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Hidden away in St George's Wharf on the banks of the Thames, The Riverside bar and restaurant offers patrons an oasis to unwind in at leisure in elegant and capacious interiors. Apart from the modern British and European food, stunning views of the London skyline up and down the river will have their attention.

After having imbibed a cocktail or two at the stylish bar, you could settle down with pressed terrine of gammon, chicken salad with Wiltshire bacon and honey or a crispy duck platter. Then, progress to butternut squash risotto, steamed sea bass with pak choi, fish pie topped with golden Cheddar mash or sweet potato curry with Kashmiri pilau. Traditional British food classics served here include fish and chips, bangers and mash, salmon and smoked haddock fishcakes, and West County fillet steak with Portobello mushrooms. To pamper the sweet tooth, there's warm chocolate fondant, berry crumble with white chocolate ice cream and baked Camembert cheese. The Riverside's premium selection from wines to whiskies gives guests their choice of tipple.

To gain further information, just visit their extremely comprehensive Website.

Situated in the heart of Wimbledon Village, the genial buzz of guests getting together for a good time often animates the Dog and Fox. They can enjoy its comfortable modern setting with old fashioned touches and a modern British menu which includes a range of classics. It comes into its own during the tennis fortnight, sporting a festive air and attracting many regulars and visitors alike.

Head chef Keith Stewart brings a Pacific Rim influence to the dishes he creates with fresh seasonal locally sourced produce holding pride of place. Undoubtedly, delights such as slow roast honeyed pork belly, grilled lemon sole, home-made cottage pie with buttered green beans and rib eye steak with dauphinoise potatoes beckon. But, you could set the stage with appetising starters of marinated olives and feta stuffed peppers, salt and pepper calamari or slow cooked sticky ribs in hickory sauce. Later, if you wish, indulge a sweet tooth with desserts of Bramley apple crumble, chocolate brownie or passion fruit crème brûlée. A range of award-winning cask conditioned ales, continental lagers and beers refresh the palate.

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Making a definite statement with stone dogs at the door and a cow on the roof, Prince Albert in Albert Bridge Road is where guests can sit back and relax in a living room ambience upstairs or in the pub downstairs. A stroll through Battersea Park could be just the thing to get ready for head chef Adrian Watters's British cuisine delights.  

Lunch or dinner here could begin with chicken liver pate, Lincolnshire smoked eel with horseradish cream or warm salad of pumpkin, goat's cheese, rocket and toasted almonds. Having put away those tasty morsels, have your fill of wild boar and apple sausages, duck cottage pie or Kilravock pork chop with Irish black pudding. For pudding, there's choice of rum and raisin cheesecake, lemon posset with shortbread or Bramley apple crumble with custard. To raise a toast to the good times, choose from a selection of local ales, bottled beers, champagnes, aromatic whites and traditional reds.

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The Fentiman Arms is the very epitome of England, and only a short stroll from the Oval, just south of the River Thames, it provides a perfect haven for post-match discussions, or even watching the event itself live on the big screens. A gastropub offering its own take on British food, it is full of comfortable chairs, heritage décor, rows of bookcases, log fire in season, and lighting that creates rather than destroys, in fact, this is the place to be at almost any time of the day.

In the summer the back doors open out on to a wild country beer garden, and the prospect of a barbecue is distinctly rosy. On the first floor a function room has its own bar and is available for hire all year round. Whatever the occasion, board meeting, birthdays, reunions or dinner parties, give them a call to discuss how best they can meet your particular needs.

Lunch and dinner is served every day and whilst the menus change daily to suit the market and the seasons the quality of the food never wavers from the high standard regulars have come to expect.

Lunch is a one, two or three course event, depending on your wishes, and has about it more than a hint of home cooking and the sort of dishes that are associated those who like their food uncomplicated, wholesome and filling. You don't have to be an Old Etonian to raise an appreciative eyebrow at strawberry Eton Mess, and a trio of Granny's favourites could yield portions of spotted dick, sticky toffee pudding and rhubarb syllabub. For those in a hurry substantial sandwiches as in char-grilled minute steak, caramelised onions and Tewkesbury mustard, or Somerset brie with sweet pickles and rocket leaves make welcome solutions.

Not everyone is rushed off their feet, and lunch with a friend before going on to the Oval for the match could start with a tomato, basil and golden cross goat's cheese tart,or the soup of the day. The smoked fish pie makes an excellent dish at any time, or perhaps the rump steak and fried onion sandwich with French fries appeals.

