Heidi in Wandsworth

Really appreciated the gentleman who let me charge my phone whilst I waited so that I could order a taxi home (thank you!!) atmosphere was great and am an old fan of tapajax CJ so great to see it in another location. Will be back!

Incredible service from Rama throughout the night. We asked for suggestions and were not disappointed, Rama suggested some of the most amazing food on the menu including the best Patatas Bravas I’ve ever had! I highly recommend the pork belly, was so flavourful and juicy! Also got complementary limoncello shots! Will 100% come again just for Ramas’ service!!

Have read good stuff about this place on social media about the vibe and live music so was really looking forward to it however when we got there we were led upstairs where the rugby was playing and people shouting at the TV - it looked live the downstairs was booked for a event which would've been good to know. Service was not great, felt like the waitress was purposely ignoring us - has to go up to the bar to order food and drinks. Our food arrived before our drinks which was disappointing considering all we ordered was a beer and glass of wine. Maybe we were just unlucky with the venue being booked downstairs but there was no vibe and wouldn't recommend this place at all, we even asked for the service to be taken off - which I've never done before.

Food/atmosphere and service 10/10

Small, intimate atmosphere. I wouldn’t look elsewhere for a local tapas spot.

Service was outstanding, friendly, welcoming and helpful. The staff here, bar and table staff, were exemplary. Great wine selection. Food was wonderful too - good portions and delicious. We will certainly be back. So happy you have come to Balham 😊

Amazing night here for my birthday celebration, booked the event space upstairs and everything went so well! All the staff were incredibly friendly, Jack was particularly great in making sure everyone was catered for, thank you!

Fantastic bar! So fun and lively, the live music is awesome and service is great. Rob and Ned are the best bartenders in the entire world!!!!!!!

Ned was the best server ever. Lovely food, atmosphere and drinks. What else could you ask for.

Thank you to Rob for a wonderful evening and great service. Highly recommended for a drink (and tapas) with friends.

Nice space (lots of high tables), decent food which came out in waves meaning that we had to cancel our final dish as it’d been too long.

Just opposite train station Tapajax provides an authentic Spanish tapas experience with tasty food promptly served. Some dishes a little too salty (bruschetta and baby squid), but overall the dishes tasted fresh and well prepared.

Visited this Sunday, very nice location and very accessible as it is just on front of the station, service was not great I’ve tried to order a drink while waiting for my wife but I was ignored by the waitress/barista. Was on front of two gentleman’s which both got served before me for no reason! Shame as I thought Balham was a very friendly place clearly I have not been served due being discriminated for my look! Shame on you

Extremely overpriced - £28 for 2 tapas and zero drinks! Poor/slow service. Toast served with my meal was stale. Fish and praws were overcooked. Prawns were served in half a cup of oil which was not mentioned on the menu. Mandatory service charge of 13.5% which I don't think is right at all.

A really nice tapas place in Balham. The food was tasty but the some dish’s were a bit too small and pricey . Good friendly service, not the quickest but perfect for having long night out. Overall i would recommend food was great and had good atmosphere.

Yum! Funky little place with a nice vibe, lovely staff and delish tapas - will definitely return

The service is poor. It took an hour to serve a steak. They dropped the wrong bill at the wrong table. The waitress was asked how long for the steak she never came back to the table to let us know....very unprofessional.

A lovely setting and what could be fantastic experience. We sat outside in the sun and enjoyed some wine. Unfortunately, the food wasn’t up to scratch. However, we fed this back to the server and they took it very well and owned it and put it right. We will try here again on the assumption it was a bad day in the kitchen

All in all, not great. We had the pan con tomate and padron peppers to start which were fine, but the ceviche and chicken dishes were bad. The ceviche was supposed to come with a coconut and lime sauce, but in reality just tasted like vinegar. It also looked very unappetising, swimming in a milky looking oil. The chorizo stuffed chicken breast with romesco sounded delicious but in reality tasted like it had been microwaved, and the chorizo was more like spam. The romesco sauce was hot and watery. We ate about 1/3 of the ceviche and a few bites of the chicken. The waiter offered us a free drink because we didn’t enjoy it which was nice, but said he couldn’t take any money off the bill. For £50, you could eat somewhere vastly better. Definitely wouldn’t return.

