Olympic Cafe and Dining Room (Barnes)

• Amazing coffee followed by sourdough with poached eggs
• I finished with my own pot of Rooibos tea
• The building was initially an entertainment centre putting on plays and other shows in 1906
• The dining room is on the ground floor and serves food all day
• This is open to the public though there is a separate member&rsquo
• Head chef Andreas Engberg was previously sous chef at Racine
• As was a brown roll with poppy seeds
• Example wines were Equus Carmenere Haras de Pirque 2011 at £
• A salad of endive with blue cheese
• Accurately timed mackerel with good flavour
• The strength in pastry was emphasised at another meal by a very good lemon tart with particularly good filling and good pastry
• No wonder it was busy even at a weekday lunch
• This is up there with the very best restaurants in Barnes
• I often feel the price you pay is unjustified for the experience you get
• Each chair comes with its own table for your drinks
• The Dining Room at Olympic Studios is bigger than I'd imagined
• Sadly the first thing to pass my lips was the least favourite part of my evening
• Maybe the Basiltini (I'm pretty sure that wasn't what it was called but was something similar) and was made using basil and way too much ginger for my liking
• Though we'd forgotten to check if the tartare was already seasoned
• The calamari were really good too with a crunchy but light batter and soft squid inside
• It's served with chips and an almond garlic butter that I couldn't get enough of
• The lobster was beautifully cooked
• Ed calves liver with smoked bacon
• As the cinema and restaurant are all under one roof you can take unfinished drinks through to the screen with you
• Olympic Cinema is a real treat
• We went here for lunch and had the roast cod and Welsh lamb shoulder which were absolutely delicious
• Olympic Cafe and Dining Room (Barnes) also has one of the best wine collection

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