Gazette Putney in Wandsworth

Very french feel to the place. Brings romance back.

This is my new favourite restaurant in Putney. The food is some of the best I’ve had in London. The beef tartare is assembled at the table and is generous with both flavour and quantity. The escargots are tender and covered in copious amounts of garlic butter and parsley, and are presented beautifully. The service is pleasant and attentive, and we left full and satisfied. I can’t wait to come back and try the onion soup and chateaubriand.

Amazing food, friendliest service! It’s not easy to find a good onion soup and tartare, but Gazette nails it!

Our return visit to this lovely cafe with its excellent seasonal dishes and fabulous cakes did not disappoint! Lovely building and great vibe. Excellent service even when super busy. We shall return!

This is such a good french restaurant! The food, the wine and the atmosphere it’s really nice. I love that is dog friendly and every time I need to make a booking I call them and they’re always able to accomodate us. This is one of my favs places in Putney!

Popped in for a spot of lunch during the week. We both had the Bavette steak and frites with peppercorn sauce. Can’t go wrong, it was cooked to perfection. Staff were very friendly and attentive, and the restaurant was lovely and clean.

Service, food, price and atmosphere were all excellent! This restaurant went to my list of the top restaurants in London! The onion soup is delicious and the risotto with courgette and cheese is spectacular!

Had been planning to come visit Gazette Putney for ages! Finally today we made it! We should ve been much earlier! Wonderful French cuisine would definitely recommend And will probably be back very soon 🤩🌈❤️🙏

Charming local bistro with excellent French cuisine. Charming efficient service and very pleasant ambience.

Good food and service with a couple of small pointers for improvement: Pâté under-seasoned Octopus overcooked Waiter had headphones in throughout service If these items were addressed this review would be 5*. Monday- Wednesday deals very good value for money for a local restaurant

Lovely as usual!, we've been going there for years and we don't even need to look at the menu, we appreciate their consistency in their recipes, it's just great and hasn't changed at all over the years, bravo!! Try the Tartare Maison and mules et frites, it won't disappoint!!

First visit. As we sat down we noticed an unpleasant smell which I would have described as ‘wet dog’ until my partner pointed out it was more like a dirty old smelly mop had been used to clean the floor. It was really quite off putting but we ploughed on. The food (oysters, chateaubriand, bread in particular) and portions were all very good indeed with the sole exception of the fries which were pre-frozen and refried, dry and not at all pleasant. Service was friendly and very efficient. Reasonably busy for a Thursday evening with a good buzz but not too loud. We didn’t have dessert because we were very full but all the choices looked really good. In summary: Worth giving a try but with so much choice in the area, I’m not sure I’d return a second time.

Had a great lunch here. Steak and frites was delicious. Went full beef with an equally lovely tartare. Definitely want to go back for the oyster special.

Had been recommended by neighbours and happy we finally visited ! kids friendly (but not “chaotic”!), very welcoming and lovely staff, cozy atmosphere (feels much nicer than it looks from the street), and of course: great drinks and tasty food!

Relaxed atmosphere with attentive staff and good food.

French restaurant with good food and service. What more do you want! A little noisy when full

Amazing food and service! Great weekly rituals to explore menu!

Brilliant light set lunch, excellent service. Second time here and god value, at £20 for the set lunch menu. More importantly, it was delicious and the service exemplary.

Just had a wonderful time at Gazette with my family. Great food and some of the best service ever with great detail with a couple of our party with very complex allergy issues. Death with great enthusiasm by both our servers Cairo and Simon. We will definitely be visiting again Fabulous evening on many fronts 👍

Excellent place for brunch! We visited on Sunday morning for breakfast and booked a table. We were surprised when we arrived as there was no one else there! This place is a hidden gem in Putney offering high class food and service. They should advertise their breakfast/ brunch options as they all seemed quite tasty but I initially didn’t book as I didn’t realise they offered breakfast and brunch. I’d definitely recommend the tasty food and wonderful attentive service. We will be back!