Fantastic evening/night, awesome live music. Nowhere else in balham is close to this for a night out

The food was ok, but the service really let it down. We weren’t the only ones having to chase waiters down, seeing as there were only two guys serving the whole restaurant, tending the bar etc - and despite it being very busy, they didn’t seem too keen to move very fast at all.

Simple great Tapas (and I say that having recently come back from Seville).

Beaut restaurant. Wide range of wine (which you can self pour from machines) & incredible small plates - recommend the pork belly, scallop ceviche and aubergine. Oh…and the marmite butter is so good, wish could use it on toast every day!

Wonderful meal! After a disastrous start at the Robata place around the corner where we had to leave due to the poor service - we tried to rescue our night at Tapajax. Well I wish we’d just headed here first! Fantastic warm and attentive service. Yummy Spanish food. Perfect date night. So many places do a twist on tapas or small plates so it’s refreshing to find a place that does Spanish tapas- does that make it retro?!😂 Delicious and a cute spot for a drink too.

We had two drinks. Ordered the Basque cheesecake. All fine though until we got the bill and there was an almost 4 pound service charge. Since we only got 2 drinks and a cheesecake that was ready to go and required no cooking, we asked for the service charge to be taken off. The girls rolled their eyes and sighed over this and then when I said goodbye and to have a nice weekend they just ignored me. Restaurant was empty and they definitely heard me. Odd behaviour.

Outstanding service, very attentive and friendly. Lovely location right across Balham station with great food! We will be back!

I was in London for a weekend, and visited this restaurant! I loved ! Great atmosphere, very good tapas. Very good time, I recommend!!!

Great spot to get high quality tapas. Great atmosphere and drinks. Service is always top notch.

Wow! Have been waiting to come here ever since it opened, amazing service and fantastic food well done guys keep up the good work!! Can’t wait co come again - Alex

I Thought Thé clapham one was impossible to beat but this is amazing. What a place with great food. For a new spot they’re doing unreal and I’m shocked about the other reviews, it can only be from jealous competitors. My new favourite spot!!!!

A fantastic spot right next to Balham station to go for a date or with a mate. The drinks and food were incredible and the two lads who run the place are very good fun. Would heavily recommend

Went for New Year’s Eve. Was great fun and service was amazing. Would definitely go back.

Oh dear. I thought two brothers took over Heidi’s to create an amazing Tapas place?? I visited a few weeks back and me and my cousin were very disappointed with the main event in this place, i.e. the food! First of all it took a ridiculous length of time for the food to come out, (nearly an hour) and when it did it came in drips and drabs… we had to remind the staff we were waiting on certain dishes, but we could see we weren’t the only customers waiting. Too many orders and probably just one chef? Unfortunately what came out was not good. I was very disappointed by the chicken. It sounded delightful on the menu but was plain and lacked flavour. I did tell the staff at the end as most of it was left on the plate. They said they would take the feedback on board and didn’t look too surprised. They also looked knackered! The staff were courteous but you could see they could not keep up with the demand. I imagine that was the same with the chef. What is startling is this is a tapas restaurant so food should be the main focus… but the food was average to poor and took ages to arrive. Very disappointing. Even when Heidi’s focus was on making sure the wine was topped up, the second appeal was the food was efficient and delicious… what’s gone wrong with Tapajax?? Sadly as many a Balhamite knows this is not the most successful location for a restaurant to thrive, so the owners better take on this feedback (and others), get another chef in and more staff, open more regularly (I often see this place shut including on a Sunday?) and more importantly improve their menu otherwise I don’t see this place lasting long at all. I won’t be going back to eat there again.

Lovely food, great cocktails and wine. Service second to none. Great night.

This is not the first time I've been here, I went a few years ago but think it's under new management or something in 2024 - not great experience at all. When I arrived (6:30pm) there were a group of drunk people at the back of the restaurant, they were hammered, looked like actual drunks you find off the street (I'm not even kidding). There were causing a general nuisance to people and the staff. Ordered food which was pretty terrible, none of it seemed fresh (besides the padron peppers), all heated up. The meatballs were not actually cooked properly, still raw in the middle so I complained and to their credit they took off the bill - however the lady who works there said that's how they should come.. The bill was expensive for what it was too, paid £62 for 5 small plates, 1 shandy and 1 coke (that's with the discount too). The staff were friendly but unfortunately this is not somewhere I'd ever return.

