to come back here and highly recommend it to anyone looking for a good English meal! The space is relatively small so book in advance if you have a large group. read more

This is my favourite local restaurant. Beautifully cooked ample dishes - traditional real food with a modern twist. Friendly efficient service simple elegant environment. read more

This restaurant served me the greatest meal of my life. Although it took a while to get the waiter to notice us and serve us, the rest of the meal was spectacular. We started with the calves brain appetizer. This is something I never would have tried before, but I was feeling bold and it paid off! I then had the rabbit and turnips with pancetta In this amazing broth. I could have eaten that meal 100 times and would still want more. This restaurant made my trip to London even more memorable. I will tell everyone I know about this! read more

Last day in London and you want to eat some outstanding British food!! What do you do?? Let me recommend you an truly fantastic restaurant, HEREFORD ROAD in Hereford Road London. Here is an outstanding meal. Start with Beetroot, hazelnut and Goat's curd. Really excellent salad. Then follow it with the Blythburg Pork Belly. A wonderful combination of crispy skin and soft delicious meet. To end, you can not miss the Sticky date pudding and pouring cream. A delicious and decadent treat!! If you combine it with the right wine. You are definitely going home very happy. Don't miss and cheers. read more

[Non-photo Review] For full review, with pictures, please see here: http://laissezfare.wordpress.com/2010/02/08/hereford-road-%E2%80%93-a-st-john-for-the-west-side/ HEREFORD ROAD - A ST JOHN FOR THE WEST SIDE? Our new local? As is the wont these days, Hereford Road operates an A4 single-sheet menu that allegedly changes each day according to what's fresh in the kitchen (FYI the daily menu is also updated on their website). Think St John, Bocca di Luppo, Great Queen Street, etc. It's a great concept in theory, especially for a place purporting to be a 'local' restaurant, as the 'local' customers can come back often and never get bored. I have to admit I was quite intrigued by some of the choices on offer when we went on a Thursday night in mid-December. There were some very interesting dishes, including a few things I'd never even heard of before, and I know a bit about offal. I was particularly intrigued to hear our waiter describe the process of making 'Bath Chap', and decided I had to have some of that after understanding what it was and how it's prepared. The simple explanation is that it is a particular piece of pork from the lower cheek of pigs from the Wilthshire/Somerset area; it is fully de-boned, then placed in brine, then usually cooked in breadcrumbs at Hereford Road they also add some 'aromatic herbs', but they wouldn't tell me which ones (even when I asked the chef on the way out). But enough about particular piggies from Bath. The four of us eventually decided on our dishes and began the waiting game. As we relaxed in our spacious booth, we attempted to talk over the very large table to our left, which must have been an office out on their Christmas party. I have to say that while the design of the restaurant is very nice replete with red leather booths and simple yet smart tables, color schemes and furnishings the acoustics are pretty atrocious on a busy night like the one on which we visited. As we tried to hear each other, a waiter brought out some bread, which was of the soft white loaf variety, and while freshly baked was not particularly memorable. Starter 1: Lamb Breast, Laverbread & OatmealMy starter of lamb breast was a new dish for me. The lamb breast (or brisket) had been cooked inside a fried oatmeal crust which had laverbread mixed into it. The flavor combination was bold but worked well, with the fairly strong lamb taste being offset by the fried oatmeal and the mineral, sea flavors of the laverbread (think oysters). Not something you eat every day, but not bad at all. 7/10. Starter 2: Marinated Smoked Haddock, Potato & HorseradishMy starter was good, but Mrs. LF couldn't stop raving about hers and this is not often something she does. She said that the dish was really amazing. The smoked fish was about the best I've had and everything on the plate was seasoned to perfection the potato and horseradish were particularly good and I wanted to keep coming back for more. At the end of it, I took some of the bread and mopped up the remaining bits. It was a well balanced, simple but nearly perfect dish, and that potato salad was to die for. 9/10. Main Course 1: Roast Loin of Middlewhite Pork, Bath Chap, Swede & KaleMy main of Middlewhite Pork was also good. The pork meat itself was tender and flavorful (but not overly so) and I really enjoyed the accompaniments of kale and mashed swede, whose colors of green and orange also lent the plate a nice visual appeal. The only real problem with the dish was that the layer of rind on the outside of the circular cut was simply too hard to eat. This was a shame, because I really love crackling when it's well done, but you felt you were in danger of breaking a tooth if you ate this stuff (of course, I managed to down a bit of it anyway). But the real eye opener was the Bath Chap, which was utterly delicious. It is quite fatty, so I was glad that there was only a thin slice of it, but the flavor was new to me and very appealingsort of liked cooked ham, but better than any I've had in the UK, with a nice hint of seasoning. 7/10. Main Course 2: Lemon Sole, Roast Jerusalem Artichoke & Mustard LeafUnfortunately, the good luck ran out for Mrs. LF at this point in the meal. She said that her main course of Lemon Sole was really average. I have had Lemon Sole in France and know what it can and should be like, and this didn't even touch the one that my mom makes. The sole was slightly overcooked, a bit dry and rather plain. Also, there wasn't much evidence of the sauce. The fish itself was fresh and it tasted healthy, but it wasn't delicious; it simply didn't taste as it should. The sole is a delicate fish and this one didn't melt in my mouth as it should have. 5/10. Wine: 2007 Bourgogne, Cuvée Margot, Olivier LeflaiveOur chosen booze for the meal was a very quaffable entry-level red Burgundy from Olivier Leflaive. This is not the same as the more famous Domaine Leflaive (which, along with Lafon, is probably one of the few kings of burgundy to my read more

Really loved this place. Traditional English food done in a modern and inventive way. There were three of us, and everything we had was delicious. Like eating in silence delicious. Wines were great, and the service was friendly and helpful. And the prices are reasonable to boot. Definitely recommend this place. read more