All reader reviews by Cat Coles

Bumpkin

The cab driver who picked me up at the end of the night said "What are you doing round here love, it's rough!." I'm not really familiar with Westbourne Park, but if that's the case, I'm not sure where Bumpkin are sourcing their clientele....

Happily for me work was paying because this was not a cheap eat by any means. The price conscious shoud escue the weird desert menu (which involved the word basil) and stick to the very pleasing cocktail list. As in the rest of yuppie London, this was totally overpriced but also very inventive and stack full of great flavours such as the lime, mint and cucumber sloe gin and vodka cranberry champers over fruit suprise.

Food was of the "hearty" British variety and very tasty...pies, roasts, flavoursome meat and two veg type creations with the odd "sea bream with la la la" thrown in. The decor, like the food, tends towards "decadent cosy" with its floral motif cushions, over-bearing wall paper and heavy use of red and gold colour scheme. The whole ensemble recalls a tarted up gastro version of a cosy country pub on a rainy sunday afternoon in November.

The service is friendly enough, if a little slow, and the Kiwi manager who took my booking/sourced my lost umbrella/was in charge of low fi drum and bass music selection was really very personable.

A good night all round.

Thursday, August 21, 2008
Overall rating
Food 8 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 5