Captains of Industry

When we cast our eye around the Canteen we often see business taking place.

Business Lunches at Ben's Canteen

From fledgling new businesses coming to life via laptops (and our excellent Square Mile coffee) to successful property developers to local businesses entertaining clients and establishing future revenues. We love it and like the government we want to stimulate more growth in the economy.

Here’s how the Canteen can help…

Business Lunches

We offer 2 courses for £10 and it’s ‘top British nosh’ as many of our customers like to say. So grab some clients or reward the team and enjoy dishes such as Smoked Eel Pate, Soup, Toad in the Hole, Mushy Pea Fish Cake, Super Food Salad, Bread and Butter Pudding or go off the set menu and take down the famous BC Burger and All Day Breakfast Scotch Egg.

BC Burger, pic courtesy of @burgeranarchy

Breakfast Meetings

As we run SW London’s biggest and busiest brunch you can rely on us to knock up a cracking breakfast – in our experience a good breakfast meeting has always laid the foundations for exciting future projects. We offer our Big Ben (Full English) alongside Eggs Benedict, Royale and so on… we also do epic breakfast baps. Of course a good breakfast meeting needs killer coffee and tea, we have Square Mile and Teapigs, and lots of juice and if you’re feeling a bit more daring then maybe even a Bloody Mary or a glass of Prosecco.

The Big Ben, pic courtesy of @mulia

Bespoke Events

We love to tailor events to your needs at the Canteen. So if you wanted to say host a drinks reception with canapes then we can do that without any problems (click here to see our canape options) or you might want us to open earlier for a large breakfast meeting –  just let us know what you think will make your business event go well and we’ll try to make it happen.

Dinner

British food, done well is what we serve and we know it will leave you and your clients happy. What business dinner wouldn’t go well when you start with our All Day Breakfast Scotch Egg, a British Meat Plate and Potted Hams before moving on to our British Beef Board, Pollock with Cockles, Oxtail and Horseradish Risotto or Venison before finishing with desserts such as a Powerhouse Porter Cheesecake or a British Cheeseboard?!

Extras

We’ve got free WiFi and you can always borrow our printer or photocopier for those emergency moments! Also, whilst you’re waiting for your clients and colleagues you can grab one of the magazines in our rack for a read and to be inspired.

This weekend at the Canteen

Another busy week at the Canteen and that means there is lots going on this weekend for you guys…

  1. Join SW London’s busiest and best brunch – we’ve added a couple of great new dishes including kedgeree – we’re open from 9am on both Sat & Sun.
  2. Grab a free beer with your dinner as part of our beer matching menu.
  3. We’ve sold out our Masterchef dinner but we’re doing a special dinner on the 23rd January with local brewery Sambrook’s, click here for details and to book.
  4. Read the 5 star review of our All Day Breakfast Scotch Egg and then come and eat it.
  5. Put a date in the diary to join us for Burns Night (25th Jan), we’ll be doing a special: Whisky braised Orkney featherblade, haggis rosti, roast neeps and artichoke puree with a bottle of Red MacGregor for £18.5
  6. Join us for what we hope is the best Sunday roast in the area (based on initial feedback) – we serve beef, chicken, pork and veggie from 2pm.
  7. By the way, if you’re planning a big party then you may be interested in our Pig Out menu.

Pig Out

Lunch – 2 Courses for £10

With the arrival of the new year we thought it a rather good time to unveil our 2 courses for £10 lunches. You can choose from…

Lunch from 12pm – 2 Courses for £10

Starters

Smoked Eel Pate with Toasted Sourdough – £5.5

Soup of the Day with Crusty Bread – £4.5

Mains

Sausage and Mash Pie – £8.5

Rabbit and Pearl Barley Stew – £8

Mushy Pea Fish Cake with Poached Egg and Mustard Sauce – £8.5

Super Food Salad – £8.5 (add Chicken – £1.5)

Orkney Beef Steak Sandwich – £6.95

Spicy Grilled Chicken Sandwich – £6.50

Desserts

Apple Tart with Custard or Cream – £4.5

Bread and Butter Pudding with Custard or Cream – £5

Lunch is served every day from 12pm – 3pm. As well as the 2 courses for £10 we’ll also be offering some other seriously tasty lunch options,

All Day Breakfast Scotch Egg – £5

BC Burger and Chips – £12.5

(Homemade Black Angus Mince Patty. Topped with homemade Corned Beef & Smoked Cheddar with Ben’s Burger Sauce. Served with Handcut Chips)

Ham and Cheese Toastie topped with Rarebit – £4

Kids Fish Finger Bap – £3.5

Bowl of Chips – £3

And of course, don’t forget that we’re open from 10am every day – we do an amazing breakfast, just ask the hordes who join us every weekend for SW London’s busiest and best brunch.

