Reviews of The Avalon (572)
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The steak was amazing, in fact one of the best I've eaten!
Have been a few times now and always enjoy as friendly attentive staff and the menu is always good as has a varied choice and good atmosphere in the bar and restaurant.
Very nice pub with good selection of drinks. Pleasant atmosphere. Food was reasonably good but not as impressive as some we've had at the other Three Cheers pubs.
Amazing food, service and venue! Will definitely be returning to the Avalon. Thanks to the staff for being so friendly and helpful. Brilliant venue and the food was fantastic!
I know the Avalon well and have eaten there before. I took advantage of the generous January 50% voucher which was very worthwhile. The food was good but as one would expect from a gastro(?)pub. The duck was a little too smothered in gravy and would have benefitted from a hint of green veg rather than the watercress garnish. The pizza is always good value but could do with slightly more topping as the crust was quite dry. On the whole - good and I would expect to return again.
The food is excellent, very tasty ! Great music with DJ on Saturday night. The staff is friendly. There is a large garden and a smaller on the side too.
Veggie roast was nice but would've benefitted from some sauce or gravy.
amazing vibe, great food and really good service. def a must in the area!
Food good as always. They still do the best steaks in London! We went on a Wednesday evening and it was very busy... glad I booked ahead.
Great evening, The food and drink were very nice. The service was quite good as well. We will come again very soon to enjoy it
It was a nice experience. The staff were very attentive and helpful. The quality of the food was great. I had the cod and it was presented well and tasted superb. My overall experience was lovely.
Great food, friendly staff with a welcoming attitude towards babies and kids. The decorate your own fairy cake was a great idea for kids' pudding - buys more time for adults to enjoy the delicious food! Also has an extensive wine list. Baby change facilities are available and unisex which makes a nice change from the usual. Would highly recommend.
Amazing food, great service and with a lovely vibe. I would def come back to this pub to enjoy its amazing food. I would specially recommend the ribeye! Amazing quality if you like meat!
It was a very enjoyable evening in comfortable surroundings. All four of us had steaks which were cooked with a good deal of pink - which I like for a medium rare. Great chips and peppercorn sauce, The staff were attentive as needed and quick to clear and serve. The only thing I didn't like at all was the dessert, a passion fruit and raspberry Eton mess. For an Eton mess it was 90 cream and 10 meringue. I don't think thees many people who want to eat a entire glass of whipped cream. I suggest they rethink this dessert as it was extremely disappointing.
Lovely atmosphere. Food and wine were wonderful! Great service Great place for a Sunday roast with parents or friends. Also great for Sat night drinks. Loved it each time I've been
Good food, wine, service and ambience. Staff were flexible about changing the booking time and attentive all evening. Highly recommended! Also good for dates and groups...
Great atmosphere. The pizzas are better than pizza express! Staff are very friendly. Will definitely be coming back here. A few more salads on the menu might help
For Friday evening around 7 pm we had a large table and experienced Fantastic service. There was a very good selection on the menus and what we ordered was exceptional. A highly recommend evening dinning venue.
Great Sunday lunch in lovely garden. Service excellent. Dog friendly too! Will be returning another time when next in this part of Clapham. Thanks Avalon.
Another enjoyable evening was spent with friends at the Avalon. Great food, the service started very well, however as the restaurant got busier the service was average. Two pies were brought from the kitchen and the staff didn't known which was the lamb and which was the beef. They only downfall of this place is the noise that comes through from the bar making it hard to hear when you are eating.
Great food, service, and wine list. The renovated garden is lovely.
Bit loud so difficult to chat at dinner, but good food, very friendly service and beautiful set up- good bar section with music and dance
Excellent food. Taste card makes it great value. Nice atmosphere, friendly staff.
The Avalon has always served great steaks. Not sure what went wrong on our recent visit but the kitchen was unable to cook the steaks to our request (medium) despite more than one attempt. A side dish was forgotten and generally service was poor - not what we have been used to at the Avalon. They tried to make amends by reducing our bill by 50% for the food - a nice and appreciated gesture. Sadly, it will still be a while until we return. Not sure if the poor performance has anything to do with staff changes?