Delicious food and friendly staff. Really cosy vibes. Feels like you’re in France!

The food is very good and the price is reasonable. The waiter is also very enthusiastic. I like this restaurant very much。

Short version: Avoid. The place needs new management and fresher seafood. Longer version: This restaurant should, by any accounts be fabulous but it's let down by poor management and questionable seafood quality. Starters: the plain bagette bread and butter was very nice. The prawns were so crumbly that they were anything but fresh, the onion soup lacked any croutons or substance, and the pate was passable at best. Mains : here we had a bit more luck, in that the steaks (both the filet streaks and the Skirt steak were decent enough) and the steak tartare was well received and properly prepped at the table. The duck margret, on the other hand, was far too tough. Sides are hit and miss: the bone marrow and spinach were good but the French fries and gratin dauphenois left much to be desired. Deserts were generally good. Management was just generally poor and the waiting staff seemed harrased and understaffed. Was not impressed on that count at all. For the management alone, I wouldn't recommend or return to this restaurant.

We arrive at 21:40 google says close at 10:30 we drove from clapahm we are regular and at the door we been told kitchen already closed !! I asked why time it’s closing time and the reply was kitchen it’s closed!! Sorry but you lost a customer!!

Nice small interesting well priced menu. Wish the staff would smile!!

A fair price for extremely good food and very attentive staff, comfy atmosphere and generally a great experience

Had some lovely Oysters followed by an amazing steak tartare, with Rahad (Our server) with his amazing service and presentation skills.

I met a friend there for dinner, the staff are very friendly and I like the general atmosphere of this restaurant. Good choice of wine and the foods good too! 😋

Lovely relaxed impromptu meal. Decent authentic food, cosy environment especially at the back of the restaurant. Good service with friendly attentive staff, without being annoying and overbearing. Averagely priced but would definitely recommend.

I love dining here! The chateaubriand is amazing and always perfectly cooked. Great desserts too, the madaleines and crepes are fantastic. I also love that they serve wine in carafes. Our service tonight (29/02) was, as always, fabulous! The guys (I wish I'd got their names now) were so friendly, accommodating and on the ball. I'd recommend this gorgeous place to anyone.

Had a fantastic time at the Gazette! 💙🤍❤️

Dined here for the first time with my partner, the dish we ordered was cooked to perfection the food was lovely and fast. The service was outstanding from the moment we walked in the door. A special shout out to Cario, he was very tentative and amazing at his job! Will definitely be back. Thank you!!!

Steak melted in the mouth, wine delicious. (Breizh pud average, nothing wrong with it though, but the Chocolat Liege, or whatever, delicious)

Great food. Nice place to gather and have fun.

Special valentines dinner, delicious food and great service.

A lovely little place. The oysters and the steak were really delicious. The bread is a delight.

The restaurant was full and that impacted service as was maybe understaffed. The food was good, but ambience and service was not of the standard of their Battersea one.

Great food and service by rahat

Rahat our server was incredible

Food was bit overpriced and taste was ok. Service was as expected. Not somewhere I’d go back to.

Wonderful place for breakfast with very friendly staff. Would recommend!

Had the pleasure to visit this brasserie and have a quick lunch with my friend last friday. The chef was very kind to create a special dish for me with my favourite roasted winter vegetables and add on top roasted cod. The portion was very small but the flavour was outstanding! My friend had the pork stuffed cabbage with apricots. There were so many dishes on the menu that I want to try, I’ll definitely return. The service is very good too, friendly and accommodating.

Excellent French food with a nice ambiance. Good for a family meal.

Wonderful place, good atmosphere and nice service.

Delicious food, relaxed and cosy atmosphere. Exceptional service from the wonderful waiter - Cairo!

Service and chateaubriand was perfection.

This is one of our usual haunts before a football match and you can't go wrong with a meal at Gazette. Good solid French cooking and we always come away feeling satisfied. One gripe, they used to do the steak tartar as starter and was a favourite of ours, but it's been taken off the menu and you can only get it as a main now. That aside, if you're looking for good French food in Putney you can stop looking. This is the best French restaurant in the area.

