Waterloo Bar & Kitchen

I have been a regular at Bar and Kitchen for a few years now and I just keep wanting to go back. The menu is great balanced, lots of fish, and well priced. Each time I go there are four or five dishes, from each course, I want to eat.

The food is always excellent, the halibut is particularly good and so is the duck as well as steak, fishcakes, the lamb sea bass and so no.

Service is great and the manageress seems to know everyone.

The dishes are reasonably priced and better value than a lot in Waterloo.

Definitely my favourite restaurant in the area.

The best eggs Benedict I've ever eaten. I've tried other places in London and other cities, but nobody comes close.

They cook fish and meat really well here. Simply prepared and quite generous portions. There's a decent wine list and a couple of good beers on tap. The only slip-up I've seen was when the kitchen has been trying too hard to impress: delicately-flavoured fish cakes can't stand up to a concentrated tomato-based sauce and their qualities were completely hidden when I tried them.

I hired the downstairs room for a party once and both the service (manager, barman, waiting staff) and the canapes I ordered were superb.