The best restaurants in Riverside Southwark London

Went here to celebrate my 30th birthday as it was recommended to me and I was able to get a private dining experience. However the food and drinks here are very below standard. Ordinary cocktails they were unable to make, I had to send my cocktail back to be improved and a friend did not drink hers as it was so disgusting. No one was impressed by the food either. A friend had a salad and the lettuce tasted stale. It is a shame as I try to support black business and I feel this place has a great location. However a restaurant should have the basics right- food and drinks. The only good thing is that we took nice photos, and the waiter - although very slow and unable to take instructions (had to ask for simple things like water several times) - you could tell he was trying his best. Would not recommend due to the above. Attend at your own peril. Update: in terms of the spend- many items were taken off the bill as my friends refused to pay for food/drinks which was below standard. I can only hope that the restaurant will improve on its food/drink standard in the future. I also think a black owned business should be held accountable if their food/drink is bad. You cannot simply be supported just for being a black owned business

This place is a freaking scam yard. In the middle of my meal in the afternoon , two guys walk in, pick up my phone from my table while I'm having my meal, in broad daylight, and walk out and the manager or the staff couldn't be bothered. These guys were dressed as beggers. Come to think of it, the staff is a part of this scam. Why do they allow these kind of people to come in? I'm guessing because the staff is on it with the thieves, and after that, supposedly more homesless people came in trying to pull the same scam 5 minutes later. The manager as well as the staff are f*****g useless. The manager didn't even wanna talk to me about it and said it was my problem and they couldn't do anything about it

This place nice enough for food and it seemed like everything was pretty healthy, but I was surprised there was a 20ft queue all the way outside with people waiting to get in and the English must not know what a good roll and sausage is as I have been to better snack vans.

The food and service were both very good. The fish and chips was outstanding. The restaurant is an easy walk from the Marble Arch. Great beer on tap. prices reasonable. Reservations are imperative too busy for walk-ins.

Proper traditional London Pub. Of particular interest to any London's burning fans. Beer was very good. An old fashioned place but full of atmosphere.

I highly recommend this place and their Sunday Roast (make a reservation for the roast)! We started with a couple of pints and the Ibérico Ham Croquettes, served with aioli (£8 | $10.50 USD). I can best described them as three ground ham and cheese tater tots. They were delicious and made for a great start. For the main course, we both enjoyed the Aged Striploin Beef Roast. I loved that you could choose how it’s cooked (medium-well for me & medium-rare for Chris). This is not common from what I understand. Each roast comes with roast potatoes, seasonal vegetables, homemade Yorkshire pudding, and red wine jus. Everything was simply delightful (£19.5 | $25.59 USD). To finish, we shared the churros (4 count), served with cinnamon and chocolate sauce. A perfect sweet ending to the meal (£6.5 | $8.53 USD). We also added a side of Cauliflower Cheese (£5 | $6.56 USD), which was rich, creamy, and served molten hot but was the perfect complement to the roast.

Had the displeasure of eating Olive Bros at the Oval and was greeted with an upset stomach and a visit to the lavatory - essentially food poisoning. Shame as the kebab tasted great.