Bumpkin

what has happened to this place! For a short time it understood Nott Hill now it has lost it!!! Go AWAY!!!!!
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5 Overall rating
Food 6 | Service 5 | Atmosphere 4 | Value for money 3
Saturday, September 24, 2011

Exceedingly overpriced for modest sized portions. Left still feeling hungry.
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M. Chan
4 Overall rating
Food 7 | Service 4 | Atmosphere 4 | Value for money 1
Sunday, September 11, 2011

we visited Bumpkin last night and a had a fantastic meal, I had the special and it was amazing, my wife had the fantastic Chicken Pie, that was really good, The drinks were a little bit slow, but the place was very busy so this can be excused, We both shared an Eton mess for dessert that was so good and really simple, really nice atmosphere, will be visiting again soon when in London
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Duncan Pembroke
9 Overall rating
Food 9 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 9
Monday, August 22, 2011

had an amazing night. thank you to Helen and the team. we will be back
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bronwyn
10 Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Sunday, July 17, 2011

Very disapointing brunch at Bumpkin with two friends on Saturday morning. They had no skim milk or soya milk - only full fat - I've never come across this in London. We ordered tea instead. No lids on the teapot and when we asked for one they said they had lost them all. We only had one menu between the three of us. The english breakfast was very small, came with one slice of horrendous white sliced bread even though the menu specified sourdough. Baked beans straight from a tin. I wasnt asked how I want my eggs and they came fried. One tiny half tomato, a few mushrooms a tiny sausage and very sad looking bacon. It was one of the worst and smallest english breakfasts ive seen (and for £10 I would expect much better) My friend ordered sour dough and eggs and was given one slice cheap white sliced supermarket bread. One slice for two eggs?? 12.5% service charge for terrible service. I won't be going back.
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Paula Dell
2 Overall rating
Food 1 | Service 2 | Atmosphere 3 | Value for money 1
Sunday, March 20, 2011

We went to Bumpkin Notting Hill for New Year's Eve. It was a set menu £55 per person with a glass of Champagne included for midnight count down. Food was good, however, to our disappointment Champagne did not arrive until 12.15am and we had to count down with no Champaigne at all! We had to chase waiters for our Champagne and quite frankly told them how disappointed we were with service - however, received no apologies, instead they just stared at us and didn't say anything! (is it so hard to offer a solution to your customers?) Eventually when Champagne arrived (after midnight!) it was served in wine glasses of different shapes and sizes (it looked so glamorous!) as they had run out of Champagne glasses. Once again we didn't receive any apologies from staff!!!

It would have been so simple to just offer us a free bottle of Champagne or something like that... free dessert... free drink... something!... Instead our bill included their standard 12.5% service charge (for what?). Totally unacceptable! Does this place have any competent managers and staff who care about customers?
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5 Overall rating
Food 7 | Service 1 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 3
Thursday, January 06, 2011

We booked our Christmas lunch at Bumpkin and only later checked the reviews here.. So, we were quite worried about what to expect but there was no turning back, the deposit was already paid, so, bravely, we turned up at our allocated time.

Well, we needn't have worried. We had a fabulous service by (all male) smily, enthusiastic staff. We were served by a young, good looking Asian guy and I could not praise him enough: attentive, friendly energetic, polite but not pushy, just the perfect waiter. And did I say good looking, too! The restaurant is cosy, relaxed and has a country house feel to it which is nice.

The food was excellent. Due to reviews here, I was resigned to be getting a bone dry turkey and soggy, overcooked veggies. Wrong. It was terrific!

The turkey was moist, tender and plentiful, roast potato hot and crunchy on the outside/soft on the inside and the roast veggies lovely and nicely seasoned. The one minor remark: could have had a bit more gravy, however the amount was perfectly adequate, I just wanted more as it was very tasty. I am sure they would have given me more, as they were really obliging, but I thought it was greedy to ask.

The portion was also huge, at the end of our meal we all but needed a stretcher to go home. The restaurant was packed and yet we got all our food in perfect time intervals and steaming hot. This is not easy considering everyone around us seemed to have been ordering at the same time. After our main meal we had a good sized portion of the delicious British cheeses: a fabulous, creamy stilton and smoky cheddar. Deserts were nice, nothing spectacular, but perfectly fine. At the end, we got a hand written Christmas card by the manager and some beautifully wrapped chocolates, including some of the best chocolate truffles I have every tasted.

Based on this experience, we will definitely go back. Perhaps the management has changed, perhaps they made the Herculean effort for Christmas, perhaps we were just lucky. In any case, we'll be back to see how it pans out on a "normal" day. A thoroughly enjoyable experience this time!
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Sophie
9 Overall rating
Food 8 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 8
Monday, December 27, 2010

Unfortunately, I went to lunch at this restaurant yesterday. Not surprisingly there were only two occupied tables. The service was friendly but chaotic mainly as the waitress did not appear to understand english. The food was dreadful, firstly receiving the courses incorrectly, then the actual standard was poor; stale bread, burnt chips, overcooked haddock. I complained twice but only received a 'really?' from the waitress, nothing was done about it and 12.5% service charge was automatically added. Had a very nice bottle of wine though.
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Lizzie M
2 Overall rating
Food 1 | Service 2 | Atmosphere 3 | Value for money 1
Wednesday, December 08, 2010

The setting is relaxed and informal; however, the outside tables are a pointless distraction unless you are interested in monitoring traffic flows on Westbourne Park Road. Food is OK, but expensive given the quality. Don't bother if you want to drink beer, my pint was so cloudy it looked like it had been poured at the foot of an Icelandic volcano. The wine list is mediocre and service spasmodic.

All in all a great night out.
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Sam Spudrick
4 Overall rating
Food 5 | Service 3 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 2
Thursday, August 12, 2010

Absolutely appalling. Me and my husband went to Bumpkin a couple of months ago and were severely disappointed. The staff were running around in a chaotic fashion when we arrived, despite the fact we were two of the few people in there. We ordered drinks at the bar and despite the fact we were stood at the bar, the barman forgot to serve my husband the drink he ordered. But the worst part was the food. To cut a long story short, we ordered the roast chicken to share which was served on a wooden board. As my husband started to carve the chicken it became apparant that it wasn't properly cooked. We sent it back and asked for the bill and spent the next 15 minutes trying to get the right bill (as they kept faffing about trying to remove drinks and various other items to compensate for the chicken instead of just removing the chicken we hadn't eaten). They then had the cheek to add a service charge on top. I wrote to them (using the form on their website) the day after to complain and they haven't even bothered to acknowledge it. Will never be returning and most definitely wouldn't recommend to anyone.
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0 Overall rating
Food 0 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 0 | Value for money 0
Sunday, June 20, 2010