Best Barbecue Restaurants in Peckham

Had the loveliest evening at Blues Kitchen - we were greeted very warmly by Bismah and Anthony on the door and promptly taken to our table. The atmosphere and music were perfect, and all the staff members were so friendly and helpful with making food and drink recommendations. Special menu standouts included the sirloin steak with chilli miso butter and the buffalo wings, which were juicy and flavourful. We had the spicy margarita and the japanese whiskey sour, the former being amazing with a lovely spicy rim, and the latter being smooth and and a little smoky - both were so good we had to order another round! Our server Nana was excellent and really made us feel welcome, and the manager on duty (I think her name was Angie) was so sweet so big shoutout to those two. We'll definitely be back to Blues, perfect service and venue!!

The food was great, and the ambience was calm, with conversations and the usual restaurant noise, which was nice. The only down-fall was the service. It was slow and rather inattentive. We first ordered the drinks, and they send us the wrong drinks, once this was changed; We received the mains, however, the cutlery was not changed and we had to stand up and ask at the bar/staff section to change this for us (after trying to call the waiters to change this for us). After the mains, we also had to wait a long time before they would ask us if we wanted any desserts or coffees. We ordered lovely desserts! However, before we did, the waiter brought us one menu of the Bar Nibbles, instead of three dessert menus... Once we finished our desserts, we asked for the bill (which we also had to stand up to get as no waiters were looking around the tables)... and to our surprise, the bill was also wrong, which we flagged to the manager (also having to stand up, instead of the staff looking around the tables). I went back to the table hoping that they would bring the corrected bill... which never really came! We had to ask if we could pay before we left!! (some other people might not do this and it'd be a business losing money!) Instead of the waiter taking the payments, they simply left us with the card reader for us to sort out!! At that point we were truly considering not paying.... It was the cherry on top. It's a shame as the food is lovely and the atmosphere is great! But the service was truly poor and not up to a minimum standard.

Food was faultless and our server was very attentive but someone needs to tell the kitchen that 45 mins for our first course (mains) is too long at lunchtime. (We were there on a Tuesday) Definitely going back for the incredible white chocolate cheesecake, which is to die for!

The express lunch is always delicious and amazing value.