Restaurants

The advertising at Brady’s depicts a gentleman with a battered cod for a tie. All around are hastily scribbled menus depicting the haul of the day, and the prices. We sampled perfectly punchy potted shrimps as a starter but, on our visit, half-pints of prawns, calamares, anchovies, sardines and cockles were all available. Mismatched wooden chairs and tables give the dining room a homely atmosphere. Mermaids painted on the mirrors, and fish-theme borders, feel more Westcliff-on-Sea than Wandsworth. The lunch special of fun-sized fish, chips and sweet mushy peas for under a fiver is great value, the full-price option with chips as an extra perhaps less so. We’d like to have been able to report on the own-made honeycomb ice-cream which was going down a storm on the other tables, as well as apple crumble and bread and butter pudding, but the kitchen was abruptly closed without us being offered the chance to order any.

Time Out Eating & Drinking Guide 2009