Harden's says
Soft-launching in late May just a few doors along Crisp Street from Sam's Riverside, Sam Harrison's vision of "the perfect little local corner café" offers a full English breakfast and all-day bacon rolls alongside more contemporary dishes such as beetroot with halloumi and za’atar on sourdough with goat's cheese, crushed nuts, pickled red onion, roasted garlic confit and poached eggs.
Harden's survey result
Summary
Sam Harrison’s “cute café just off the river in Hammersmith” is tucked away in a backstreet across the road from Riverside Studios (home to his mothership ‘Sam’s Riverside’). “It’s often difficult to create an original breakfast menu but Sam’s Kitchen manages it” with “an interesting and well executed-range of options”. “On a sunny day, an outside table eating crab crumpets with poached eggs is so good!!” And it already has a welcoming sibling in a similar vein in Chiswick, in the parade of shops near Turnham Green tube: “some innovative dishes here for both breakfast and brunch from chef Abbey Hendren: especially the lemon and ricotta hotcakes... a local café with class!”
Summary
Just behind Sam’s Riverside, on the site that was Café Plum (RIP) – Sam Harrison’s vision of a ‘perfect little local corner café’ offers a full English breakfast and all-day bacon rolls alongside more contemporary dishes such as beetroot with halloumi and za’atar on sourdough with goat’s cheese, crushed nuts, pickled red onion, roasted garlic confit and poached eggs. It opened in summer 2023, too late for feedback in our annual diners’ poll.
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Sam's Kitchen Restaurant Diner Reviews
"Great lunch stop: interesting short menu (the messiest most enjoyable chicken sandwich I can remember), charming and sympathetic service."
Prices
 Drinks |
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| Wine per bottle | £27.00 |
| Filter Coffee | £0.00 |
 Extras |
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| Bread | £4.00 |
| Service | 10.00% |
Opening hours
| Monday | 8 am‑3 pm |
| Tuesday | 8 am‑3 pm |
| Wednesday | 8 am‑3 pm |
| Thursday | 8 am‑3 pm |
| Friday | 8 am‑3 pm |
| Saturday | 8 am‑3 pm |
| Sunday | 8 am‑3 pm |
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