The Harwood Arms Pub
27 Walham Grove, Fulham, London SW6 1QR
Venue Info
telephone:
020 7386 1847
venue:
Pub
cuisines:
Gastro
nearest tube:
Fulham Broadway
Venue Rating
Diner Rating:
1 review
Critic Rating:
2 reviews
iStarvin Review
13th April, 2010
Sandwiched in a conflicted corner of Fulham between prim Chelsea and grim West Ken, this brilliant, Michelin-starred gastropub is justly famous for its game, which is often shot by Mike Robinson in the wilds of Berkshire. Salted ox tongue and cauliflower cheese croquettes might segue into a pheasant Kiev with marjoram butter, champ and spiced red cabbage. The signature venison Scotch egg - much imitated, never bettered - has become an archetype for turn-of-the-decade gastropubs, while crisp brawn with Oxford sauce is terrific. Arguably, the place is more restaurant than pub, with Brett Graham of The Ledbury co-owning and his young and talented protege, Stephen Williams, at the stove. The wine list is curt, containing three measly reds by the glass, but there's Pride and Wandle at the pumps. Staff are young, pretty, knowledgeable and enthusiastic: this is one of SW6's best.
Harwood arms - 2010 has been a good year for Brett Graham. Not only did his restaurant The Ledbury gain another Michelin star – bringing the total to a highly respectable two, his other baby Harwood Arms (a joint venture with Mike Robinson of Berkshire pub The Pot Kiln) also won a star, making it the first pub in London to do so. Opened barely two years ago under the...
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AA Gill reviews the Harwood Arms
The menu was a surprise: half a dozen snails with braised oxtail, parsley and bone marrow (that alone was worth the trip); warm smoked-eel tart with rhubarb; salted ox tongue with cauliflower-cheese croquettes; a mollet quail’s egg scotched in roe deer. For main course, lamb chops with haggis, kale and pickled cabbage; the joke of a duck’s leg and a ham hock with split peas; cullen skink,...
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The Harwood Arms « Mathilde’s Cuisine
IT was a rainy night. The kind of rainy and cold night where you suddenly feel that wearing high heels and forgetting your umbrella at the office were far from being your smartest choices of the day. - All the girls will picture those two actors kissing under the rain, as if nothing could stop their moment of absolute romance. Well, that is not what happened. - It was dark. It was...
Read MoreGiles Coren reviews The Harwood Arms
Looking at these two dishes, the definition of “Michelin” that seemed to be offering itself up had to do with the unlikeliness of serving such a thing at home. In general, gastropub food looks like what you get at my kitchen table. These artfully (if artfully-artlessly) arranged mini-boards would be too poncey for me to put down in front of friends at home. People would laugh. Delicious,...
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The Harwood Arms , Fulham , London
I have been to The Harwood Arms three times since it opened its doors in a little corner of gentrified Fulham between Seagrave Road and North End Road. After every meal I conclude that this extraordinary “gastro pub “ seems to get better.The Harwood Arms is a joint venture between Brett Graham of the excellent Ledbury, Mike Robinson of the superb Pot Kiln in Berkshire and...
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Jump to Comments - My office used to be housed in a semi-industrial unit on the site of a former car park, right next to the Harwood Arms. I moved out just before the latest Incarnation, having seen every previous attempt fail I had started to regard the site as cursed. I was wrong. - The pedigree of the team behind it is plain for everyone to see as soon as you walk in. The revamp...
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Probably the best gastropub in London
Oh, it's a majestic restaurant - I live round the corner and visit at least once a week. Venison Scotch egg is the best bar snack in the city - £3 or so for a soft-boiled egg wrapped in spicy venison and sausagemeat, under a crisp gold shell. Meat is superbly sourced by Mike Robinson (mostly from Berkshire). Pricing is staggeringly reasonable. A much lauded place, deservedly so.