Great vibe to the place, nice wine... HOWEVER, the tapas were awful, reheated wrinkled patatas bravas, flavourless prawns, only the olives and black rice were edible. Shocking considering the extortionate prices, very poor value for money.

Golly gosh! What a fantastic discovery!

Way too overpriced! 12.5% service charge when staff are just ok. Seating is uncomfortable. Peeped at the menu and the prices are ridiculous. Would not return.

Bar staff and servers not engaging with customers. Very over priced for quality of food and drinks.

The food here is amazing, charred octopus, garlic aioli, amazing margs, the most friendly staff, get yourself down here!

Really a fantastic job by Polly and Danny tonight. Food was absolutely great (don’t sleep on the arroz negro) as were the cocktails and wine. Service within a few months of opening exceeded expectations, can’t wait to go back! Final comment would be portions are larger than you think, so save your budget for the wine. Cheers!

The Sunday Roast Beef is to die for! And i don't even like beef that much. The meat is so soft and flavourful, same goes for the pork too.

Tried to book a table and eventually managed after calling a few times. Arrived and waited for a while to be seated. The front of house person was completely overworked, she was the only person seating, taking orders, making and serving drinks, running up and downstairs delivering food, clearing tables and settling tabs. As well as answering the phone. She took a drinks order relatively quickly but we then waited well over half an hour and no other contact. Ultimately we settled our drinks tab and had lunch elsewhere. Such a shame as we were hoping for a decent tapas place in Balham but tapajax evidently isn’t that. From reading other reviews it seems that maybe we dodged a bullet with the food! One staff member for Sunday lunch service is never enough, she did her very best but was set up to fail.

Fairly disappointing experience, having been to Tapajax in Clapham. We ate 8 different dishes. The goat's cheese was covered with an off putting topping not described in the menu. The croquettes were genuinely some of the worst I've had. The focaccia was pretty good, but the overall value for money was off.

I had a fantastic time at evening here recently. The atmosphere was electric and the place was packed. We all loved the food. Thank you for such a great night.

To be clear, this a review for Tapajax after they took over from Heidi. Took us about 30 minutes to be served after being seated. Food was absolutely awful, various things warmed up at ridiculous mark ups. The Nam chicken was essentially 4 pieces of fried chicken for £14. Goats cheese was £12 and couldn’t recommend less as it was just posted obviously something that had been microwaved.

Had an amazing evening full of delicious food and gorgeous cocktails! The owner Danny had an amazing attitude and has ensured a return for me. I really recommend the Camembert and the picante cocktail

emily and izzy here, loved our evening at heidi, food was perfect and drinks were delicious. and special thanks to danny for being so welcoming!

Friendly, helpful, and accommodating for Christmas party.

Really great little spot! Has recently come under new ownership so some items are unavailable, but staff were extremely helpful and explained any changes/differences. The wine on offer is great, and the steak was actually very good - especially considering how cheap it was! Great location for any occasion, and a nice small/cosy venue which is great for being able to hear conversation!

Super Roast Beef Sunday lunch with excellent and friendly service. Delightful!

Amazing place, we loved! Gonzalo was great!

Right next to Balham station, it's the perfect spot for lunch or little end of afternoon snack as it's not too busy and they also have small plates/tapas. The staff is super nice and the food is surprisingly good (you wouldn't expect a place that serves all day round to have freshly made dishes at all time)

Food was nice but service/experience laughably bad. The waiters were super friendly but we were sat upstairs and felt quite ignored. Then little things... can't order wine by the glass upstairs, have to go and get it from downstairs. They didn't even give us a wine list when we sat down. They ran out of wine glasses. Nearly half of the wines when we went to get by the glass had too little in the bottle to pour a medium glass so there was very little choice.

A friend and I had a negative experience last night. They gave us a table next to people that were completely drunk already at 19:45, it was impossible to talk, to eat or to drink with the noise created by them, the staff had been completely careless, Me and my friend decided to move outside thinking that the situation would had gone better. We had to ger their attantion multiple times, they waiter seemed to be there on his first shift. They brought us hot food without cutlery, we had to ask twice for it. The food wasn't bad but considering the scenario, you can find a lot better than Heidi.