This is a great find! Top notch food and service. I definitely recommend this as a casual venue, but perfect as a place for celebrations too.

Cairo was very friendly and made it a 10/10 experience

Great food enjoyed by everyone in our group of 5.

Delicious! We will definitely come back

Lovely food - very full of flavour. Service was helpful. Venue was dog friendly too - thank you Gazette Putney for allowing us to sit inside your restaurant with our little four-legged boy!

The perfect local restaurant I often visit when I miss French food. The cuisine is always great, the menu is diverse and the staff very helpful, and prices are very reasonable. Madeleine and soufflé are to try, tartare is prepared in front of you, the express lunch is typical of a French brasserie, quick, efficient and good. Dinner setting to meet friends or simply to enjoy being out.

It was brilliant and I’d go again in a second. Michael our waiter was outstanding and made me the best steak tartare! Thank you

Delicious breakfast. I had the champignon and a Nutella crepe, absolutely delightful. And certainly not a ‘petit’ dejeuner for the Champignon! Great portion size! Wonderful place, do check it out! (Great soundtrack of French music as well)

Delicious meal with fun and attentive staff. Will be going back

What an amazing meal with wonderful staff! 10/10 will definitely return.

We keep coming back here, very good food, comfortable and conveniently located. Just one star less in overall because nothing specifically memorable other than the friends I have been together with.

Food was awful won't be returning...duck was tastless and the presentation left a lot to be desired...and expensive as well...waste of good money .

Literally the best mushroom risotto I've ever had in my life. They even let me take home what I couldn't finish in a little box 🥹 and even next day it was phenomenal.

Excellent. ! In every way catered for my disabled aunt.

EDIT Aug.2023 : Being back this time, and the standard has downgraded. Manager tried to help but won't return. Seafood is not fresh. Very expensive and the Chef has definitely changed for worse. Great! We went to this restaurant as its always busy so we also wanted to try 😊 great wine, fresh food, delicious deserts🙏the staff was lovely, we booked before hand. Definitely to repeat! Thank you to all the team! Photos below👇

The duck was disappointingly tough and underseasoned but the rest of the meal was delicious. The escargot and créme brulee were the best I've had outside of Paris. Nice little bistro with an impressive bar selection, tucked away on the south bank.

Being french i was not impressed by the tartare full of ketchup and oil. Came twice, service is consistently poor (starter was forgotten during second visit, waitress new better than me on french food during first visit). Fries are very palm-oil-dry and everybody seems to use coupons so if you pay full price you’re a fool. On the positive side, bavette was good (have it blue!) and fairly good cheese plate to finish your wine

Good food no complaints but nothing exceptional. Would recommend the tarte tatin(apple tart)

Large party so service wasn't especially quick but the food was good

We went in early July. This was about the third or fourth time we have been in the course of 18 months or so. The first time was so good, I came back. I’m afraid to say that the quality of food has declined at each visit. A friend and myself ate about three musses before stopping as they weren’t fresh. They certainly were not off, but the taste was very unpleasant and we could not eat anymore. The frites weren’t great either, they just tasted like bog standard frozen chips. The goats cheese salad starter was fine, nothing exciting. However, the one I had a year ago was far better. The wines were good. The service was slow but they were very busy. The best thing I ate that evening was the spinach with garlic and butter- a vegetable side dish. The manager could see that we had left our mains practically uneaten and immediately offered to take them off the bill. I was appreciative of that. Despite the gesture, I will not be returning and won’t be choosing to spend my hard earned cash on a special evening meal there. However, the lunch rapide menu seems to have received better reviews, so I may try that in the future.

Had brunch here. Great portion sizes and tasty food - very good value for money.

Here you are in for a treat if you like oyster, mussels and beef tartar! Service is good and Simon is a great host.

