Four O Nine - Full Menu

My partner booked this place for my birthday, what a lovely secret little treat in the heart of Clapham! Secret buzzer, great decor even on the stairwell up to... read more My partner booked this place for my birthday, what a lovely secret little treat in the heart of Clapham! Secret buzzer, great decor even on the stairwell up to the restaurant and food full of flavours the deluxe picnic for 2 is well presented on a hipster mini picnic table of course! and more like tapas but nevertheless filling and samples Jimmy's ideas really well, esp the salmon duck egg scotch egg tuna tartar! Wine £20+ but some nice bottles on the list, including desert wine which I'm a sucker for. Cocktails are raved about but didn't try on this visit. Pudding secret garden surprise?! a lovely OTT chocolate desert, so sweet we shared. Service ok, we were left pretty much to it I'd rather that than have someone hover by the table! but for some strange reason they put the a c on midway through our meal which not only meant the hot food in the picnic went cold but also that I sat with goosebumps. It took two requests for the waitress to turn it down off by which point food me! were cold. However this was the only gripe. I still think the place warrants the 5* for food and overall experience. Only there for another month as a pop up, would return for a new one as the venue was charming.

We had been to this place loads of times but it had been two years since our last visit and we went because we were told there was a set menu on offer. Once the... read more We had been to this place loads of times but it had been two years since our last visit and we went because we were told there was a set menu on offer. Once there we were informed this was not the case. The service was quite lacklustre. While the food was not bad is was average. I am happy to say that I will not be back and not recommending it to our friends