6 Portland Road, London, W11 4LA
Harden's survey result
Summary
Nowadays owned by Jesse Dunford Wood, this “beauty of a local restaurant” is a “gem worth travelling to Holland Park for” – “with a warm welcome, efficient staff and a regularly changing menu”. It’s notably “small and cosy”, which most reporters “love”.
Summary
“Low-key but capable of great cooking” – Jesse Dunford Wood’s “friendly neighbourhood spot” does sterling service for Holland Park, serving a “short but well-curated menu” for lunch and dinner, seven days a week, alongside an “awesome wine list”, in an “understated setting that makes clear that the food is the main attraction”. With just 36 seats, it can get a little loud with larger groups.
Summary
This “smart neighbourhood restaurant” in Holland Park is “great value for some quite elevated cooking”, with menus that change daily. It’s “very small” (36 seats), “very friendly”, and has a “super wine list”. It sees itself as a ‘smarter, smaller and more mature relative of Parlour’, the highly rated gastropub in Kensal Green. Top Tip: “well-priced lunch menu”.
Summary
“Understated Holland Park local” worth discovering on account of its “consistently delicious and always changing British food” – an “inventive menu providing enough diversity to make it a place to return to on a regular basis”. It’s “cosy” too, with “charming, quirky service” and an “excellent, interesting and different wine list”; in short, a “perfect neighbourhood bistro”.
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Prices
| Availability | 2 courses | 3 courses |  |
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| Lunch | £28.00 |  |
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Traditional European menu
| Starter | Main | Pudding |
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| £13.00 | £35.00 | £8.00 |
| Drinks |
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| Wine per bottle | £34.00 |
| Filter Coffee | £3.00 |
| Extras |
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| Bread | £0.00 |
| Service | 12.50% |
Restaurant details
Six Portland Road Restaurant Diner Reviews
"Not as good as usual "
"We had all been here some while ago and it was hardly fair that we were hurrying to a music event starting ninety minutes later, but it was the nearest open for our party of six that early. The waiting staff was charming and not the slightest fazed. Essentially, the menu, between 5.30 to 6.30 is a bargain, and prettily done and presented. The wine list is interesting with plenty of choice in the lower range - a decent organic wine for a change. Definitely one to return Ito in less hurried circumstances."
"Well supported local, good food and lovely staff.... makes for a great night out with family and friends"
"Cheerful, professional service stands out"
"Food not as good as it used to be"
"It must be difficult for a neighbourhood restaurant to balance the price/quality/quantity equation with a set lunch. My experience was exiguous and undistinguished: a pity and one wouldn’t want to do a valued local place down. Maybe I caught it in an off day "
6 Portland Road, London, W11 4LA
Opening hours
| Monday | 12 pm‑3 pm, 5:30 pm‑10 pm |
| Tuesday | 12 pm‑3 pm, 5:30 pm‑10 pm |
| Wednesday | 12 pm‑3 pm, 5:30 pm‑10 pm |
| Thursday | 12 pm‑3 pm, 5:30 pm‑10 pm |
| Friday | 12 pm‑3 pm, 5:30 pm‑10 pm |
| Saturday | 12 pm‑3 pm, 5:30 pm‑10 pm |
| Sunday | 12 pm‑3 pm, 5:30 pm‑10 pm |