Eggs Florentine can be taken as a large or small course, but a Fentiman burger with streaky bacon, mature cheddar and French fries has only one dimension, along with the grilled King prawn salad, sweet tomato and chilli dressing. A simple smoked applewood Ploughman's seldom fails to hit the spot, and beer battered haddock with pea purée, tartare sauce and French fries does credit to our national dish. The menu says that "puddings, cheeses, digestifs, coffees, teas and more are always there to finish you off". I think they mean "your meal", though it's certainly possible to eat well enough to bring about something more arresting.

This is perhaps a good moment to introduce the wine list inspired and selected by John Clevely, Master of Wine and founder of the Geronimo Inns group, with some carefully chosen bottles from around the world that embrace New and Old Worlds with delicacy and skill.

Menus change, events happen at The Fentiman - stay ahead of the game by reference to their Website, only a click away.

This is a strange combination of country pub and urban fringe riverside. Yes, there's a cement works alongside, but nobody seems very concerned about it, and the other qualities of the place seem to be considered far more important. Inside the décor and general setting is of a traditional London pub that has been given a mild makeover, the sort of place that will keep almost everybody happy. Whilst food is available within during the winter, at the first hint of spring, call of the cuckoo, or frisson of warmth depending on your whim, the barbecue in the garden is flashed up and all the old favourites become available, minus the obligatory charcoal so traditionally bestowed by those whose capabilities are no match for their aspirations.

The matching bar has been described as colonial, hardly a very tactful piece of descriptive writing given the current change of population in London, but hey! why should we care when nobody at The Ship seems in the slightest bit bothered? The sunken garden is renowned for its ability to restore the frazzled soul, yes, frizzled even, and there's a verandah on which to sit, presumably wearing your white topee and sipping a gin sling.

As to the cuisine, there really isn't one. An easy marriage between bistro, brasserie and barbecue, whilst it may sound like a run-down firm of solicitors, probably describes it best. A place of great fun and hilarity, total informality with decent food, and a generous range of drinks. The Ship? Oh, yes, moored on the river alongside the pub. Perhaps they decided to transport the cement by road.

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Why did nobody think of this before? A happy union between the ability to do your butcher shopping, have coffee and patisserie or breakfast, or both, enjoy a high quality meal at lunch or dinner, with wine, of course - when you stop to think about it the whole thing is all so blindingly obvious. Little wonder that Butcher and Grill in Wimbledon has a sibling not far away in SW11.

Presumably, if there are two suppliers who are really missed from the High Street in these times are the traditional baker, and the butcher, who knew by the look on your face what you were going to order as you came through the door.

Brunch is on from 8.30am till 3.30pm on Saturday and Sunday and even though this is a butcher's you can get smoked salmon with your scrambled eggs, and whole lot of other things besides, crowned by the renowned Full English. A good range of beverages includes coffees and teas of all sorts, Cox and Bramley apple juice and many more.

The lunch and dinner menu fields around ten starters, with English pea soup, seared scallops, foie gras ballotine, devilled kidneys on toast, or smoked duck breast served on a shallot, green bean and sun blushed tomato salad. Cured meats, ham, salami, Scottish smoked salmon and dill cured gravadlax, pasta and risotto are there for your pleasure, and when the menu starts talking about handmade Cumberland; pork, honey and mustard; Toulouse, and merguez sausages you know somebody is firmly on message.

Grills - well what can we say? Perhaps calf?s liver and bacon, veal t-bone, pork chop, before you even begin to consider the more conventional. The whole set-up is an absolute delight. Some of their vegetarian dishes can be really attractive, but when the chips are down it really comes to presentation, which happily is improving all the time. And the pea and saffron risotto can make a terrific meal.

Apart from the chips, in the view of many an essential adjunct to a good steak, there is a range of ?stuff on the side?, around six in number, that includes tomato, red onion and chilli salsa, green peppercorn sauce, salsa Verde, or Roquefort butter.

Desserts hover round the exotic, and expect to find strawberry and lavender pavlova, Valrhona chocolate pot with drunken cherries, and a selection of Jude?s organic ice creams and sorbets.

A wine list of around 70 should meet the needs of any reasonable person. But again one should return to the sense of vision in this sensible, down to earth operation which supplies what people want, not what the supplier thinks they ought to have. How many times must one say this before it percolates through?

Their Website will tell you much of what there is no room for here. Subject to a minimum drinks spend of £10 per couple they offer 50% off all steaks every Monday, all night, except Bank Holiday Mondays, and a Dine Early Discount of 25% pre 7 pm from Tuesday to Saturday evenings.

