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43-45 Montpelier Vale, SE3 0TJ Full details & map

Brasserie: Modern European

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By Time Out Editors Posted: Oct 3 2011

The aptly named 'All Day Dining' branch of Chapters is a buzzy, bright place to visit for a coffee and catch-up with friends at the pavement tables, a hearty brunch or a dinner with the parents. The spacious dining room is all modern furniture and exposed brickwork, and you can perch on stylish aluminium bar chairs for a bloody mary or two.

Unlike formal, Michelin-starred sister restaurant Chapter One (based in Bromley), here you'll find classy cooking in a casual setting. Various menus cover every mealtime. Brunch dishes can be quite heavy, such as slow-roast pork belly with an assortment of trimmings. A fish special of expertly pan-fried lemon sole accompanied by an unctuous pearl barley risotto was lighter. Spatchcock chicken had been imbued with a delicate smokiness from the charcoal embers of the Josper oven and arrived dripping with flavoursome juices. Desserts are quite small; a raspberry tart was inhaled in seconds.

On previous visits, service was the epitome of continental efficiency, though on this occasion our entertaining waiter was more engaged in flirting with a neighbouring table than listening to our order - but it's just such variation from the norm that gives Chapters its edge.

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Tags: European, Modern European, Breakfast/brunch, Families & kids, Groups, South East, Blackheath, Mid-range, Restaurant, Café-bar, Brasserie

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Chapters All Day Dining details

Address

Chapters All Day Dining

43-45 Montpelier Vale SE3 0TJ

Transport Blackheath rail

Telephone

020 8333 2666

Chapters All Day Dining website

Breakfast served 8-11.30am Mon-Fri; 8am-noon Sat; 9am-noon Sun. Lunch served noon-3pm Mon-Sat; 11am-4pm Sun. Tea served 3-6pm Mon-Sat; 4-6pm Sun. Dinner served 6-11pm Mon-Sat; 6-9pm Sun

Main courses £9.45-£30.50

Credit cards AmEx, MC, V

Facilities

Tables outdoors ( 4, pavement ), Babies and children welcome ( children's menu; high chairs; nappy-changing facilities ), Booking essential ( dinner and weekends ), Separate room for parties ( seats 50 ), Disabled ( toilet )

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Comments & ratings 4/5 (Average of 3 ratings)

By Claire - Jan 11 2012

1/5

Came a second time to give it another chance after big diappointment the first time. Food was very poor quality and extremely over priced for what it was. I asked for the special which I was told was brown trout, different to that on the main meu - however it was exactly the same as the rainbow trout my daughter had ordered. It came on a bed of sad, greasy cous-cous that I wouldn't feed my dog. Trout was tired and tasteless. Daughters meal also poor.
The waiter asked if we had enjoyed the meal, and unfortunately I could only say that we hadn't, very unprofessional reactions - manager rude and arrogant and his excuse was, 'we are not a fine dining restaurant', a direct contradiction of what the waiter had boasted. The manager seemed to imply that if the food was not burnt and was enough then we should be happy.
I have never experienced such poor and actually rude service before, unfortunately I also wanted my food to taste good, and I was very disappointed. The price I then paid for my disappointment was outragous.