Watermans Arms

About Watermans Arms

Description from WhatPub, CAMRA’s pub guide.

Features

• Dog Friendly
• Outdoor Seating
• Serves Food
• Serves Lunch: Thursday to Sunday
• Serves Dinner
• Restaurant
• Real Ale
• Disabled Access: Ground floor only
• Accessible Restroom
• Reservable
• Good for Groups
• Accepts Credit Cards
• Accepts Debit Cards
• Accepts NFC

Google rating and reviews

★ 4.6out of 5 on Google, from 543 ratings

• ★ 4 out of 5Lola Agabalogunon Google, January 2025

  Overall, a really lovely lunch. The food is executed extremely well. Some of the best roast potatoes I’ve ever had. My only qualm is the portion size. For £50, I would expect more than 1/2 a chicken for a sharing dish for 2 people (no sides included). I would absolutely return for the really delicious food and lovely service, but the portions felt just a bit lacking.

• ★ 4 out of 5SparklyLlamaon Google, January 2025

  Booked in for a Sunday roast. Wine selection is lovely. The roast is a different spin on the classic we had the lamb for 2 which was so soft and delicious with a lovely sauce and plenty of meat. You then order sides, we had roasties, carrots and chicory all really tasty and some of the crispiest potatoes. Chocolate mousse for dessert was lovely too. Only criticism is the tables are very close together and can be very loud at peak times. Service is okay could be a little more attentive as we had to ask to order a couple of times.

• ★ 4 out of 5Pocketsize Pappuon Google, January 2025

  Lovley Sunday lunch with beautifully prepared Lamb served on the bone for you to carve at the table. Accompaniments were served as options you could choose. each one flavoursome and nicely prepared and presented. The roasties were crisp and fluffy on the inside, just right. Deserts were all homemade and tasty finishing the meal off perfectly. Lots of choice on wines, both red and white. My only slight criticism would be that the tables are packed close together, creating a slightly restricted seating arrangement, especially when people stand over you whilst you're eating. The waiting staff…

• ★ 5 out of 5Katy Tennanton Google, July 2024

  Beautiful birthday lunch at the Waterman’s Arms. We’ve been meaning to try it since it reopened last Autumn, I wish we hadn’t left it so long! We started with a few of the smaller dishes - lemon sole, mackerel and aubergine. Followed by the pork collar as a main to share with chips and flat beans. The mackerel and sole were stand out and the chips, not sure what you put on them to get them so crispy but they were amazing! We then had the baked custard with cherries, wow, looks deceivingly simple but tastes unreal. A really well considered menu, £150 for 2 with 3 courses, drinks and wine.

• ★ 5 out of 5Amy Watton Google, October 2024

  Such a fantastic addition to Barnes High Street with a delicious menu! We visited during their collaboration with NY chef Jay Wolman, and the menu was outstanding. We were seated upstairs, where the service matched the high quality of the food. Highly recommend the cabbage—it was my favorite—as well as the sole and seafood rice. Our only regret was not ordering more, as everything looked so tempting. We booked ahead and got an early 6:15 pm slot, so it was fairly quiet when we arrived, but it started getting busy around 7:30. Definitely recommend booking in advance to avoid disappointment!

Rating and reviews are from Google Maps, as they stood in January 2025. See the latest on Google Maps.