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54 Formosa Street, W9 2JU Full details & map

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By Time Out Editors Posted: Aug 2 2011

The chief selling point of this stylish bar-restaurant is its wide terrace, so close to the Regent's Canal that you can touch the bobbing barges. It's quite pricey, but the clientele are happy to keep ordering as long as the sun keeps shining (you may find the interior completely empty of a July lunchtime), and it's not as if the venue is cutting corners in its provisions.

Cocktails (around £8) come in fairly standard categories, but the quality of the mixes and the spirit bases need little gimmickry, and all syrups and purées are made on-site.

The wine list is long: of the 50-ish varieties, a dozen are served by the half-litre carafe, the bottle or two sizes of glass; if you're just after a vin de pays to plonk into an ice bucket near the lap of the water, it'll come in around £16.

A flatscreen TV has been placed in front of a sofa for rainy days, though it's just as nice to watch the barges from inside.

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Tags: Cocktails, Great views, Outdoor : Drinking, Wines, West, Maida Vale, Bar

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Waterway details

Address

Waterway

54 Formosa Street W9 2JU

Transport Warwick Avenue tube

Telephone

020 7266 3557

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Open noon-11pm Mon-Fri; 10.30am-11pm Sat; 11am-10.30pm Sun. Food served noon-3.30pm, 6.30-10.30pm Mon-Fri; 10.30am-3.30pm, 6.30-10.30pm Sat; 11am-3.30pm, 6.30-10pm Sun

Credit cards AmEx, MC, V

Facilities

Tables outdoors ( 40, terrace ), Babies and children admitted ( until 9pm ), Wireless internet

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Comments & ratings 2/5 (Average of 2 ratings)

By annoymous - Jan 7 2012

Awful place, awful management, awful service.

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By Dockit - Aug 28 2011

1/5

I'd echo the comments about extremely poor service. We went for lunch today, they lost our order and we only found out when we queried where our food was after it hadn't arrived after 45 minutes.

The food did eventually arrive (and was actually quite nice) but sadly no-one ever apologised!!

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By STR - May 9 2011

2/5

For the last 3-times i visited the Waterway, service was extremely poor, which is a shame as this gastro pub used to be a greet food and environment experience. I am afraid I CANNOT recommend it anymore.