DRUNCH St John’s Wood

DRUNCH will always be a favourite of mine. You know the kind of place you genuinely feel at home, so much you’d rather go there alone than get take out.

It’s tough to describe the appeal, it’s little bit off the beaten track, a real neighbourhood place, you have to get off the main high street to find. The patio is very cool in the winter or summer. I like the fall the best, about now when the sun is still shining but the heaters and blankets provide any necessary added warmth.

The decor is opulent but casual, velvets and florals but not so perfect you feel uncomfortable or too pristine. The beautiful flowers on the bar always a highlight for me and in the winter you’ll find me hogging the fire.

The customers are a mixture. You find glamourous ladies enjoying a macchiato or yummy mummies juggling pushchairs and gossip with equal veracity. Business men (probably estate agents, there’s few in the neighbourhood) grabbing a bite or lovebirds snuggled in a corner savouring eggs Benedict.

The menu isn’t massive but the food is delicious, made with love, I always have the avocado on toast which is generously sprinkled with the most divine feta, not sure where they get it from but worth going just for a taste.

The thing I like the most about DRUNCH is now kind the staff are. Makes me want to come back.

They do have other locations too, one in Mayfair I think.

And if you are looking for a special place for food after some holiday shopping, the fires and the decorations make this a wonderful choice. They do add a service charge to the bill, even for one, and a donation to UNICEF but I don’t mind. The service has always been 1st class for me. It’s quite simply my kind of place.