Bill's is rapidly becoming a household name in London, with restaurants popping up all over the capital in the past year, so I thought it was time we tried out their newest venue in Hammersmith.

As the four of us walked through the door on a Saturday lunchtime we were greeted by a very friendly waiter, who led us to our table surrounded by dried chillies and tomatoes strung from the ceiling and a plethora of Italian food in jars and olive oil, giving it a homely, slightly Jamie’s Italian feel.

We ordered gordolo olives (£2.75) and some seriously tasty (devoured in seconds) mini cumberland sausages glazed with honey and mustard (£4.25) to help us along while we studied the menu, which ranges from classic English dishes such as fish pie, to Thai green curry (£10.35) and sugar and spice chicken (£10.95).

Mini cumberland sausages glazed with honey and mustard

We decided to trust our friendly waiter with the Escale Pinot Noir (£22.95), which unusually was served chilled. We were a bit dubious but pleasantly surprised with the refreshing and light red wine. The wine list was a good size, with seven reds, eight whites, two rosés and some fizz.

The two boys chose suitably meaty starters – Bill’s chorizo scotch egg (£5.50), which got a big thumbs-up, and chicken liver parfait with chutney and toasted baguette (£5.85), which was equally simple but delicious.

We two girls shared a crispy duck salad (£4.95) and prawn and avocado cocktail (£5.95). The duck salad hit all the right notes with a mixture of spring onions, apple and coriander with a soy and lemon dressing. The prawn cocktail was a twist on the classic with spicy tomato salsa and deep fried tiger prawns. It was tasty but the freshness of the duck salad won us over.

To accompany our main course we chose a Vina Cerrada Rioja (£25.95), which was pleasant, but despite our initial suspicions over the chilled red wine, we thought the Pinot Noir was actually better.

For our main courses, the boys carried on the carnivore theme with a 10oz rib eye steak each, served with skinny fries, watercress and garlic butter (£15.95). Both were perfectly rare and very much enjoyed with much appreciation for the fries.

I had slow cooked barbecue pork ribs served with coleslaw and sweet potato fries (£13.95) which were absolutely scrumptious. Having recently been to the deep south in America, I’d tested a fair few ribs and I can safely say these were up there with the best, as were the sweet potato fries – the two boys were even jealous.

Slow cooked barbecue pork ribs with coleslaw and sweet potato fries

My friend went for Bill’s pot of mussels in a cream and white wine sauce with shallots and parsley with skinny fries (£10.95). Another classic which was well done, with the mussels being perfectly cooked.

After catching a glimpse of the dessert menu our ever so strong willpower disappeared. Eton mess was turned on its head with fresh mango and passion fruit folded through whipped cream, mascarpone and crushed meringue with mango and lime coulis (£5.95). I would go so far as to say it’s even better than the traditional strawberries.

We also dug in to creme brulee with pumpkin and stem ginger (£4.95), which was quite large but after one spoonful we were grateful because it was so tasty, with a perfectly crispy top and nicely matched ingredients.

Bill’s seems to have a good thing going on, certainly a winning formula. Nothing is too complicated but everything is tasty – the many simple twists on traditional dishes along with the friendly staff, reasonable prices and homely feel mean I’ll definitely be visiting again.