Served Until 12pm

The Big Ben – £8.95

Sausage, back bacon, mushroom, homemade boston beans, black pudding, sourdough toast and 2 eggs ‘your way’

The Veggie Ben – £7.95

Tomato, spinach, mushrooms, beans, sourdough toast and 2 eggs ‘your way’

Add extras for £1

Ben’s Baps (choose 2 fillings) – £5

Sausage/Bacon/Egg/Black Pudding/Beans/Mushrooms/Tomato/Spinach

Add extras for £1

Served All Day

All Day Breakfast Scotch Egg – £5

Eggs Benedict – £7.5

Eggs Royale – £8

Eggs Florentine – £6.5

Scrambled Eggs – £6

Add Salmon – £1.50

Homemade Pastries – made fresh every morning.

Lunch 2 for £10

Bacon and Egg Pie for Brunch?

We’ve just made brunch a little bit better by adding a bacon and egg pie from the awesome people @MyPie1.

Pies

For the Antipodeans amongst you this pie needs no explaining, for the Brits, it’s basically a quiche which you can have hot or cold. We’re serving half or whole portions with some chutney, we also recommend a sprinkle of rock salt.

Of course we haven’t dropped the All Day Breakfast Burrito from the menu and neither have we dropped the option of pimping your Full English with a mini steak (it’s how they roll in New York). For serious hangovers we’ve got berocca and bloody marys, we also, personally, think that some fizz in the form of our Prosecco is a good way to get back on form.

Also for brunch, you can now have a selection of delicious pastries, including Chelsea Buns, from The Flour Station, and post brunch we do Teapigs tea and Square Mile coffee and cake (check out the lovely carrot cake from The Dessert Deli) until 6pm when dinner service begins. Please note if you just want drinks then that’s cool with us, the bar is open until midnight.

If you haven’t locked down your Sunday night plans then you should deffo come to Sunday Pie Night, it kicks off at 6pm, click here for details.

The Big Ben – Full English: £8.50

Sausage, back bacon, mushroom, Heinz beanz, black pudding, sourdough toast and 2 eggs (choose fried, scrambled or poached). Add sausage/bacon/tomato/mushroom £1 per extra.

Go really Big – Add a 4oz rump steak to your Full English: £5

Full Veggie: £7.50

Tomato, spinach, mushrooms, Heinz beanz, sourdough toast and 2 eggs (choose fried, scrambled or poached). Add extras: £1 per item.

Burgers

Rugby World Cup Burger: Two Dove the Northcote Road butcher beef patties on a ketchup and mustard base, topped with smoked Montgomery cheddar from Hamish Johnston and gherkins. Served with chips. £12.50

Chef Kirrin’s home made burger with English mustard, ketchup and toasted fennel. Served with chips. £9

Chicken burger, marinated in garlic, lemon and parsley, with chips. £8.50

(add emmental cheese £1, add bacon £1)

Eggs

Eggs Benedict: £7

Eggs Royale: £7.50

Eggs Florentine: £6

Scrambled eggs: £5.95 (with salmon: £7.50)

Bacon and egg pie. Half £2.50. Whole £5

Breakfast Burrito: £5.50

Chorizo, scrambled egg, cheese, sour cream, herbs and chilli.

Breakfast Sarnie: £4

Bacon and egg

Sausage and egg

Sandwiches:

Steak sandwich with tomato and chutney served with fries: £9.50

Club sandwich served with chips: £6

Tuna melt served with chips: £6

French Toast: £6

French toast with bananas and maple syrup.

Granola: £4.50

Granola with yoghurt and berries.

Salads: £6.50

Roast beetroot, goats cheese and rocket salad.

Avocado, tomato, and goats cheese with honey and lemon dressing.

Kids (Big and Small)

Fish finger bap: £3.25

Natural yoghurt pot with honey: £2.50

Jude’s Ice Cream. Choose from: Raspberry Ripple, Salted Caramel, Vanilla, Double Chocolate or Rum and Raisin. £1.50

Retro Coke Floats (Coca Cola with a scoop of Jude’s Vanilla Ice Cream) £2

Affogato (served with a scoop of Jude’s Vanilla Ice Cream)

Hangover Busters

Chase away that hangover.

