Do not eat here. Six of us went for sunday lunch. Four of us chose the pork belly only to be told they no longer had it after we had paid.

So 3 of us chose lamb and the other beef instead.

After 40 minutes the food still hadn't arrived so we asked the bar staff and they apologised and said they should have mentioned that it would be a long wait but it would "only" be another 10 minutes.

This turned into a further 20 minutes, so an hour in total. They then brought 2 beef dishes despite us ordering only 1.

They took 1 back and eventually served everything as we had asked ... or so we thought. It soon turned out that three of the lamb dishes had slabs of beef on the plates. We complained to one of the waiters but he did nothing about it.

My girlfriend had a vegetable lasagne which was very dry and appeared to contain nothing between the pasta sheets at all!

We complained and eventually got given a free dessert each and the money back for the three plates that had mixed food, which we appreciated - and the desserts were nice.

But it was a very poor experience for what should be the easiest of things to get right - Sunday lunch. Next time we'll go next door to the hand in hand.

rudest service
distinctly below average food
a waste of potential - the setting and building offers opportunity for a v nice pub indeed. wasted!

I've visited the Billet a couple of times recently and both times I've had to send my beer back. If a pub can't even look after it's flagship bitter, then it's not much of a pub. Perhaps thinks are different at other times, but on Saturday night it was quiet - so quiet in fact that when we arrived, there was no one behind the bar (although someone was quickly in place). It wouldn't encourage me to eat there, especially when starters are £11 (for for chilli and garlic tiger prawn salad), £18 for a steak and over £9 for sausage and mash. And while I'm partial to dogs (not on the menu that is), when the local posers allow their pedigree pooches to run through the pub off the leash and don't control them. they can join the smokers outside as far as I'm concerned.

The Crooked Billet is a great place to drink at, the staff all treat you like family and the food is fantastic. I have eaten there a number of times and have had always had lovely meals. I don't know what Samantha was talking about.


The bar staff are excellent and do as much as possible for you. They are so busy and run off their feet but always have time to smile and say hello. And the best thing about The Crooked Billet is that dogs are welcome!

I would give The Crooked Billet less if it was possible. When we arrived on Sunday we were told we would have to wait 30 minutes for a table. 45 minutes later they had run out of lamb shank and pork leaving only beef or lamb chops. We ordered beef and Yorkshires and lamb chops. When it arrived 30 minutes later there were three tiny roast potatoes and three slices of fatty, gristly, grey microwaved beef with no Yorkshires. The lamb chops were also tiny and overcooked.


I called the waiter over and said I was not happy. He asked me what I wanted him to do about it, go in the kitchen and cook some more beef? I pointed out that had we known we would have to wait so long, to be served such a bad meal we would have gone somewhere else. Again, he asked me what I wanted him to do about it. I asked him what he was going to do. He said they would knock £2.00 off each meal. I think due to the lack of Yorkshire pud the price should have been reduced anyway from an expensive £10.95. When the bill came they hadn’t changed the prices and I had to send the bill back. Do not eat at The Crooked Billet. Wimbledon Village has loads of nice place to eat that are much cheaper than this.

I have recently moved to Wimbledon from Mitcham and The Crooked Billet pub has become like my second home.
It has a friendly, relaxing charm about it.

The drinks' selection is mind boggling, and the beers...the beers are by far the best for miles.
It's the sort of place you can go to read a paper and lose yourself.

The food at The Crooked Billet is of a very high standard that is reflected in the price as well as the taste. A real treat if you love meat. A plus. Well done.

I used to drink at The Crooked Billet all the time. It is now called the Crooked Billet Roundabout. Overall it is not a bad pub much better now its nice and new.