Cafe Cafe on Harrow on the Hill is a bar, restaurant and cafe. The front over looks Harrow on the…read moreHill's pretty and old-fashioned high street and has outdoor seating allowing you to sip your coffee and people watch continental style. The food in the restaurant is varied from quintessentially English food such as roast lamb, to more exotic dishes such as Thai curry. The cafe at the front serves bar snacks and sandwiches and I would highly recommend the steak sandwich with chips which is a somewhat cheaper alternative to a meal in the fairly expensive restaurant, if not just as good. As one of the few bars at the top of the hill Cafe Cafe can get very busy on a Friday or Saturday evening so head down early if you want to get a seat. The cafe also gets busy at weekends when rich parents from the home counties come down to take their children from the nearby boarding school out to lunch.

Cafe Cafe is really more of a wine bar than anything it else. They offer a great wine list in here…read morenot to mention a lovely selection of cocktails and spirits. Clearly they are catering for the Harrow-on-the-Hill wino's because the prices are a lot more expensive than you would find anywhere near the tube station. Having said this it is this very location that makes Cafe Cafe such a nice place to drink. Weaving between the old houses and bendy streets Harrow-on-the-Hill feels like and old fashioned town and Cafe Cafe fits in perfectly. The menu is a bit eclectic and I'm not really sure what they are trying to achieve. British staples, American snacks, Italian pizza's and Thai curries all sit side by side. Some of these dishes are better than others but generally I get the feeling that everything is home made and good quality. Portions are pretty substantial so they make it worthwhile spending that bit more. Cafe Cafe biggest problem is that it unfortunately attracts the parents of the boarding school nearby. This rich set are often quite rude and generally a bit ignorant to the way a bar like this works. I was shocked to watch a lady actually click for service (I've only ever seen that done in Home Alone). Nonetheless, if you happen to be on the hill I would recommend you pop in here for a couple before heading next door to Incanto for a lovely Italian meal. Harrow-on-the-Hill might be a bit too posh for its own good but it does boast some very nice places.

This review is for the other food items on the menu (not pizza). My husband and I had dinner here a…read morefew weeks ago in the huge back room, and I ordered the kale/quinoa salad and the butterbean falafels. Both were very good although the salad was particularly salty. For half-portions, the sizes were also pretty impressive! Service was a bit spotty- our waiter would disappear for long stretches but it was quite busy that night. On another visit, I got the courgette, red pepper and spinach burger, and replaced the chips side with a salad. Whilst £12.5 for a burger is a bit pricey to me, the burger is dense and chock full of spinach and veg. It's not the most delicious veggie burger I've had but it's hearty enough and tastes well enough that I gobbled it up. Considering this place is almost down the road from me, living in Lewisham, I'll definitely be back!

Welllllllll I've just found my new local…read more.. Sunday evening, the need for a walk and talk with Alex, we walked and talked and stumbled across the Rose. What a find, especially on a sunny day. It has a large and beautiful beer garden (and also a front garden) and a huge winding interior. I just love it. We originally went for a drink but then we saw the pizzas, many many pizzas coming out. They just looked too good not to try, so we did. AND we tried a bit more. We chose the portobello mushroom, spinach and egg pizza and the charcuterie board to share. The food came quickly and with a smile. My oh my. What a meal - portion sizes large and just so so good. The pizza was crispy and fully loaded and the egg oozed with yolky goodness. The charcuterie board had chorizo, Parma ham, ham hock ham, salami, pickle and rosemary flat bread! It's safe to say we ate it all and it was good. I loved every minute here and finally I've found my local. Happy Sundays!

