The Brown Dog

The Brown Dog is a gorgeous little gastropub hidden on a narrow residential street in Barnes. The fairly plain faade hides a colourful interior decorated in a mixture of design styles (note the odd combination of chandeliers and large retro-looking copper light fittings) along with the standard gastropub dcor of scruffy looking tables and chairs. There is a small garden at the back, and a cute dog in residence.

We stopped by on a whim for lunch one Sunday - luckily we were early else I doubt we would have gotten a table without a booking. We were given a friendly greeting, and service was relaxed but efficient throughout our meal.

Alex started with the Foie Gras & Gressingham Duck Terrine with Fig & Black Cherry Chutney. It was a decent sized serve and got the thumbs up. Main courses were the Chargrilled boneless Quails with peas, pancetta, grellot onions, lentils & mint for him, and the Whole Lemon Sole with beurre noisette, brown shrimps, capers and samphire for me. Both meals were a good size, nicely cooked and well presented. My only complaint would be that there were way too many capers for my taste, though the samphire made up for it.

Unfortunately we didn't have room to try the famed Sticky toffee pudding, but I guess that just gives us a good excuse to return!