Belgo Clapham caters for both the diner and the drinker with this bar/restaurant concept from the company that brought us the three other Belgos, Noord, Centraal and Kingsway.

With a warm and welcoming atmosphere, you can enjoy a drink and snacks at the bar area or the outside seating area, and relax with an entertaining, people-watching view of the hustle and bustle of Clapham life going by right in front of your eyes. You might even see the traditional 'man on the omnibus'.

Situated on Clapham High Street, Belgo Clapham incorporates striking and individual interior design with leather banquette seating, intimate booths and oak furniture to create a stylish and comfortable bar atmosphere.

Waiters are on hand if needed to help you choose the right beers, making suggestions from the various white, black and fruit beers available, as well as a large selection of wines and other drinks. Drawn from one of the largest suppliers of Belgian beers in this country you can see why when you view the menu, so take your time to look through your drinks menu and don't hesitate to ask the bartender or a waiter for their suggestions and help.

In the kitchens the chefs are at work preparing dishes, such as their famous mussels, and other range of superb seafood, vegetarian or meat dishes. Starters of king prawns pan fried in garlic, chilli, ginger and herb butter or salmon fishcakes served with baby spinach and lime hollandaise make excellent beginnings, leading on to main courses of char grilled 10oz rib eye steak with frites, caramelised onions and garlic butter or peppercorn sauce. Other tasty options include their famed rotisserie chicken, spit roasted chicken basted in Belgian blonde beer and apple juice served with wild mushroom and cream.

There's a great choice for those with a sweet tooth with their amazing desserts featuring Belgian dark chocolate cheesecake on a baked biscuit base with dark chocolate sauce, homemade strawberry pavlova, crème brûlée with a tuile biscuit, and of course the renowned bread and butter pudding with brioche, orange confit, dark Belgian chocolate and Mandarin Napoleon liqueur.

The mussel platter comes to table accompanied by crisp golden frites, while moules blanches cooked in Belgo Wit beer arrives with shallots, smoked bacon and parsley with frites.

Do keep an eye out for their special deals, such as the famous 'Beat the Clock', where you pay the price at the time shown on your food order when ordering from their BTC menu, i.e., 6pm is £6. The 'Express Lunch' is a set lunch menu where you can choose between a bowl of marinière mussels served with frites, grilled goats' cheese salad, pork and leek sausages, or salmon fillet, leek mash and mustard sauce.

They also have 'Kids Eat Free', which entitles 1 child to eat free from the 'mini menu', a 2-course meal served with frites or mash, that includes dishes such as rotisserie chicken, pork and leek sausages, mussels or cod goujons, rounded off with Belgo's homemade ice-cream, per 1 adult ordering a main course from the à la carte menu.

For reservations and party bookings call them from 12 noon onwards, or visit their Website to learn more about Belgo Restaurants.

The East Hill is located in Wandsworth on Alma Road SW18 in the heart of an area known as the Tonsleys. The pub is approximately 200 yards from Wandsworth Town railway station, which serves the main line into central London as well as direct to Twickenham.

Hidden in a residential street and looking more like a modern country residence than a pub, the environment is clean, bright and permeated by elegance, all made comfortable by the presence of big woven carpets, wall benches and old-style leather couches.

The East Hill is a gastropub in every sense of that description; customers have the option of lounging out and enjoying the atmosphere of the bar with a glass of wine or the specially selected beers on offer. A small conference/private dining room is also available, which seats up to fifteen guests, while, shaded from the sun or warmed by heat lamps, the outside patio can be utilized by drinkers and diners alike.

The menu ranges from homemade burgers, seared salmon on warm potato salad to rib eye steaks and broad bean and pea risotto. There is also a great choice of bar bites including a whole baked camembert and homemade scotch eggs. Fish lovers will enjoy Fridays at the East Hill with an extra fishy menu and specials.

While Sundays are the day to relax at the East Hill, why not start with a perfectly mixed Bloody Mary, enjoy a great roast lunch and stick around for the ever popular quiz on Sunday evenings?

Beers and wines are far from disappointing: you could opt for a Tea, San Miguel, Bitburger, Twickenham Scrum Down, Doombar, Aspall on draught, or Tiger, Sol, Konig Ludwig Weiss and Baltica (Russia) in bottles. The real attraction as far as the drinks go, however, is the wine, arranged on a list 30 vineyards long. Whites and reds are grouped according to dryness and flavour, and they have been selected with extreme care and knowledge.

To gain further information, just visit their extremely comprehensive Website.