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#3,442 of 15,774 Restaurants in London
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Vegetarian Friendly, Vegan Options, Gluten Free Options
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Dinner, Lunch
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Reservations, Seating, Serves Alcohol, Full Bar, Table Service
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All reviews tuna sashimi guacamole tapas small plates off the menu an early dinner delicious food lovely restaurant saturday night friendly service dishes avocado bite branch presentation
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Reviewed 19 October 2023

If you are ever near Clapham (and even if you're not) take some time out to visit Little Bird Battersea. We haven't been there in a while, and we fell in love with it all over again. A warm welcome on a cold and rainy...evening goes a long way to banish the winter blues. And the food was delicious - small plates of cod and prawns and falafel and beef - all beautifully presented. Service was friendly and there was a great, relaxed vibe despite the weather - we were transported to .... well, take your pick, it could have been the west end, or if you prefer, to warmer southern climes. Thank you Little Bird, you got it spot on! We will be back .....More

Date of visit: October 2023
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Reviewed 26 April 2023 via mobile

My daughter’s birthday. Really good atmosphere, good food, eclectic variety as in curry with tapas. All really tasty though. Service slightly slow but will go again. Previous review Futtock, get over yourselves !

Date of visit: April 2023
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Reviewed 26 March 2023 via mobile

I’m not entirely sure what to make of this place. It’s on a site at the top end of Battersea Rise that has had numerous reincarnations all of which including Little Bird retaining a faintly musty smell in each of its two predominantly wooden decked...levels. The wooden theme is underlined by tree-like intertwining tall branches forming light stands, one with, the other without a bulb fitted. There is a colourful print of a female face perhaps suggesting this is a venue for young women who lunch and sip cocktails. The only other visitors to Little Bird on the Saturday lunchtime we visited were a table of slightly fashionably dressed women who shared a bottle of champagne whilst being lectured by a woman at the head of their table before leaving without having had a single bite. The bites in question are from a small menu of mixed Asian dishes. We enjoyed tuna sashimi and avocado in a black sauce, little fried cubes of pork with chilli in lettuce leaves, five strips of beef takaki, cod croquettes and an avocado, cucumber and chilli salad.More

Date of visit: March 2023
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Reviewed 12 March 2023 via mobile

I visited the restaurant with 3 friends. We couldn’t agree on a cuisine so Little Bird offered a perfect mix. There was something for everyone on the menu. The staff were incredibly friendly and professional. The cocktails, especially the margaritas were some of the best...we had. It was a perfect place to catch up with friends and all of us walked out happy. Definitely a new local favorite.More

Date of visit: March 2023
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Reviewed 18 February 2023 via mobile

Came here on Saturday for an early dinner. The food was delicious (the kids say yummy!), it was quick and amazing quality (consistently across all food). Service was great. friendly and attentive but relaxed!

Date of visit: February 2023
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Reviewed 16 February 2023 via mobile

Amazing food and cocktails but disappointing service. I haven’t been to Little Bird for a few years and was pleased that the menu was still as good as ever but sadly the service isn’t what it used to be. Staff were rude and made us...feel unwelcome.More

Date of visit: February 2023
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Reviewed 18 December 2022 via mobile

Fantastic venue and food, let down by chaotic and unfriendly service that was frankly verging on rude. The heating wasn’t working apparently (or maybe they just didn’t want to turn it on) and we had to eat with our coats on. Then at 10pm we...were told it was last orders and they issued the bill to every table in the restaurant and we all had to leave. On a Saturday night!More

Date of visit: December 2022
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Reviewed 12 December 2022 via mobile

We have eaten here a number of times and the food is always very good and this night was no exception. We are also familiar with ordering a number of small plates and appreciate that this can mean food arriving at different times with potential...delays. However, on this occasion the gap between the first and last dish arriving was 70 minutes; some of us had finished their 3 dishes as long as 30 minutes before others had received even their first and although the restaurant was busy as ever just about all of the other tables had finished eating before our dishes started to arrive. The first dish, a cold beef plate, arrived 20 minutes ahead of the second and was ordered with rice but the rice was the last to be served. When I pointed this out I was rather curtly told that rice was normally ordered with curry. Indeed they had arrived together, albeit there were more rice orders than curry orders, but as to why we had waited 90 minutes for the curry was never explained and certainly no apology was offered. We were given a generous discount, albeit with obvious disdain, that was gratefully received but I would sooner have paid full price and had no grounds for complaint. I did email the restaurant but did not receive a reply.More

Date of visit: November 2022
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Reviewed 9 November 2022 via mobile

