The Canton Arms - Lambeth

If you’re a meat lover, then you will be well served. However, vegetarian and vegan options weren’t great. Three of our party ate the gnocchi which was oven baked. Bone dry and horrid. Service was reasonable, especially considering it was pre Christmas. Atmosphere was nice and buzzy. We probably won’t revisit as the food was very inconsistent.

Very popular, hence the need to book, and I hadn’t been for some years. Noon reservation but we were told in that annoying way “we need the table back at 2pm” …. Unnecessary. Hostess then licked her finger to pick up a menu from the pile. We ordered a main that arrived just before 1pm, so we declined dessert. No spoon given to eat fairly liquid food. I used the paper napkin to mop up some spilled Coca Cola and the waitress smoothed the stained paper out and placed a knife and fork on it. Later she whizzed passed as we had our mouths full saying “everythingokheregood” which was meant as a question. Don’t accept Amex either a tedious and false economy. On the way out, no goodbye or thanks. Having not been in years it was a shame to see the various bottles of pickled food dotted around (no, it’s actually not appetising to see food stored in this way) covered in a film of dusty grease: maybe have a spring clean?

It was my second time at the canton arms and still did not disappoint ! Delicious meal, full of interesting flavours and there is a great ambience in the restaurant. Just make sure you save room for desserts !

Had a really lovely meal at the Canton Arms the other night. Such exciting dishes which really do change every day. Particularly like all the homemade pickles and preserves lining the walls. The interior has a very traditional old London pub vibe which I really enjoyed. No frills or pretensions, just good food.

We had a family of 8, there were neighbouring tables of a similar size. Phoebe handled it all with aplomb. Her first difficult task was to tell my partner and I that the spiced skate hab all gone. Our Australian eyes had latched on to that as a must as soon as we saw the Specials board. We replaced easily enough and had a very lovely evening. I would hardly call it a pub meal; maybe on steroids