Address: Manor Road, Teddington, Middx TW11 8BG
Telephone number: 0208 977 6333
Website: http://www.thewharfteddington.co.uk/
Date of visit: 29 September 2010
Approximate costs per head: Set lunch (Tue-Sat) £14 for 2 Courses, £16 for 3 courses. A la Carte: starters up to £8, main courses up to £18.50. Sides £3.25
Comments on wine list/beer: Normal London prices. A somewhat short list at around £30 for a average bottle.
Summary:
The restaurant benefits from a large car park by the front door. The building is very modern and is decorated in black and white. I had lunch here some 6 months ago sitting 2 tables away from “Adam”, the male actor in BT’s adverts.
The building is very well designed. As you want in, there is a very modern looking bar with leather arm chairs. Black and white pictures of Hollywood Greats (mostly dead) from the Gatty Gallery adorned the walls – available for sale. The restaurant is a large conservatory over looking Teddington Lock. Upstairs there is a function room with a balcony.
The set lunch is good value for money – £14 for 2 good size courses. There were 5 of us (4 adults and a baby). I am only saying this because the tables are well spaced apart and is ideal for prams etc.
The starters on offer were soup, grilled squid and stir fry Thai beef. We had the squid and Thai beef. The squid were two skewers of peppers and squid over some salad leaves whilst the stir fry was served in a large bowl. The person who had the stir fry enjoyed the stir fry even though it was on the hot side for him.
For main course, the menu offered Thai curry, sirloin steak and sea bream. The sea bream and sirloin attracted a £7 surcharge. The curry came on a plate with several side dishes of extras including rice. The steaks were about 6 ounces in size and were served with fat chips, green beans and béarnaise sauce (Chef Neve trained under Anton Mossiman). The food were very nice. The only strange thing was the béarnaise sauce which was a hollandaise sauce with chopped tarragon. The fat chips were excellent, crisp and light on the outside and fluffy mash on the inside.
One of us had the continental cheese afterwards (no surcharge!) as part of the set lunch.. The plate came with red and white grapes and 3 decent chunks of Brie, Gorgonzola, and Tom.
We washed the meal down with a bottle of Ayala Champagne (£50). A 2009 Albarino (£30) and a 2006 Bordeaux (£34). There was a 12.5% service charge on everything and bread and olives were £3 a serving.
My conclusion is that this place is reasonably priced and the set lunch is great value for money. The wines were probably around 300% in terms of mark up but the wine list is not very inspiring. Perhaps the owner/chef (Ray Neve) would like to consider changing his supplier. I am certainly happy to offer consultancy at a nominal charge.
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