Great food and good service. Slightly disappointed the "optional" 12.5% service charge was added without us being given a choice, but would have tipped anyway
Good food, Nice surroundings. Very Interesting Decor. Pleasant and attentive staff. A smoothly run evening overall would recommend popping in for a bite ! ! !
Enjoyable dinner with friends - let down by lack of gluten free options on the menu. They managed to modify the steak option to be gluten free though which was excellent.
The choice of food were more limited than usual but it was jummy as usual. There were a shortage of staff, probably because they opened the Garden. Otherwise it was a great night
Really nice food .... service a bit hit and miss. Forgot to bring things we had requested (water, sauce etc) but cheery staff. Would go again
Excellent food and service, love this place!!! The pies... Dangerously good.
The restaurant is lovely but the noise level was intolerable - for that reason alone the experience was awful. A little surprise that management appears unconcern/unaware the effect such loutish behaviour have on other diners.
Lovely pub, good food and great atmosphere as one could expect
Delicious food, a great pub but slow service. A nice place for a drink indoors or outdoors. Worth booking a table as often quite busy.
Was a great diner. Food was really nice for a reasonable . All guests were happy. The wine was nice but a little pricy. But overall a great experience
Good was of a good standard and service friendly but drinks orders were forgotten and our first course took almost an hour to arrive.
Reliable, efficient and awesome as ever, we eat at this pub fairly frequently as its consistently good at everything it does. Looking forward to seeing the new garden as well.
Came after a recommendation and had a delicious Sunday roast. The Avalon has a lovely atmosphere and great service, would definitely go back and recommend on.
Wonderful atmosphere, excellent food, fabulous garden! The service was excellent which made our experience really enjoyable. One of the best pubs in South West London. I would definitely recommend for a family Sunday lunch.
Beautiful food, great atmosphere - but had to wait quite a long time for our food as it was very busy!
Amazing food, drink and service!! Cannot complain at all. They were fast, polite and the pizzas were gorgeous! We stayed for drinks after which was nice too. But the best part was the staff :)
Decent food and atmosphere, perfect for a mid-week dinner with friends
Very average. They forgot to put our order through so waited almost an hour for 2 mains and when they came they were ok. They were apologetic and gave us our drinks and dessert on the house which was nice. I wouldn't rush back.
Great food. Great atmosphere. Friendly service. Would highly recommend. We all had a lovely evening.
Great food great staff! Bank holiday fun! Will be back again
Delicious lamb dish and excellent pizza. Quick and efficient service.
Something obviously went wrong in the kitchen tonight, guessing maybe a chef walked out? Food took well over an hour to come. However they took our bottle of wine off the bill as an apology which was nice, and the food was ok, had squid and duck, both a bit dry. Service was attentive and apologetic though.
Great food, decent service and nice setting. Great for a sunny day
The staff are wonderfully friendly but the food was horrible. I had a hanger steak and was advised to have it medium to rare otherwise the meat was tough. I had it rare and it came out blue and it had gristle in it. It was horrible. Then the guy wouldn't change it cause he said I had eaten over half of it!!! Offered me a free dessert (standard) but I said no and he ended up taking it off the bill. Dinner ended up being salad and fries! This is the second time out of three over the last 6 weeks where the food has been really bad. All I would say about my other experience is avoid the lasagne at all costs!
Delicious food cannot wait to come back already! Had the fish and chips and they were absolutely perfect! Make sure you ask for more tartare sauce though!
Overall we had a lovely Sunday lunch at The Avalon. However, our waitress did not seem to understand our questions - when we asked if the gravy on the vegetarian roast was vegetarian she said yes and then said it had beef in. We therefore ordered without the gravy but this dish was fairly dry as a result - it would be much better if vegetarian gravy was provided on a vegetarian option.