Brula

Delicious authentic French cooking, excellent value wine list and outstanding service. Can't recommend highly enough.
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DS - View all reviews by this user
9 Overall rating
Food 9 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 9
Monday, December 13, 2010

I went here with my family for the first time on Sunday and had one of the best lunches I can remember. The food is traditional French bistro cooked with such freshness and precision that it all sings. The chef can really cook. The room is lovely, even on a foul Sunday afternoon, and the waiting staff spot on. And it's reasonable: £5 for starters and puddings, £10 for mains. My young children loved it too. I wish we could find more excuses to be in Twickenham. First class.
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Chris
9 Overall rating
Food 9 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 10
Monday, November 30, 2009

We went to Brula for the fourth time on Saturday and for the fourth time had a delicious meal, served in a timely manner by the friendly and attentive staff under Kirsty's discreetly ever-watchful supervision. Owner Lawrence Hartley is a delightful host and gave us - and everyone else, I think - his good-humoured attention as well as, when we requested it, the benefit of his wine knowledge.

The menu has evolved slowly over the eight months or so we've been going to Brula - too slowly, some might say - but we've never had any trouble choosing starters or mains and they've always been cooked pretty much to perfection. And no over-salting or over-saucing, as far as we're concerned!

I do love my desserts, so perhaps I should not be too critical of the rather limited range of puds, well-executed tho they are...and maybe I should go for the very decent selection of cheeses instead. Next time...!
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Simon and Liz - View all reviews by this user
10 Overall rating
Food 9 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Monday, September 14, 2009

Went to Brula for the second time on Saturday. The front of house service cannot be faulted but we were both again disappointed that the main courses were too salty. There were too few olives served while we were choosing from the menu and they were a little stingy with the amount of bread on the table. However, the attentive service meant that more was brought when the first lot had gone.

The over-salting of the food means that we shall probably not return as it spoilt the dishes for us, and we thought the evening too expensive, but this is such a popular restaurant that we shall not be missed.
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Eileen Spalding
6 Overall rating
Food 3 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 4
Monday, September 07, 2009