Heidi's was previously on of our favourite restaurants - a great date night spot and excellent food and wine. However our last two visits have left us really disappointed. As somewhat regulars we've been able to see the steady decline at Heidis. Service getting slower, food coming out colder etc.. Nothing to seriously complain about. However, when we went the time before last we had to wait over an hour for our food. The lady serving us was quite rude and didn't offer any sort of refund for our pretty ridiculous wait time. We decided to leave it as it was our favourite place. On Sunday we went for dinner. I'd made a reservation (specifically for dinner). We tried to order food and were told that the kitchen was closed... The young man serving us was great and checked with his manager but his manager didn't want to know and just said 'the kitchen's closed' - pretty bad customer service considering we'd booked specifically for dinner. We had our wine and left. Such a shame, this restaurant was brilliant but recently has been going downhill with customer service. Heidi's - please sort it out! We dont want to lose you!

Visited for dinner and drinks and had a great time. Amazing waitresses Sophia and Lia, very friendly and professional. Would highly recommend the pork belly bites (we ordered 2 plates!) they have a great head chef, Kevin! Will be back :)

Great little place bang opposite the station. Really good vibes, great food and wine! Nice outdoor seating thats in a a sun trap, perfect for evening chill outs. Would recommend!

We had the Monday steak deal here which was good.

Went for a drink with my partner. Ordered a Gin and a Beer. Beer tap wasn’t working, didn’t have any other beers, so just ordered a ginger beer instead. Stayed at the bar to pay as was now only staying for 1. Waitress gave me the receipt and it included table/service charge. Haha. Won’t be going back.

Heidi is a great place in Balham, i really like the atmosphere, it's cute, pretty chilled and always busy. I've been a few times for cocktails, which are really good. I've never been for a meal there, I've only tried the oysters on Tuesday and some nibbles, which were nice as well. If you live in the area you should definitely go here, I would recommend it for a date or to hang out with a few friends. It is not huge, so I am not sure that I would recommend it for a big group.

Our server was very attentive, I had to go to him to make our order. The food was way too salty for our liking. The wine ordering was unique, though, You pre pay on their card, pick your own wine at the dispenser and away you go! However, 2 glasses of wine each and 3 'small plate' bites between us for £67.00, maybe a bit pricey.

Small and lovely restaurant in balham

Food was quite good, although definitely overpriced. £9.50 for about 10 padron peppers? Service was bad - our waiter forgot the cocktails we'd ordered, and after 15 minutes didn't admit his mistake or try to sort it quickly, we cancelled them in the end. None of the staff were particularly friendly, and we were asked to move our chairs because we were sat in a "high traffic area". So food was totally fine, but for service and price, we wouldn't go back, or recommend it to anyone.

Lovely spot with great tapas and cool self service wine. Loved the baked Camembert and the service was fantastic!

I hosted my 30th birthday party in the private room upstairs and it was absolutely perfect! The party sharing platters were all delicious - the gyozas went down particularly well - and the staff were all super helpful and friendly on the night.

Best restaurant in Balham. The food is delicious! And the variety of wine is fantastic!

Went on Valentine’s Day. Had to preorder and a little on the pricey side (£60 each for the valentines menu )but think it was worth it. Had about 8 plates of food and 2 glass of champagne each. Each plate was delicious and actually not that small. After all consuming everything, think it was just right! Staff was friendly and attentive, would recommend. Also ordered another bottle of red, and it was really good. Would come again to try their normal menu and wine!

Lovely bar opp Balham Station which is good for the non locals coming to the area . Loved the self service wine dispenser! Nice brunch menu too .

Overpriced, bad service, mediocre food and they put meat in the "vegetarian options". Stay away.

Very decent roast - also a great place for a date. Good everyday food. Would recommend if you haven’t been before……………….

