The Carpenter's Arms - London

A great place in Elgin to visit and enjoy the food and athmosphere! Very cosy in the evening without being too loud! Innovative food but maybe could have a little more for maine course to match the prices! Staff is very friendly and efficient ! We thouroughly enjoyed it. Thank you

Gastropubs go up and down all the time. The last time i ate her a year or so ago it was excellent. This time it was OK, but nothing was exceptional. My burger was overcooked, my companion's caesar salad was lacklustre and a bit on the mean side. The wine choice by the glass was the best feature. It is a lovely quiet, charismatic, spot for lunch, especially if the sun is shining on the garden tables. The staff are friendly and laid back in a matter that some might find disconcerting. On balance, as I live locally, I recommend this as a destination following a river walk in Hammersmith. We've got a lot of average restaurants so I suggest not aiming too high.

Really terrible poor service, visited on Wednesday lunch for daughter’s birthday, just two of us, empty garden except for table of 4. Menu’s shoved into my hand as we walked in, hands full, carrying presents so dropped a jumper, an embarrassing few seconds of realising this guy isn’t going to help me here, eventually he did the kind thing. Had to go inside after 15 minutes and ask if you needed to order drinks at the bar, no sign of anyone. The guy in charge was morose and deliberately caused an atmosphere. The icing on the cake was literally when he deliberately looked confused and offended when we asked him to light a candle on the cake, his lack of birthday spirit or service soon dampened the occasion by wanting to slap on a £20 charge onto the bill. Don’t visit this place, plenty of other local pubs to spend your hard earned wages in with gardens and delicious food.

Almost hidden away in Hammersmith's Black Lion Lane The Carpenter's Arms clearly has a reputation, to judge by how busy it was for a summer Sunday lunch......with the added attraction in good weather of one's being to sit in the garden area outdoors. A magnet for families, certainly, though a downside might be the consequent and unabated noise. The changing menu offers well-prepared and flavourful staple dishes, a hearty Sunday roast of slow-cooked pork belly being the focus of my own visit. Plates arrive loaded, my own dressed with a crowd of accompanying vegetable roasts including a carrot that had clearly vied for best place. If I say that the restaurant was busy then service, no matter how friendly, was certainly slow. Compared to prices charged at pub/restaurants with more pretentious profiles, prices here are relatively modest, and yet appetites are by no means short-changed. Worth a visit.

Clearly not a place for people with kids. Writing the review 5 minutes after entering the place. Walking in and the waiter very unpolitely shouting after the family whether we have booking. Saying we do not have a booking and sharing with two adult looking like complete idiots that anyway it is last order at 21:38 so may be another time. It would have been better just to communicate child policy we do not want people with kids. I understand very busy day with first day close to 30 degC so more than enough to do. Are we going to go again; definitely not. Do these people think about others without no reasons that they are idiots; yes! Well done guys!!!