The Chalk Freehouse

An outstanding meal from start to finish. We ordered a selection of snacks and starters to share, and honestly, the different butters alone are to die for. The mustard & herb butter and the brown crab aioli were absolute standouts — I’d come back just for those. For mains, we had the Pork Chop Schnitzel, which was perfectly crispy and paired beautifully with smoked bacon, pickled cabbage, and a rich duck egg — absolute comfort food, but done to perfection. We also had the Chicken which was packed with flavour. The sauce was incredible, and it paired so well with the braised beans and preserved lemon. Such a clever and delicious combination. The atmosphere was relaxed yet refined, and the service was warm, welcoming, and attentive throughout. You can really tell that so much care and attention goes into every dish here. This is a restaurant that gets everything right — flavour, service, and setting. Highly recommend.

We were a group of four, booked in for an early dinner yesterday (Saturday) but ended up staying for many hours. Stylish and classy decor, lots of seating, buzzy vibe with punters outside and inside, dogs a plenty too which always adds that extra homely feel. The Team were great, table service was proactive and faultless - AND the food was 20 out of 10 - to be expected from the super talented Team running the kitchen. Congrats to all involved, we will be back for sure again and again - WELL DONE TEAM CHALK

Great food and service. Super quiet on a Monday lunch, good set lunch menu.

I don’t often leave reviews but I felt I needed to balance out what felt to me like an unfair single star review. My wife and I visited on a Saturday night for dinner, and couldn’t help but order half the food menu. I want to give special mentions to dishes. But in all honesty it was all gorgeous. The scone and sausage roll as snacks were delightfully tasty. The parfait and crab salad were wonderful, and the mains were epic. I ordered the confit duck leg, which was really great, with an amazing potato on the side. My wife on the other hand ordered the Pork Schnitzel, with Mash Potato in the side. Now, if you do eat pork, do yourself a favour and order the schnitzel. It’s not your average schnitzel, it’s hearty, scrumptious and will no doubt become their most famous dish. Service and atmosphere were also fab, friendly, professional and timely (not too fast, not slow either). All in, a wonderful dining experience. Get yourself there before the rest of London finds out!

A group of six plus a well-behaved cockapoo enjoyed a family birthday celebration here on Sunday. What a fabulous place. Excellent food, attentive but non-intrusive service and understated simple decor. We will be back.

We had lunch here today. The staff were excellent and the food was amazing. We had the set lunch of pea soup and fish cake for starters. We both had chicken for mains and panda cotta for dessert. Met the chef Tim De Keyser who had done an excellent job and was very friendly. We will definitely be back next time we are in London. Thank you all

Not one to give a bad review but for an establishment of this kind the basics were not in place. No clear ingredients on the menu , I don't eat pork and it was very much a main staple in the dish and there was no mention of it anywhere. I didn't want to make a deal during our meal but felt it important to leave feedback . As it turns out the person serving us was in fact the GM and upon receiving feedback offered no apology or solution nor did anyone reach out as they said they would post meal. Disappointing really as i was so looking forward to becoming a regular here.

Firstly and foremost the pub itself is lovely with a nice atmosphere and a busy but not hectic vibe to it. We wanted to love the food given it’s under Tom Kerridge’s stewardship, and whilst some dishes were great, others were fairly underwhelming.. Snacks: both the scone and sausage roll were superb, and at £3 each you could easily have 2 of those each and be happy with a few drinks. Starters: baked saffron rice w/ oxtail was pretty bland in taste and watery in texture underneath, which was unexpected given the suposed bone marrow addition to it. We expected it to be rich and beefy but this was not the case. Under-seasoned and forgettable. Crab and potato salad was fine. Mains: Skate wing (FOTD special) was well cooked and a decent size. Didn’t come with any sides but we ordered the crab salad with the mains to go with it. Beef roast: here’s where things really let the Chalk down. The beef was good quality and cooked well but for £36.50, one would expect 2 slices given, considering even the 1 slice was by no means large in size or thickness of cut. Yorkshire pudding with some crispy beefy end bits was a nice touch, however the potatoes were sadly dry, chalky on the inside and barely any crispy exterior. Why do pubs find it so hard to cook decent roast spuds?? 1 solitary purple carrot, and a smattering of watercress completed a pretty underwhelming Sunday roast dish. Yes the pub is new, and no doubt still finding its feet, but for ~£150 (incl. a Guinness and 2 glasses of middle range wine) seemed both punchy and not great V4M.. worth mentioning that the sides - a leafy salad, mashed etc. priced at £9 each put us off adding any to our meal given the cost. We wanted to love it, and rate it highly, but we ended up getting dessert and coffee elsewhere afterward