Bloody Mary Glass: £5.50

Bloody Mary Jug: £18

Berocca and Ice: £2

Bottle of Prosecco: £22.95

Today at Ben’s Canteen

Agh it’s so not August, we’ve actually got our folding doors firmly folded today to keep the Canteen nice and warm. With the chill in mind we recommend you pop in and take down an All Day Breakfast Burrito or a lovely Ham and Cheese Toastie maybe followed by a brownie from The Dessert Deli. You should also run the rule over the new chairs and Aunty Pat’s suitcase that we’ve turned into a coffee table. Oh and don’t forget, if you cycle here before 5pm Monday to Friday then we’ll knock 10% off your bill, once you get here you can check out our free book exchange at the back of the Canteen.

Tonight, we’re going to be doing some cocktails – our good friend and demon barman is doing a guest night and will be making up some cracking drinkies to make this Wednesday night a lot of fun.

Daytime  Menu

All day breakfast burrito. £5.50

Granola with yoghurt, honey and berries. £4

Drop scones of the day. £3.50

Sourdough toast with Kirrin’s lemon curd, marmite and jam. £2.50

Ham and cheese toastie. £4

Chilli corn fritters with crème fraiche. £4

Mrs King’s Pork Pie with mustard and chutney. £5

Brownies. £1.80

Flapjacks. £2

Millionaire caramel shortbread. £2

Carrot cake. £3

Chelsea buns. £3

Muffins. £3

Sandwiches

Sandwiches of the day. £4

Add salad. £1

All of our bread and treats come via The Flour Station and The Dessert Deli.

Salads

Daily, fresh salads £5.50

Add cornfed chicken: Free

Kids (big and small)

Fish finger bap. £4

Jude’s ice cream: Choose from raspberry ripple, double chocolate, vanilla or salted caramel. £1.50

 

Friday Burrito

We’ve been serving our All Day Breakfast Burrito for 2 days now and they are going down an absolute storm. However, the experimenting hasn’t finished, today we’re serving up American Style Pancakes with maple syrup and crispy pancetta, delish!

So pop in and treat yourself to get the Bank Holiday Weekend started – remember we’re doing brunch, Saturday, Sunday and Monday. We’ll be doing a full dinner service on Saturday night and tapas/small grazing plates on Sunday and Monday and the bar will be open all day and night.

Daytime  Menu

All day breakfast burrito. £5.50

Granola with yoghurt, honey and berries. £4

Drop scones of the day. £3.50

Sourdough toast with Kirrin’s lemon curd, marmite and jam. £2.50

Ham and cheese toastie. £4

Chilli corn fritters with crème fraiche. £4

Mrs King’s Pork Pie with mustard and chutney. £5

Brownies. £1.80

Flapjacks. £2

Millionaire caramel shortbread. £2

Carrot cake. £3

Chelsea buns. £3

Muffins. £3

Sandwiches

Sandwiches of the day. £4

Add salad. £1

All of our bread and treats come via The Flour Station and The Dessert Deli.

Salads

Daily, fresh salads £5.50

Add cornfed chicken: Free

Kids (big and small)

Fish finger bap. £4

Jude’s ice cream: 3 scoops, choose from raspberry ripple, double chocolate, vanilla or salted caramel. £3.50

 

All Day Breakfast Burrito

Morning Battersea! We’re injecting some life into this dank morning by unveiling our All Day Breakfast Burrito (chorizo, scrambled egg, sour cream, cheese and fresh herbs).

Burrito board

Don’t forget to go with our free wifi and free book exchange we have the best coffee in the area (we use Square Mile) and for tea lovers we’ve got Teapigs.

Daytime  Menu

All day breakfast burrito. £5.50

Granola with yoghurt, honey and berries. £4

Drop scones. £3.50

Sourdough toast with Kirrin’s lemon curd, marmite and jam. £2.50

Grilled croissant with emmental and ham. £3.50

Chilli corn fritters with crème fraiche. £4

Mrs King’s Pork Pie with mustard and chutney. £5

Brownies. £1.80

Flapjacks. £2

Millionaire caramel shortbread. £2

Carrot cake. £3

Chelsea buns. £3

Muffins. £3

Sandwiches

Sandwiches of the day. £4

Add salad. £1

All of our bread and treats come via The Flour Station and the The Dessert Deli.

Salads

Daily, fresh salads £5.50

Add cornfed chicken: Free

Kids (big and small)

Fish finger bap. £4

Jude’s ice cream: 3 scoops, choose from raspberry ripple, double chocolate, vanilla or salted caramel. £3.50