Food was perfectly nice, but sadly it was overshadowed by the atmosphere. It was a special celebration and we were put in the back surrounded by lots of kids. We asked to change table, which was perfectly reasonable in a half empty restaurant on a Friday night, but the waiter didn’t allow us to.

Good food good atmosphere and good quick service

Lovely lunch with a great friend! steak and frites were delicious and perfectly cooked!

Best experience so far at Gazette, everything great from initial welcome to bill! We went for set two courses, vegetable/cheese starter delicious and lamb equally so. Were offered taste of two reds by glass and both good value and highly drinkable. Tarte Fine and Breizh to finish then coffee. Perfect 10!

Went with some friends for an early evening meal. We ordered the cod and others had risotto. Food was presented and tasted well. With the doors pulled open it gave the restaurant an airy feel. Worth another visit.

Birthday dinner and La Gazette, as ever, served up a treat: great food, great service, made for many happy returns.

Always a good meal here glad to be local - reliable quality

Delicious food and great, attentive service. We had a 2pm booking for lunch with only one other table occupied, hence the lower score for ambience, but other than that it was a lovely lunch and we will definitely return.

Once again, Gazette met all our expectations and we had a delicious family meal.

Dreadful experience ~ poor service that came with bad attitude coupled with the worst steak. Both steaks were cooked incorrectly and one had more sinew than lean. The food was sent back, one steak was returned burnt to a crisp and the other the same piece of meat but a different shape. We left without eating ~ please don’t waste your money!

Love Gazette Great food, great ambience

Service wasn’t great. Was very rushed at the beginning and then later no attention at all.

Delicious meal. The manager this visit was very welcoming and attentive waiter too. A good local brasserie.

Delicious meal. The manager was not welcoming but a cheerful young waitress was lovely.

Reliable and great service as always. We went for a working lunch and the food and wine was lovely and we weren’t rushed. Always a great local option for French classics

I was a regular at its predecessor, Strada, but Gazette, Putney, is not my cup of tea. The location is uninspiring, choice of food is unexciting and service barely adequate. The branch in Battersea is much more appealing and livelier, in a more attractive location, but, unfortunately, less accessible.

Excellent food in this neighbourhood bistro.

We have been to Gazette a few times as the food is usually good and caters for all food preferences. This visit did not disappoint. Recommend going if you are in the area.

Is my second time here, great location for the locals. The main course I had was quite heavy handed with seasoning, but I waited for quite long and just ate it (the restaurant was busy). It is a good restaurant all in all. I might come back again, but not in a rush.

Very good local bistro - consistently in service and quality nice to see it busy mid week

Really lovely restaurant, nice food, friendly service and excellent value. Will go back

Shortage of staff made service far too slow. Obviously an underestimation of demand for lunch that day.

Absolutely superb, as it always is.

One of the best restaurants in Putney, very good food and service.

Really great food but if you like desserts you will be disappointed. Service always good.

Like many their service is suffering due to staff shortages. I will stick to muscles and chips here and not order anything more complex.

Very good food at reasonable value. Genuine French food but in London

We were there for Mother’s Day, table I booked months in advance was too small, although I booked for 5 adults. Service was slow, food was average but I sent my food gras back and the second one was still slightly undercooked. Bill was sky high I used to love this place but I will not go back there again.

We visited on a Sunday afternoon, 12.30, and unfortunately, out of 4 meals ordered, they had run out of 3 of them. They kindly offered to replace the meals, matching the coat of the original. Service was very slow, but since it was a slow Sunday afternoon, that wasn’t a big problem. The food was good, but the ambience was unfortunately that of a lot of disgruntled customers who were maybe less forgiving of the wait times. I would not recommend Gazette on this occasion but have been there a number of times in Balham (now closed) and Wandsworth and really enjoyed.

A very underwhelming experience. Slow service and my Bavette was chewy and tasteless. I definitely won’t go back.

Gazette Putney is a valuable asset for the area Good French cuisine and reasonably priced French wines,attentive staff and ideal location between East Putney and Putney stations make Gazette ideal for a lovely night out