Harden's says
A large new offshoot of the Peckham Rye small plates restaurant there are 100 covers inside with an open kitchen, and a sheltered outside area with seating for 70 drinkers and diners.
Harden's survey result
Summary
The top floor of the National Theatre has been through a number of incarnations and its latest is the autumn 2023 spin-off from Peckham Rye’s hip roof-top bar that’s long been a favoured spot for sundowners and nibbles for fun-loving SE15 types. Most reports see this new branch as “a fabulous addition to the Forza family”, saying: “at last, the National Theatre has a buzzy restaurant to be proud of – with its fab location, a table on the beautiful and spacious wrap- around terrace is unbeatable on a sunny day, serving lovely sharing plates of modern Italian-ish tapas and an excellent drinks list”. On the downside, service can be “a bit chaotic” and “all over the place”. Top Menu Tip – “memorable cauliflower fritti with aioli. Yum!”
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Forza Wine Restaurant Diner Reviews
"Useful place"
"Great venue for light bites and excellent staff"
"Liked the portion sizes and all the food had good flavour"
"A bit noisy. Hate the high stools and tables. Tapas style but rather expensive. More of a cocktail bar than restaurant. "
"This area of the National Theatre has seen some considerable turnover in establishments. This one has pivoted to a wine bar that serves Tapas style food. We came to eat without booking and shared a table with a couple on a first date. The service is not great 3- despite their being plenty of staff about. They are probably just inexperienced as they walk about looking straight ahead instead of walking the floor and all too often carrying nothing. As we had a theatre date, we had to expedite matters but it worked. The food is interesting, modern tapas with no obviously regional style. Burrata, grumolo, blood orange & hazelnuts was the not the best Brurrate at £15 but passable. Some dishes were misleadingly described "White beans, cavolo nero, anchovy" £12 turned out to be dish of possibly white beans smothered in a green sauce. No sign of "nero" and no taste of anchovy! Simple ice cream desert with a few crumbled biscuits was modest but OK at £6. Overall not worth a return visit at some £60 for 3 dishes plus desert and one glass of wine. "
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