West London & Hammersmith Restaurant Guide

BB's

If you're in West London but fancy an evening in the Caribbean then I suggest you take a stroll down to BB's. Caribbean born chef Brian Benjamin has twice won the coveted Afro-Caribbean Chef of the Year award, a fact that won't surprise you when you take a look at the menu.

• Address: 3 Chignell Place, off Uxbridge Road, London, W13 0TJ (Map)
• Cuisine(s): African, Caribbean
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £28.00

Bedlington Cafe

The Bedlington Café successfully transforms itself from a local café serving up full English breakfasts and the likes by day, to a great little Thai restaurant by night. As you might expect knowing the Bedlington's café roots the Thai restaurant is more sought after for its good value food than its traditional Thai décor.

• Address: 24 Fauconberg Road, London, W4 3JY (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Thai
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £22.00

Bianco Nero

Bianco Nero is a recently opened Italian restaurant in the centre of Hammersmith, it offers an extensive menu in their upstairs dining room, with homemade pasta and bread, traditional meat and fish dishes with seasonal vegetables, and more; whilst you can also enjoy antipasti, crostini, bruschetta and cocktails, as well as pizzas fresh from the wood burning oven, in the relaxed atmosphere of their downstairs bar, Aperitivo Nero.

• Address: 206 Hamersmith Road, London, W6 7DP (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Italian
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £23.00, Dinner: £33.00

Blah Blah Blah

This popular vegetarian restaurant enjoys a steady stream of diners that has been known to include Sir Paul McCartney no less. All choices arrive in very generous portions from the pan-fried potatoes with leek, sage and Gruyere to the light option of Californian sushi rolls.

• Address: 78 Goldhawk Road, London, W12 8HA (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Vegetarian
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £25.00

Bollo House, The

• Address: 13-15 Bollo Lane, Chiswick, London, W4 5LR (Map)
• Cuisine(s): British, Gastropub
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £32.00

Bush Bar & Grill

Set on the increasingly popular Goldhawk Road, The Bush Bar & Grill serves great brasserie food from grilled squid with shaved fennel or roast skate wing, they also specialise in chargrilled dishes, both fish and meat.

• Address: 45A Goldhawk Road, London, W12 8QP (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Modern European
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £18.00, Dinner: £39.00

Bush Garden Cafe

• Address: 59 Goldhawk Road, London, W12 8EG (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Café
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £14.00, Dinner: N/A

Cafe Balzac

Cafe Balzac was re-born in November 2007 updating the Balzac Bistro setting to blend with the changing nature of Shepherd's Bush. Now a more Italian influenced menu, the simple but chic dishes on the lunch and dinner menu provide a new quality to the local eating scene.

• Address: 4 Wood Lane, London, W12 7DT (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Italian, Mediterranean
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £20.00

Cafe Grove

Café Grove is a friendly local Polish based café, it's somewhat hidden away on one of Ealing's lesser-known back streets but definitely worth tracking down. From 11am they are open for hearty brunches including the classic English fry up as well as more traditional Polish options.

• Address: 65 The Grove, London, W5 5LL (Map)
• Cuisine(s): East European, Polish
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £21.00

Cafe Rouge - Chiswick

Café Rouge has around one hundred branches throughout Britain all offering a wide range of dishes drawn from the French cuisine. Slightly less than half their branches are in or close to London. Almost inevitably the décor and design of each restaurant differs from the others, but there is a general curtsy towards La France.

• Address: 227-229 Chiswick High Road, London, W4 2DW (Map)
• Cuisine(s): French, Café
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £21.00, Dinner: £26.00