Provender Restaurant

Absolutely incredible experience at Provender. The service is unmatched and the staff are friendly and willing to explain the menu happily. The food is as authentically French as you can get. I would highly recommend the scallop starter and beef wellington. The duck special was also lovely and fresh. Can’t wait to visit again!

Absolutely loved this place. The food was lovely. I wish I had ordered the Jerusalem artichoke veloute as it was just stunning. Warm, comforting, full of flavour. The chicory and goats cheese was also beautiful, very fresh, very clean but on a cold day I was jealous of the soup my friend ordered! The steak was cooked beautifully and the dessert was heavenly. We had an amazing evening. The staff were warm, welcoming and so friendly. I will be back!

Definitely worth the visit for lunch, fantastic selection of French cuisine. Every dish I tried had an air of quality and flavours were superb. I tried the gazpacho soup as a starter which was a great balance of spice and tomato flavour. Also tried the lamb and rabbit both melt in mouth good especially the rabbit. Topped off with a creme brulee which was as good as I have tasted. Service was good, welcoming and helpful whilst efficient a very relaxing visit.

Great service, the staff were friendly. I had the escargot and house red wine, both of which were wonderful. The escargot was as good as some I had in Paris, super garlicy!! Reasonably priced for London and good quality.

A very enjoyable experience. For a local restaurant, this is probably as good as it gets. The arancini was delicious and the steak was slightly overcooked and lacked a little flavour but still very good quality. Definitely deserving of the Michelin Guide mention and would certainly visit again.

My friends live locally and we had discussed eating here as it's their favorite local restaurant. Despite my friends booking a different place due to miscommunication the lovely maitre D managed to set up a large table for our group and everyone arrived albeit a little late. Service was friendly and efficient, the menu had so much variety that even the fussy eaters were happy and the actual dishes were delicious and beautifully presented. Really happy with the wine selection too.

Short notice Thursday booking. 3 course dinner for one. Shared the starter and desert. Chicken main was second meal. 500ml of the Malbec. Recommended, and hoping to return to try more of the menu. Tall waiter was very knowledgeable of ingredients of our dishes.

We've been to Provender a few times before, but not reviewed. Our visit last Saturday was another great occasion. My young son always enjoys his fish goujons as he always does. My wife and I enjoyed the potted cured salmon as starter, which is always good. I wouldn't ordinarily order chicken supreme, but this chicken was cooked perfectly. It was delightful. My wife really enjoyed her herb crusted cod too. The Vouvray is perfect to start for drinks and we enjoyed a couple of other wines during our mains. Service was good, as ever. It is a little pricey, but certainly worth a visit if in the area.

This is a local neighbourhood French restaurant that looked after us really well. Its appearance is cosy and inviting from the street (ok, maybe I just gravitate towards anywhere with fairy lights outside!). Inside it was bustling on a Friday night but we'd booked ahead. We were greeted warmly and they usefully took our coats to hang up on wall hooks. We were with a couple who don't live far, who'd warned us the head waiter walking around was actually the owner, and had shown some typically French (abrupt!) service when they'd been before, sighing when they'd taken longer than 10 seconds to choose wine. I actually didn't mind his matter-of-fact style - he made sure we always had everything we needed and we had plenty to chat about with each other on this occasion rather than make small talk with him! We got through 2 bottles of a well-priced Pinot Noir with dinner, and took the locals' suggestion of a sharing platter of starters which was great for a craver of variety like me. Between the 4 of us I think we all had different favourites from the salami slices to the prawns to the pate to the stuffed tomatoes - so everything got finished. I liked that they served the big platter on a raised stand too - a nice touch so we could all get involved. We all chose steaks for main (FOMO much?!) - I went for the steak frites which was a 225g flat iron that arrived perfectly medium rare as requested and I really enjoyed. I think my guy was less impressed with the rib eye so take note! The only part of the interior that wasn't as pleasant as the rest was the toilet - perfectly clean, lovely moisturiser etc but just absolutely freezing! I suppose it hurries you up... I saw plenty of other things on the very reasonably-priced menu that I'd love to have ordered too, so I'd be quite happy coming back if I was in the area - as it looks like plenty of the locals do!

Went for a second time and never disappoints. Very unassuming but tasty French classics. Twice baked cheese souffle, green salad. Steamed Normandy mussels, white wine, butter, parsley, french fries. Charcuterie selection. Madame Sibilia, Lyon. Saucisson & Rosette. potted goose & pork, veal tongue remoulade & croutons. Six 'petit gris' snails, parsley, tarragon & garlic, crisp baguette. French free range chicken supreme 'roast on the bone ' Espelette, lemon & soft green herbs.