I think I'd rather approach this with a list of pros and cons:- nice wait staff;- VERY CUTE little "English garden" with patio heaters - yea, I know, they're not environmentally friendly, but it's still nice to sit outside and not freeze your butt off thanks to England's miserable climate;- decently priced wine list;- the food isn't bad at all. I don't know if I'd eat there every day, but to share an appetizer over a bottle of wine is perfectly acceptable.As for its negative points:- they advertise that they sell their wine at "retail prices...," which is utter false advertisement. Yes, the bottles are cheaper than they would be in various other establishments in London, but to prove a point, a bottle of your run of the mill Jadot Macon-Villages (really nice but perhaps a pedestrian white wine) does NOT cost 12.50 pounds, but more along the lines of 8 or 9. And to further piss me off, this bottle is available in the States for 9-10 dollars (4-5 pounds, roughly)....- the appetizer servings are not very substantial;- it's absolutely chock-full of Rahs; I guess this should have been more apparent to me from the outset as I was in Chelsea, after all. If I have to listen to that old boy's club, look-at-me-I'm-privately-educated (I am too but I don't feel the need to publicise it or mount the entire existence of my identity on it) accent, I'm going to lose my mind.Overall though, I think the family that owns this small chain of southwest London-based wine bars has struck upon a formula that works: good decor, decent staff, decent food (if the portion sizes were a bit bigger)... granted, they're the basics of the restaurant business but it sure seems like many restaurant owners and managers forget these very simple things.All in all, I'd definitely come back. Perhaps with some ear plugs, though, to block out the Sloane Rangers....
