The Only Running Footman

We got the shareable appetizer plate/​meat board. It was huge and could have prob been our meal. Followed up with an order of «fish & chips» each. We should have only ordered 1 to split after that board. Food was good. Service was attentive but not the friendliest

Went here for dinner (upstairs restaurant) before heading to the cinema. It was not very crowded at 7pm but the room is small and cozy. The service was good and the food was very good and served quickly. We each had a glass of Malbec, which is was also good. It’s in a good location and reasonably priced compared to other restaurants. Enjoy!

We are in the upstairs dining room. We started with the oysters… Delicious. For main courses my wife ordered the beet ravioli and I ordered the seafood linguini. Really nice overall. Zero disappointments. If in London you should try this place out for sure.
Sticky toffee pudding with ice cream? Oh my Jebus.

First stop in London. Good choice. We’ll be back. Check out their Facebook page. Well done!

This pub was always packed. We visited the pub during lunch and it was good. My boyfriend had the crab legs and really enjoyed them. I had the chicken sandwich. It came with a nice salad and chips. Nice little pub.

Definitely a Five Star and place to visit. We had the best service, Sophie, excellent food, great beer and lots fun.

This was a nice place for lunch… fish and chips, and Shepard pie were all pretty good. Bloody Mary’s were not my favorite. but they had good beer on tap

Pub/​restaurant is well presented and staff polite. However we arrived on time for our 21:30 reservation last Sunday only to be told that the kitchen had been closed due to there being too few diners that evening. No phone call to warn us of this, only disappointment upon arrival. We had booked online through open table. If you plan to try dining here I recommend speaking to them by phone to confirm.

As a touristy Yank, I wanted to find a cozy pub on a cool fall day. This place fit the bill! The food is delish. I had a great feature soup and salad with a pint. I highly recommend it! I’ll be coming back for sure! I guess it’s got to be good when this pub is older than my country!

Good atmosphere an excellent pub food. The steak and frites was the best pub food that I have had in London. I would definitely recommend it.

We stumbled across this cute little pub after an exhausting travel day and enjoyed it so much that we went back again on our last night. It’s a busy, lively place that can get a little loud, expecially when the after-​work crowd hits but everyone was friendly and welcoming.
I expected burgers, fish & chips and light pub fare so the menu surprised me. It’s definitely a gastropub with daily specials and a well-​rounded menu. The diver scallops, salmon, rib eye and salads were all very good. An yes, the fish & chips were a hit too.

It is surprisingly difficult for a tourist to find good English food in London. To this end, I definitely recommend the Footman.
I went on a Wednesday evening, and the place was packed with business men and women looking for an after-​work drink. It was loud and slightly difficult tot get a table. The waiter was very nice, but misunderstood my drink order and gave me Italian beer rather than vodka. When I did get a vodka with orange soda, it was in fact vodka with orange juice and seltzer.
We both had the fish & chips, which was served with smashed peas. It was wonderful! The «tartar» sauce was more of a creamy onion sauce and the peas weren’t the sweet peas that I am used to, but I loved them both.
Two thumbs up for food, middle of the road on the other fronts.

I suspect I’m becoming something of a pub snob, but this pub didn’t wow me. To be honest, I came here sort of out of desperation (it’s one of the few pubs in this area) and I only came as a launching point to meet friends before a night out in Mayfair. The staff was friendly and attentive and the beers and ciders on tap were pretty standard, but nothing really sticks out in my mind when I think of this pub. I didn’t have the food, so can only speak to the pub from more of a drinking /​ambiance feel which didn’t thoroughly impress me. However, I would go back if I were in the area, just wouldn’t go out of my way to visit.

Thanks Unilocal,another great find in London. We made reservation with TopTable only to find that it was for the ritzier upstairs. No worries, they let us sit in the more casual pub down stairs by the bar. Awesome service, very un-​pub like in that way. Three of us shared the fish and chips. We loved the fish and the mushy peas, chips were average. But then on a whim we shared one order of their sticky toffee pudding! One was not enough, it was the best I ever had. Many puddings are way to sweet to eat more than a bite. This sticky pudding was perfectly addictive. I would return for this alone!

We started our day in London traveling here and about mid afternoon headed out to The Only Running Foot Man Pub and ordered the best fish and chips I’ve ever had. It was actually the couple we met in Paris that highly recommended it. Wow, can I tell you… it was so good! I mean I have had fish and chips before, but this… this was the best I’ve ever had! Oddly, it tasted really light, and crispy. It was really good. I got the Turkey dinner but ended up eating half of Matt’s s fish and chips, soooo good, mm mm mm…

This is a good pub as pubs go. Excellent service and a really kind waitstaff. Great chicken sandwich and my boyfriend had fish and chips. Both were excellent! Love the atmosphere too and as a bonus, ran into John Malkovich out front. Cool!

Wow… if you come here… do yourself a favor and order 2 things… the creamed spinach and the foie gras (pâté). OMG. Both are heavenly. Who woulda thunk, in the middle of Mayfair? Yum! The staff is super sweet also. Fab!!!

This gastropub is a 10 minute walk from the Sheraton Park Lane and is probably the closest decent food to the hotel. We went for brunch on a Sunday (served until noon I think) and liked it enough that we went back again during the week for breakfast, same menu. The food was quite good, showing how far pub fare has come in the last few years since I was last in London. There is a nice dining seating area so it’s more of a restaurant with a bar attached than a pub. We sat at a table by the open window and enjoyed the breeze.
We had the french toast, which was fine but unremarkable (note that it’s served with jam and crème fraîche rather than syrup, and smoked salmon with scrambled eggs, which were very good.
Service was good, though the waiter was a bit absentminded and kept forgetting things. The second time we went back, the waitress was efficient but a bit cold. Not enough to affect our meal though.
They serve a daily menu for lunch and dinner. It was not crowded at all when we went but when I passed by in the late afternoon it was absolutely packed with an afterwork crowd quaffing ale.

I always make it a point to hit this gem of a pub when I’m in London, and bring my colleagues along. I can’t say enough good things about their fish and chips — especially on a cold day! Beer selection is a bit limited but I always find something I like.
The last time I was in, an apparent keep favorite «John» was hanging out. John was VERY drunk for 6pm and didn’t quite get the hint that I didn’t have any desire to talk to him. Despite the obvious signs the keeps kept defending him saying «Oh, you don’t know John, John’s a great man»…if he was so damn great he’d leave me the hell alone!
Stop in for some fish and chips, and be weary of John — don’t say I didn’t warn you!

It was busy at the pub which clearly meant it was a popular place to eat/​drink. If you’re coming here for dinner, I highly suggest making a reservation which is pretty easy using Unilocal!
The food was good, but not as good to rave about. I had the lasagna which was tasty and filling but pretty standard.