9 Camp Road, Wimbledon Common, London SW19 4UN
Latest critic review: September 25, 2011
Claude and Cedric Bosi's South London pub...
Michelin starred chef Claude Bosi has joined up with his brother to set up this pub/restaurant in the heart of wealthy Wimbledon. This has a more British state of affairs from a place that steers more towards restaurant than pub.
Critic Reviews
Zoe Williams Telegraph
Reviewed on September 25, 2011
"This is the sort of place, I bet, where the locals are so loyal that, if you say anything mean, they track you down and beat you to death." READ REVIEW
Andy Lynes
Metro
Reviewed on April 27, 2011
"The Bosi brothers are within a fox’s whisker of cracking the gastropub formula but more of their Gallic charm would go a long way to making this welcome addition to the London scene perfect." READ REVIEW
John Lanchester Guardian
Reviewed on April 16, 2011
"It all works well, and there's nothing amateur about the Fox and Grapes. If I lived locally, I'd regard it as very good news." READ REVIEW
"For me the main problem with the Fox and Grapes is that whilst the kitchen is capable I'd like to experience its more creative cooking, er, chops. But it seems that may only be possible in the evening..." READ REVIEW
"(There was) an unbalanced, mostly not terrifically appealing - a subjective judgment, I agree - list of dishes from which, for the main course, we ended up ordering Patrick's burger with tomato relish and blue cheese, and Cumberland sausage on buttered mash with red onion gravy." READ REVIEW
Tracey MacLeod Independent
Reviewed on April 02, 2011
"Despite the decent quality of most of what we ate... we struggled to warm to the Fox and Grapes. A long wait for our main courses, and the "yeah, it's coming"-style response of our waitress, highlighted the problem with gastropubs in general... the food may be of restaurant quality, but the service is distinctly pubbish." READ REVIEW
Guy Dimond Time Out
Reviewed by February 24, 2011
"Highlights included a square chunk of roast pork belly. The skin looked dense but was as crisp as fat Pringles, while the meat below was full-flavoured and not too fatty; masterfully cooked." READ REVIEW
Richard & Peter Harden's
Reviewed on February 21, 2011
"Main courses... showed an épater-la-bourgeoisie determination to lace almost all dishes with the sort of calorific content we’d guess Wimbledon’s ladies-who-lunch would normally go some way to avoid." READ REVIEW
"It is undeniable that the food at the Fox and Grapes is exceptional." READ REVIEW
Nick Harman Foodepedia
Reviewed on February 21, 2011
"The menu reads simply but is full of things you want to eat such as the Herefordshire snail lasagne. When it arrives I can tell from the aroma it’s going to be good and by golly it is." READ REVIEW