Waterloo Bar & Kitchen

The Waterloo Bar & Kitchen straddles the increasingly blurry boundary between gastropub & restaurant. Though by definition a restaurant, the dark-wood furniture & chalked-up wine list is firmly in gastroboozerland, the atmosphere is buzzy & the punters are on the right side of 40. The menu, too, wouldn’t look out of place in a gastropub: pan-fried scallops with salsa verde, pork & leek sausages with mash, a trio of fishcakes with a tomato salsa & fruit crumble are typical offerings. Brunch is popular at weekends – & understandably so: who can turn down well-prepared eggs Benedict? The brief wine list is short on surprises but long on reliability & reasonable prices. Nice private room, too.