Gazette Brasserie Balham

delicious eating with a heart attack. it is French eating and they do not stick to adding butter and salt. Probably the best option in balham when they are looking for a good food and have a baby in tow.

considering that it is not one of the vegetarian-sympathetic cuisine, I like French cuisine. or more to the point I like the admittedly romantic and rose-coloured idea of the pariser life that I have compiled over numerous trips over the sleeved canal: the ome

Very nice atmosphere traditionally rustic, good fresh food, polite friendly authentic and most importantly well informed staff. However, can be waiting a long time (depending on where seated) and food drink can vary (depending on whose made it). Although this can add to the experience the flavours often remain consistent.

As bad as they say. Have to agree with other reviews here. We were here on a quiet night, with only 4 or 5 tables occupied. However, they still managed to serve poor quality food cold and poorly prepared. The waiting staff were arrogant, bordering on surly and overcharged us at the end of the meal, then argued when we pointed out the error. AVOID.

Disgusting duck confit. I thought duck confit was a classic French dish, not so at the Gazette The duck leg had not been marinated or baked in delicious goose fat and did not fall off of the bone instead it was probably pan fried resulting as a disgusting tough and inedible portion of duck When this was pointed out to the waiter it was taken away and the same piece of meat returned presumably after giving it a few more minutes in the pan making it even more unappetising.

wonderful place for my birthday dinner. I chose gazette (balham) to host my 50th birthday dinner. I had about 45 guests, but had never organized such a thing before gazettes manager took all the stress away from the beginning of the preparations. I received help and advice to organize the seat plan and received extras like a personalized menu and name cards that were all prepared by gazette to not charge at all. Moreover, I must have changed the seating plan several times as some of my friends were on a budget, I decided to use the most economical 3-course menu that was perfectly cooked with a beautiful presentation and eating tasted just as well...read more

great restaurant experience. my family and I went to gazette restaurant in balham, south london for a dinner. the restaurant itself seemed the ideal place for a relaxing bistro dinner. this was however far from what it seemed personal quite stressed and had no time to treat with tables properly. when the food came ( waiting for an hour) we were not only hungry, but it was cold. I myself was a vegetarian it was difficult to find a suitable choice on the menu and found I was very sick due to the kitchen with meat stock (one can accept) in vegetarian oriented all in any experience we don't forget, but not for the right reasons, unnecessary to say we won't read more...read

Very disappointing...... Tr.... Very disappointing...... Tried gazette for the first time this morning but unfortunately left very disappointed. Upon being shown to a table, menus took ages to arrive, while being given the menus we asked for some water which never came. After going to the bar and asking again, a couple of minutes later they finally came. We ordered eggs benedict and a croque Monsieur and 2 milkshakes. the food arrived roughly 2 minutes after we ordered. Was slightly too quick we thought. Whilst the Monsieur was ok, the eggs benedict were hard and also the whole thing was cold, so I asked for another one. It came after 5 minutes but while it still wasn't hot, I was too...read...

The Last Visit. Many moons ago we were big fans of the Battersea branch and frequent, and always satisfied, visitors. However, last night's experience at the larger Balham branch will be our last to either Gazette. In summary, the food continues to be lardy French and delicious but the service and whole experience left a bitter taste in the mouth. This place has set its stall out and for what you're paying, one would expect more. Booked table for 9.15, only to find that table was given away (without apology, just a we didn't know how long your wife was going to be even though they had been told a couple of mins). When a table did free up we were offered a tiny table right by the glass...read...