The Waterway
54 Formosa Street
London
W9 2JU
uk
51.521962365048
-0.18813850613936
020 7266 3557
The Waterway
Current
Avg. from 7 rates: 3.4
54 Formosa Street
Maida Vale
London, W9 2JU
Nearest Transport: Royal Oak
020 7266 3557
Adorned with warm wood floors, The Waterway is a child-friendly gastro-pub boasting helpful staff that serves a variety of dishes influenced by Mediterranean cuisine such as rare beef, roast dinners and devilish puddings. Terrace seating is provided, and a riverside view of the canal boats provides a popular pastime.
Reviews for The Waterway
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4
The Waterway
54 Formosa Street
London
W9 2JU
uk
15th August 2007
Cosy, quiet and friendly
A nice outdoor terrace by the water, friendly staff and music tuned up low, so you can actually have a conversation. Its a good find. Food not bad too.
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4
The Waterway
54 Formosa Street
London
W9 2JU
uk
15th July 2007
beautiful place on the regent canal-
great to be there in the great english summer where they do the barbeque outside. Staff are nice. There is a poshy restaurant inside but the main attraction is the bar in my opinion.
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3
The Waterway
54 Formosa Street
London
W9 2JU
uk
6th February 2007
Canal-fronted, open-fired gastro-pub
The Waterway has been transformed from a local, downmarket pub into a warm, friendly gastro-pub.
Without doubt the best time to come here is in the summer, especially during the Little Venice festival, when it is great fun to sit outside on the side of the canal and watch the canal boats floating by effortlessly.
However, this is not summer, and my recent visit left me with mixed feelings. Whilst the staff tried hard, our order was messed up on a number of occasions. I started with a very tasty deep friend goat's cheese with salad which was truly delicious. I then followed this with a wild mushroom risotto. My experience is that risottos can be slightly boring and very heavy, with little variety unless the flavours are quite strong. Unfortunately, this was a poor version and I reached taste saturation quite quickly.
The sticky toffee pudding was a crispy toffee pudding - interesting and quite nice, but not as expected.
I would definitely come back to The Waterway again but would probably limit myself to enjoying the wonderful cocktails, unless sitting outside and experiencing the BBQ during the summer.
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4
The Waterway
54 Formosa Street
London
W9 2JU
uk
6th February 2007
Little Venice Hideaway
Very nice place, with friendly staff and good but a times bizarre behaviour. It's the little details that you remember some times. Let me explain. We were a largeish party of nine people. After a few minutes we had sat down here comes the waiter with an update menu (you need to order from the set menu if you're more than 8) with an updated menu, which still had things on it that were not available. Ok, you say no problem with that. Then after during our main course one of us had his duck confit, completely undercooked - I mean how can you mess up duck confit? The slightly odd behaviour continued when one of the waiters came and picked up a single plate from the table after all of us had finished. To top it all off my last sip of the otherwise good Saint Emilion was full of sediment.
Anyway, I hear you say if you're complaining so much why the four stars? Well, the food was good for starters (other than the rather crispy sticky toffee pudding) and the location and atmosphere are really good. You're metres away from the canal and the chilled out, candle lit interior really lets you relax and enjoy the company. So I would definitely go again, especially in the summer where I can just watch the canal boats gliding by.
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3
The Waterway
54 Formosa Street
London
W9 2JU
uk
5th February 2007
I concur...
Great spot in summer when this place is a lively and fun spot to be.
I like the atmos in the bar in winter with a gas fire and a cosy feeling.
The food was tasty and they make a good Moscow mule.
Quite a tasty moscow mule.
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2
The Waterway
54 Formosa Street
London
W9 2JU
uk
4th February 2007
Must be good in the summer
Before coming to the Waterway I had heard some pretty good rumours about it. Lisas review simply added to my hopes. Just had dinner there and I've got to admit that I hesitated between giving it a 3 star or a 2 star. The decoration inside the place is simple and quite warm. The food is tasty: For starters I had some chargrilled squid with chilli sauce and rocket salad of lime. This was excellent, the squid wasn't at all rubbery (as I feared) and it was perfectly chargrilled. For main dish I thoroughly enjoyed the roast duck with dauphinoise potato, glazed onions and rosemary juice. Now all this should have lead to this place receiving a four star rating. However what made it crash and burn were the continuous mistakes the staff made with regards to my business partner's order. His meat was overly cooked at two different occasions. He had ordered a rare steak and was served a well done steak, then to replace him they gave a duck but instead of being perfectly cooked as mine it too was overly cooked.
There were moments of humour though as our menu changed a few times during the evening as dishes they were serving ran out. Now either this place was extremely popular during the afternoon or they're not very good at managing stock.
In spite of my 2 star rating it is a place that I would go back to in the summer, as it may just be the perfect place to relax with a nice Mojito (where are pretty good there).
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4
The Waterway
54 Formosa Street
London
W9 2JU
uk
3rd January 2007
Trendy bar/restaurant with outside tables in Little Venice
The Waterway is great on a sunny day and during the summer, when you can sit outside by the canal and enjoy your drinks/food.
I remember going there a few years ago with my friend Nicola....and then I re-discovered the place (and in general the Maida Vale/Little Venice area) when a friend of mine moved there a year and a half ago. And since then I have been to the Waterway quite a few times.
They have nice drinks and good food, they also do bbq. And I always bump into someone I know there, so it feels very familiar!
It gets very crowded with the good weather....
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