Bumpkin is a fab brasserie in Chelsea serving great, British fayre. They are well known amongst the locals for their delicious brunches but I’ll need to save that for another day. My visit this evening was to the inaugural bi-monthly food and wine pairing dinner. The guest winery to be featured tonight was the Huia Vineyards from that well-known wine producing region of Marlborough, New Zealand. We were to be dining in the lovely covered garden area which is very pretty and if you watch reality tv was also the setting for the 4th of July party on the show ‘Ladies of London’. The tables were set and my fellow diners and I were looking forward to some tasty dishes and some great wines.
The restaurant Bumpkin is located in the Chelsea area and it is situated in two floor venue and it offers traditional British Kitchen. It is situared in the Sydney street, close to Kings Road. The closest tube station is South Kensington.
The ingredients are delivered freshly every day and prepared from major and experienced chefs.
I would recommend to share the small Bucket of king prawns and the small BBQ pork ribs as a starter and the Angus beef burger or the Poached wild Scottish salmon as a main meal.
If you're dining at Bumpkin, the place you want to be is the very cosy garden strung up with twinkly lights where even when the nights are cold, you can sip a cocktail in relative warmth.
The plum pudding was a stunner of a drink and for nothing else, I would spend endless hours warming up a corner at Bumpkin.
The menu is wide and varied and there is something for absolutely everyone. I opt for a crayfish cocktail which is a bit of a twist on a retro prawn cocktail which I absolutely love, and it lived up to the mark! The sticky gooey ribs were pronounced as an enormous hit, falling off the bone and with oodles of flavour.
For mains, I opted for the scallops in cauliflower pureee, which are a starter but can also be ordered as main option and these were the best scallops I have ever had. FACT. And you know how much seafood I eat!
Sadly I didn't have a chance to stay for a dessert but the tweets I was seeing showing off the other desserts convinced me to come back another day for more!
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Being a food blogger and a bride-to-be don't always go hand in hand when you want to make sure you're going to fit into your dream dress! So when The Handbook asked me to try the Super Healthy menu at Bumpkin, it was the perfect opportunity to eat out without affecting my waistline.
As my Mr Silver is more of ribs 'n wings type-guy I enlisted my fellow foodie friend Danni to share my table.
Bumpkin is a mini-chain of restaurants operating in Central London; British produce is central to their food philosophy and they ensure that all ingredients are ethically sourced and sustainable.
Having been to Bumpkin in Kensington, I expected a similar dining room. But I was wrong, Bumpkin isn't like your average chain of restaurants, each one has an individual style and design. Where Bumpkin Kensington is larger and pub-like, the main dining of Bumpkin Chelsea was rather smaller, cosy and quite romantic with lights twinkling in the window.
And outside there's a gorgeous little secret garden.
Bumpkin's Super Healthy menu has been created by Julie Montagu, a leading voice in the world of health and nutrition.
I started with a hydraulic, cold press juice which is intended to provide the body with nutrients via fast delivery of vitamins, mineral and enzymes. I 'gingerly' chose the Lean Green Machine which contains green kale, tenderstem broccoli, watercress, Cox apple, lemon, lime, spirulina and ginger.
Ok, this drink is going to be very green I thought, and I wasn't too sure about how juiced broccoli would taste...
I actually loved my emerald cocktail, you could really taste the broccoli but it was a good thing! The drink is apparently highly cleansing and alkalising; I slurped it down, enjoying its green goodness. The waitress offered us the wine list and, though I was tempted, it seemed wrong to counteract the cleansing properties of the juice with a glass of vino! However, all the wines that Bumpkin serve are organic or biodynamic, so just one won't hurt if you fancy it.
Danni bypassed the hydraulic juices and favoured a refreshing mocktail.
Fresh lemon, mint and apple, minus any added sugar. Virtue in a glass!
Next it was time for our healthy salads, made from fresh produce from British fields and allotments.
As it was pancake day, Danni stuck with tradition.
Organic quinoa and seven seed pancake, tenderstem broccoli and cucumber (minus the cucumber which she doesn't like). All the salads at Bumpkin are vegan or vegetarian but you have the option of adding a protein; Danni chose prawns. Her gluten-free pancakes were delicious and she enjoyed the aniseed flavour that came through. Fantastically, she could fully enjoy a pancake day treat minus the guilt!
I chose a selection of torched smoked garden vegetables with blackened tomatoes, kale and orchard dressing with chargrilled chicken as my protein.
It was no boring chicken salad! I enjoyed the smoky mix of Mediterranean vegetable that were beautifully colourful and perfectly cooked.
The salad were very tasty and we left the meal perfectly satisfied and not left starving. Best of all we'd had a lovely dinner together and it was completely guilt free. My next wedding dress fitting is in two weeks time and I'm ready for it!
We went for coffee and dessert, the coffee was a strong and fantastic quality bew. The sticky toffee pudding and apple crumble was incredible. Highly recommend this place. They even honoured a voucher they were not familiar with. Excellent service.
We had our wedding reception here a year ago (July 2016) and received such great service. A year later (July 2017) we decided to return for our anniversary and received superb service. The staff were all friendly and courteous. I definitely recommend for any sort of occasion.
We had our wedding dinner in the winter garden recently. Despite a few hiccups with arrival and food we had an absolutely wonderful time and I'd recommend this for anyone getting married at the Chelsea Old Town Hall! The prosecco we had was incredibly good, far better than many high end champagnes I've had! The boneless chicken dish could really really be improved though!
On a non-descriptive autumnal Tuesday evening in Chelsea, I had the pleasure to enjoy a 3 course meal at the newest branch of the Bumpkin Group. The interior follows the footsteps of the the outlets, with that country house look and feel to it. Service was ultra warm and attentive and the creamy fish pie one of the best I've had. I will be going back for more!
Great place to eat. My son is in the royal brompton hospital for treatment and they have gone out of there way to make him food he likes so to me the service and food are amazing.
Looks ordinary on the out but inside really beautiful was a nice place to chill..also a table for two will be good here..courtyard really nice..price £19-£35. I would suggest.
Hidden gem in Chelsea next to the Chelsea Gardener. On a sunny day you can enjoy lunch in their secret garden on the back...
Lovely setting, good wine list and tasty food.
Amazing service and fantastic winter garden!!! The food is great as well!!!
Not quite as nice as the Kensington one, but still great food
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