A stunning location by the river, classic English food and relaxed surroundings, The Butlers Wharf Chop House is an ideal place for lunch or dinner, especially for those with hearty appetites. London is a city that is gradually learning to use the opportunities offered to it by one of the country's major rivers, and with Tower Bridge, arguably one of the finest of its kind in the world, right on the doorstep, Butlers Wharf Chop House has not been slow to take advantage.

The spacious, airy restaurant is based on the idea of a traditional English boating house or cricket pavilion with oak lined walls and comfortable solid seating. During the summer the doors can be opened onto the riverside terrace providing outside seating and letting the diners inside benefit from the good weather too.

Head Chef Nicky Foley takes pride in making the most of Britain's natural resources and culinary heritage. His menu is innovative and seasonal with an emphasis on flavour can be showcased from his passion for quality and new methods for preparing dishes.
 
The day starts at 8am with breakfast, ranging from hot buttered crumpets, through fried, scrambled, poached or boiled eggs served with toasted farmhouse bread, Halesworth cured bacon or Bury black pudding. The location makes it an ideal setting for a breakfast meeting or a leisurely weekend brunch on the terrace.

Lunch and Dinner menus could include whelks, oysters, clams, and prawns all served in their shells with mayonnaise to hand. Moving on, steak and kidney pudding, as you prefer, is a good antidote to a hard morning on the Exchange floor, with champagne to celebrate if it finally went your way. Roasted Aberdeen Angus beef is served with Yorkshire pudding and roast potato to complete the dish.

Dishes such as East Sussex Coast turbot with watercress and béarnaise are in the mains, but few dishes seem more English than whole grilled lemon sole, Cornish crab and salt marsh samphire. The pigeon and lamb sweetbreads pie has baby beets and summer turnips to fill any places the pie misses.

As well as featuring British cheeses and savouries, Winston's nursery style puddings such as sticky toffee pudding with toffee sauce and Jersey clotted cream; buttermilk pudding with summer fruits, are not to be missed.

The Chop House has a comfortable bar, with a set menu at incredible value that features some of the classic dishes from the restaurant, and a set menu of daily specials. The bar stocks a fine range of traditional English beers including Old Speckled Hen and Black Sheep Ale. The bar also offers a lunch and dinner menu daily - what could be more civilised than sitting out on the terrace of a sunny Saturday morning enjoying breakfast and the morning paper before moving on in the fullness of time for a little mild activity, defying the famous Churchill dictum.

Further details on group bookings, plus their daily changing menu, can be found on their Website .