Have been here once before for food and thought it was okay. Returned on a Friday night for a glass of wine before heading elsewhere for dinner. When we walked in we were the only people in there, immediately the waitress was abrasive and sent us upstairs for some unknown reason. What seemed like an ice age had passed before anyone came to give us a menu or acknowledge we were even there. Eventually the same abrasive waitress did come over and ask us what we wanted. We said we’d like a glass of wine each, she said they didn’t do wine by the glass. I asked if you can have wine by the glass from the dispensing machine, she bluntly replied yes. So, I politely asked if we could do it this way to which she replied rudely that we needed to put money on a card to do so. I asked if she could recommend how much we should put on the card for 2 medium glasses of wine, this seemed like a huge inconvenience for her once again. She said it ranges from £2 to £20. I pointed out a Sauvignon Blanc we’d both like to have, and asked how much is a medium glass and we’ll put 2 x that amount on the card. She laughed and said they have 60 wines, she doesn’t know how much that costs. I politely asked if she could find out, she told me the prices are on the machines (downstairs). She bluntly said “put £20 on it then”.. well even Mr Blobby could tell you that wouldn’t get us 2 medium glasses of SB. By this point I was fed up so I said I’d go and find out the price and come back to tell her how much money we’d like on the card. She walked away without saying anything. After this myself and my boyfriend decided we weren’t going to be giving this place any of our money after being treated so bizarrely. We left before we’d even got a sip of wine, headed over to The Bedford and got a lovely glass of wine, stress free with wonderful service. The self serve wine machine is a wonderful idea in theory but does not work in reality. Even glancing at it you could see half of the options were unavailable because the bottles were empty and hadn’t been changed. Also, being charged £2 for a taste of a wine is criminal. It would’ve been easier to fly to New Zealand, drive to a vineyard, pick and stomp the grapes myself than try to get a medium glass of wine at Heidi Balham. Avoid!

My local wine bar and I’ve been too many times to count! The food is ALWAYS amazing, the pork belly bites in particular are phenomenal. always great cuts of meat here too. I’m finally leaving a review because I was dreaming about their cheesecake (best cheesecake I’ve ever had) and with their seasonal menu realised it might not be there in Jan! So I’m hoping they see this and make it a staple.

Very disappointing experience. Booked months in advance for the Christmas set menu and was chased multiple times to pre order which we did as a group of 8. When we arrived there were not enough seats, the staff were super busy. The three beers and coke we ordered took more than 40mins to arrive. Our starters were served 1 hr from sitting and our main was nowhere to be seen 1.5hrs into the sitting. We had to ask three times for water. The food when it did arrive was cold. We were told there was a new chef and the restaurant was super busy but there were only three tables upstairs and one downstairs. What is more disappointing is that a table of “celebrities” were next to us who got served upon arrival and food came out quickly. This morning I have also seen on social media this was “gifted”. The staff were amicable and whilst we offered to pay for drinks they said it was on the house. We actually asked to not have the main and cancelled the dessert. Such a shame as a lovely location and fun atmosphere. Will not be coming back any time soon.

I've been to Heidi many times with friends. The food, wine and cocktails are really great. I've been about 4/5 times in the past year and would say the service has always been lacking but it seems to be getting worse and worse.During our last visit we agreed not to return as the service was so terrible and frustrating - having to ask multiple times for menus/to have plates cleared/for more drinks/the bill. Everything requires a trip to the bar or to catch the staff's attention. A real shame that this is still an issue as we love the vibe.

A lovely wine bar staffed by lovely people! They have a self-serve wine selection along with decent cocktail and champagne options. They also serve Signal IPA and Signal Lager on tap. My friend had some delicious chicken wings when we visited and I'm looking forward to visiting again for the £1.50 Oysters on Tuesdays.

They have a champagne happy hour! Everyday until 9pm. Fantastic wine selection with a fun system to try and lovely tapas to boot. Handily positioned just opposite Balham tube/station.

Nice vibe. Tapas food. Lot of choice.

We'd been to Heidi before and really enjoyed the food (and wine), but first time having Sunday roast today and it was excellent!! Really tender and flavourful beef, pork was crunchy on top, melt in your mouth underneath. Yummy vegetables and potatoes were crispy. Plenty of food without any sides and great wine recommendations for roast meal as well. If I were to compare with other Sunday roasts around Balham, I would say better than Balham Bowl's club but the potatoes were not quite as perfect (to our liking) as the Bedford. Just watch out how much you spend tasting the different wines!