I came here last week to take my family out as a thank you meal and wow what a lovely little place. The food was delicious and came out very quickly considering we ordered one of everything off the menu... very tasty. We were served...by the manager and a young girl (I didn't catch her name) what amazing service they made sure we were happy and had everything we needed the whole evening, good service is very important to me and the service we received was GREAT. The cocktail and wine selection were also lovely. The evening was great from start to finish thank you to the staff and we will now be regulars... thank you 😃More

Date of visit: November 2022
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Reviewed 8 August 2022

A lovely ambiance, nice and cool with the front and back doors open. Delicious cocktails devised and made by the in-house mixologist (I had the Touch of Gold). Great selection of food - a variety of small bowls which are perfect for sharing. Our favourites...were the arancini balls and the blackened cod (although everything was tasty, with a particular shout-out to the presentation of the guacomole!). Our waitress was very friendly and helpful. To round off the evening, as a party of four 50 somethings, we mused that we would have loved an espresso martini to finish up with but it would keep us awake all night... and were offered a decaff version, which was absolutely delicious! I have been here several times and it is normally worth reserving a table in advance, although it seems a bit quieter during the mid-August exodus.More

Date of visit: August 2022
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Reviewed 15 July 2022 via mobile

The food was very tasty, particularly the tuna sashimi, salt&pepper squid, green curry and duck tacos. Good value for money. The cocktails are great and service was quick and friendly. There was a problem with our drinks but they dealt with it immediately and as...a result we’ll defo come back.More

Date of visit: July 2022
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Reviewed 26 April 2022 via mobile

Lovely restaurant with a nice and relaxed atmosphere Food was delicious, and really nice to share and try different things.

Date of visit: April 2022
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Reviewed 3 April 2022 via mobile

Stumbled across this very last minute on a Saturday night and fortunately they had space for me and a friend. Nice atmosphere and decor. The food was lovely and the cocktails took us by surprise - delicious, beautifully presented, creative and unique! A proper curated...list rather than a regurgitation of the same classics you come to expect. Table service was a tad clunky at times (I think we had a very friendly and well meaning but new member of staff though so it’s understandable!) but we still enjoyed it. Price-wise, it felt ‘okay for London’ but possibly a tad more expensive than I’d like to pay for the style of experience and food we had. Nevertheless, a really lovely place that I’d definitely return to! I think it would be ideal for dates etc.More

Date of visit: March 2022
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Reviewed 15 January 2022

I visited on a Friday night, booking in at 6.30pm. We must have been asked 5 times to order food in first 10 minutes. Even before drinks. After we had ordered and got drinks, enjoying the great food and cocktails. A waitress came over and...told us we had to leave in half an hour as they needed our table back. We still had half our food and three quarters of a bottle of wine! I asked if we could sit at the bar and she said she would find us a table near the bar so we could finish our drinks. She did, and approved it with the manager. 10 minutes later when we moved, the manager came over, told us that we needed to move and sit somewhere else. Despite agreeing we could sit there, she changed her mind 10 mins later and said "you'll need to move as we have people coming in". As if we weren't also people... Clearly, these people had just turned up and she saw a chance to get more paying customers in by kicking us onto a bar stool out of the way. By this point I'd already ordered another drink for myself. We were just gathering our things to move after agreeing between us that we would choose to ignore her rudeness and stay and enjoy our drinks, when she came over 30 seconds later, and told us to hurry up! I couldn't believe it, so we cancelled my drink order and took the half bottle of wine we had ordered home! The management was trying to cram as many people in as possible. It's entirely the fault of greedy management who are ruining the experience for customers. The whole thing felt very rushed and it was like a conveyor belt of diners! This is not what you should expect in a restaurant where you've paid over £100 for small plates and a few drinks. It was the worlds most over priced fast food restaurant. I won't be returning despite it being lovely food and the waiting staff were very friendly. It was the management that has let everyone down... Her attitude was dreadful, so rude, and not at all one for customer service. We explained why we were leaving and all she said was "I'm sorry you feel that way". It's such as shame as I live less than 5 minutes away and I have been trying to find time to come to this restaurant but due to Covid etc it's been tricky. If the experience was more pleasant, and we weren't made to feel an inconvenience, I would have been visiting this restaurant all of the time.More

Date of visit: January 2022
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Reviewed 21 November 2021

Interior is nicely done, service was not great, rock hard toast, kids requested plain pancakes, came with banana in them and on them. Waitress announced plain pancakes putting them down covered in banana, very strange. Still fairly new so hopefully it improves.

Date of visit: November 2021
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  • Food: 4.5
  • Service: 4.5
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