address: 69-73 Atlantic Road, SW9 8PU
telephone: 0208 127 8677
website: http://www.thecourtesan.co.uk/
Opening times:
Monday noon–11pm
Tuesday 6pm–11pm
Wednesday & Thursday noon–11pm
Friday to Sunday noon–midnight
We have reviewed this Chinese restaurant a few times before (see here, here and here). The fact that it hasn’t moved on, as so many others have, suggests it is definitely meeting a market. We thought we would try it at lunchtime, rather than our usual evening meal ventures. It was empty, so no need to book and plenty of time and quiet for a good natter. There is a dining room downstairs but we sat upstairs, all alone in a window seat.
The menu is full of Dim Sum (a sort of Chinese tapas). But as well as steamed, fried, baked or grilled buns there are also lotus leaf parcels and Courtesan has tried to fit into the Brixton vibe with jerk chicken sticky rice in a lotus leaf or the jerk ribs. Continue reading