Very average given the area and prices. It doesn’t quite know what it wants to be. The food isn’t bad but nothing is memorable and service was a bit slow and like the food, lacking any character or charm.

Great wine! Food selection was good! Hospitality is difficult so go help them by showing support! Great little local wine bar.

The food here is nice quality, but seems very overpriced, with'small plates'at the price of mains. The wine is self serve which is fun and novel but also fairly expensive. The service can be quite slow. Overall you'll have a nice time here and it's worth a visit if you're local but I think there are better places to spend an evening

Really great wine and food, but boy, this place is expensive!

Amazing staff and food. Bavette steak was delicious and bigger than I expected. Coped brilliantly with us being such a large group.

Everything I've tried is delicious here, and my favorites are the camembert, chorizo and aubergine. Great variety of wines.

Heidi is a sweet little resto bar just outside Balham Station. It has small selection of wines you can pour yourself by the glass if you’d like to try a few different ones. Heidi has an extensive selection of small plates that are great for sharing. In the summer they open all their doors and windows making them open to the street which can be quite busy. I would say it’s reasonabe/tipping onto a little bit pricier. It would be great for drinks and nibbles for a date.

Really nice food at a good price for the area and the staff were lovely. Service was slightly slow but otherwise a great visit

Came here with my partner last night for our Valentine's dinner and it exceeded our expectations! Food was absolutely fantastic, so tasty. You MUST try one of their roasts on a Sunday (they have veggie and vegan options too). They have a really wide range to choose from which can be either bought by the bottle or by the glass at their snazzy self-service machines. My partner and I had an amazing time and will definitely be returning!

Nice way to try different wines. Good music and decent food. Service was fairly slow and food was quite expensive.

Disappointing, hair in cocktail so could not bring ourselves to stay and what with the frosty reception on entering...Looks like a great place and menu looks good..

Been here a couple of times and have enjoyed being able to try a variety of wines, by the glass, in one place. Both times however something has been amiss. On our first visit, we were ignored by staff and no one tried to explain how the system worked with the car & wine dispensing machine. The second time (now that we understood how the card system worked) both my friend and I were charged full price for visibly smaller glasses of wine. When bringing this to the bar staff’s attention they proceeded to pour out my wine into a shot glass before topping it up to the correct amount and pouring it back into the wine glass. Considering the inconvenience of having to queue at the bar & try and get their attention, when all you want to do is chat with friends, it all feels a bit cheap and stingy to pour it into a measuring glass to ‘check’?! The bar staff claimed the it’s the gas dispensers not working properly which is why it was happening. But after three times on three different wines…? It felt more like a scam. I assume they hope the drunker you get the less likely you are to notice.

Great atmosphere and lovely helpful staff, really patient even when customers were insanely rude to them. India gave us some fantastic wine recommendations and we really loved the camembert!

1. Cant have a glass of wine unless I top up a oyster card or something. When I asked how much did I need to top up to get a glass he couldn't tell me. Couldn't tell us what drinks they did have. Looked at us as if we was asking the meaning of life when all we wanted was a drinks menu 2. When the food come out the bread was burnt when we asked for one that wasn't chargrilled the girl looked as if it was a massive inconvenience. When the next bread came it was more cremated than the first. Apparently that's the way it comes so we are told. Staff were rude, and acting like sulky teenagers when all we wanted was a dinner that didn't look and taste like it had been cooked in a furnace. I could say so much more. The worst place I possibly ever been.

A good selection of wines by the glass. Food was expensive but good quality and service friendly. Will try again soon.

Great selections of wines to taste. The food is also quite delicious. Would definitely recommend.

Really great service. Friendly staff. Osias was exceptional.

Great selection of wine, delicious food.

Wine is really good! Staff could be a bit friendlier/ more motivated sometimes :)

Amazing wine bar with great tapas style food. Highly recommend: pork belly, octopus, burrata. The wine machine is really interesting as well, they also have glass cooling machine. Price is about £35~40 per person, including drinks.

If I lived in London I’d be eating here every week! Everything we had was amazing, and they had a great wine selection- it was nice that it was pour your own so you could sample things too. Ask for a table outside/in the window if possible.