Bingham Riverhouse

Bingham Riverhouse occupies a Georgian townhouse directly on the Thames in Richmond, converted from house to hotel-with-restaurant in 2019, and the riverside setting is doing genuine work here rather than being a marketing line: the terrace and much of the dining room look straight out over the water.

Fifteen individually designed bedrooms sit above the restaurant, alongside a drawing room, library and parlour that keep the building feeling like a private house rather than a conventional hotel, and reviewers consistently mention that country-estate atmosphere despite the London postcode. Each bedroom is decorated differently rather than following a standard hotel template, which reinforces the sense of staying in a genuine house rather than a chain property.

South African-born chef Vanessa Marx took over the kitchen in 2023, and the food since has been described as fresh, punchy and properly seasonal, with reviewers specifically flagging good value relative to the setting, an unusual combination for a riverside hotel restaurant in this part of London, which often charges a premium purely for the view. The terrace, when the weather allows, is the best seat in the house, putting diners almost directly over the water.

The Drawing Room Bar offers a more relaxed alternative to the main Riverhouse Restaurant for anyone wanting drinks or a lighter meal without the full sit-down commitment, and both spaces share the same attentive service reviewers repeatedly praise.

Richmond itself is a genuine trip out from central London, worth factoring into any visit, whether by train or a longer drive; this is not a spontaneous after-work dinner but a destination in its own right, best suited to a weekend lunch, a special occasion, or an overnight stay that makes full use of the riverside rooms. Combined with a walk along the Thames Path or through Richmond Park, it makes for a genuinely good day out rather than just a meal on its own, and the combination of setting, kitchen and rooms makes it one of the more complete riverside offerings anywhere in outer London, well beyond just the fifteen individually decorated rooms upstairs, and genuinely worth the journey out on its own considerable merits.