Review of the bar / club / dancing scene on a Saturday night…read more There is nothing *whoa* about it but my friends and I have really enjoyed ourselves and here is why: The atmosphere there is lovely. The bartenders were super friendly, the crowd was a bit less stuck up than the rest of the King's Road, so that was fantastic. Good female / male ratio. Bouncers were super friendly. It was my friend's birthday and they allowed us to dance on the bar at the end of the night, with a couple of cheeky free drinks :) really made our night. No cover charge, either. Drinks were good sized and service was quick. There is a small dance floor (with better music) on the ground floor and a surprisingly *very large* dance floor on lower ground floor (which played RnB... not a fan) which is very well air-conditioned - *thumbs up for this*. If it wasn't 1.5 hours commute on a night bus for me, I'd probably frequent this place. With some better house tracks downstairs and sign-posting to the cloakroom this place has potential.

Fantastic atmosphere, young, friendly and enthusiastic crowd, although sometimes can be a bit posh,…read morevery good male / female ratio, no entrance fee, good DJ, reasonably priced drinks. Took my friends many times, and a couple of times with colleagues, they all love it.

FAVE PUB we stopped at in London. Located inside a converted (you guessed it!) BANK, this place was…read moreabsolutely adorable in all the best ways. Hygge vibes written all over it. Appetizers were great. Drinks were great. Service was (new and) great. We were so, SO satisfied here. I think what impressed me most was how many deals they had going. Two fancy cocktails for £12. Three different appetizers for £10. Everything seemed too good to be true, but it honestly wasn't. Highly, HIGHLY recommend! You will not be disappointed!

Nice family pub. We enjoyed the area and had to get warmer. After a healthy lunch (fresh juice and…read moreavocado toast), we did not want to leave. We stayed for coffee and a sweet treats. It was perfect.

Food was amazing but a bit pricey. Really enjoyed the sunday roast! Service is nice but a bit slow,…read morethough it was worth the wait. Like the vibe of the restaurant, it was very clean and chill.

A great gastropub offering good food (please avoid pizzas) yet pricey…read more Besides that, quantities are quite small. The good point being that products are very good. The place itself is amazing (lots of space, nice furniture) and you must pay a visit to the toilets: funny! Great point: they serve Hendrick's gin ;)

This pub has an upstairs that is perfect for an after-work event...and this is just what I did: I…read morehosted our team's pre-holiday party here last year. Booking was easy and the communication with the staff was flawless. We also booked the "karaoke den" on the 2nd floor, which was a big hit for the musically-inclined folks on our team. I'd booked their "holiday" menu, which offered a good selection of vegan/vegetarian options. Wasn't the healthiest food, but folks seemed to like it!

This is an absolutely solid boozer right off the back of the city which has the extra fillip of…read morehaving good pub food. It works well in both seasons as it has a wacking great square bar right in the centre of the room which you can huddle around and can drink a warming whisky in the winter. In the summer you get to hoover outside with a cold pint enjoying the city stream past you.

Very different vibe depending on whether you come in the summer and sit in the massive beer garden…read moreout back (with a view of a completely overgrown garden next door as one of the last reminders of the old Stokey), or during the colder months when the lights are dimmed and the main bar takes on a very different vibe. Lovely staff and good selection of drinks, whatever the season.

It is one of my favourite bars because you are sure to have an enjoyable moment…read more From live-sport (Rugby World Cup for exemple) with big screen to live-music there is always something happening! During the day, you can have a seat and use the free WI-FI while you're drinking an apple juice. A nice point is the garden reachable by stairs at the back of the place. People are always warm-welcome and if you appreciate the atmosphere you can even stay for food as there is a Thai restaurant directly in the bar for who is hungry, just ask for a menu. Prices for drinks are cheaper than other pubs in the street and the food is delicious.

I think the full house is the most best place for a nice meal the service is really quick cheap…read moredrinks and just really nice waiters

This is a standard Wetherspoons Pub. Big open space that used to be a cinema prior to the Bingo…read morehall from which it gets its name. Usual for this pub chain, no music & nice cheap drinks which attracts a lot of young people at the weekend. The normal starting point before hitting a club. The toilets are good here, bar service can be hit and miss depending on who and how many are serving. There are a few fruit machines and one quiz machine. A lot of seating, but will be full on the weekend.