Is French Table Still Open? Best Local Restaurant Update (Surbiton, UK)
Current status
As of October 2026, French Table is listed open on thefrenchtable.co.uk, reviewed by our team on October 20, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.
Last verified
What the source shows: The restaurant's own site, read 2026-10-20, listed Tuesday to Saturday lunch and dinner service and an OpenTable Top 100 Romantic Restaurants 2026 badge.
- Season / episode Season 1, Episode 3
- Original air date
- Address 85 Maple Road, Surbiton KT6 4AW
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What happened after The F Word: Britain's Best Local Restaurant?
The French Table, a French restaurant on Maple Road in Surbiton, Greater London, appeared in the French heat of Britain's Best Local Restaurant on Gordon Ramsay's The F Word (Channel 4) in the episode "French Restaurants" shown on 2009-11-17. Wikipedia's series table lists it at 65 out of 100 against 72 for Bouchon Bistro of Hexham and does not list it among the semi-finalists. According to the restaurant's own website, Eric and Sarah Guignard opened it in summer 2001; the site also quotes a 2022 AA Inspector review praising its breads, pastry, service and wines, and mentions a sister bakery, The French Tarte, next door. Time Out, on a page dated 2016-03-16, described it as a French cafe-cum-restaurant in Surbiton. When read on 2026-10-20, the website listed lunch and dinner service from Tuesday to Saturday, a booking page that takes card details, and an OpenTable Top 100 Romantic Restaurants 2026 badge.
Featured on The F Word: Britain's Best Local Restaurant
- Original air date
- Episode title
- French Restaurants
- What was featured
- French heat; scored 65 against Bouchon Bistro's 72
- Role
- Featured restaurant
- Name on the broadcast
- French Table
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Visit info
- Address
- 85 Maple Road, Surbiton KT6 4AW
- Venue type
- restaurant
- Official website
- thefrenchtable.co.uk
- State hub
- TV restaurants in London
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Sources
- Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_F_Word_(British_TV_series)
- thefrenchtable.co.uk — https://www.thefrenchtable.co.uk/
- timeout.com — https://www.timeout.com/london/restaurants/the-french-table
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