TikTok famous Taste Film at Parlour Kensal Green: Review

Located at The Parlour pub, a short walk from Kensal Green Station, Taste Film offers diners an immersive experience inspired by movies.

With an array of films each season, from classics like Dirty Dancing and Notting Hill, to family favourites like Ratatouille and Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, there’s truly something for everyone.

The experience invites you to take a culinary trip, as you watch the film and get served a range of dishes and drinks inspired by key moments to bring the film to life.

I was invited to attend Taste Film’s latest dining experience of Tim Burton’s live action remake of Alice in Wonderland, which featured six courses inspired by scenes in the film.

You are taken on a culinary trip inspired by key moments in the film (Image: Emily Davison)

The venue itself is very cosy, with tables set for one to four people adorned with props and fairy lights and bowls of popcorn, and a film screen at the front.

If you want anything other than your designated drinks, there are staff serving tables where you can order an array of drinks including a selection of very delicious cocktails for an additional cost.

The dining experience began with the first course, which was the Roses Are Red dish, a tarte with a rose made from tomatoes filled with cream cheese and topped with red onion.

There was even a little red paint pot of sauce that you could use to paint your rose red like in the film.

The Roses Are Red dish comes a pot of red sauce to paint your rose with (Image: Emily Davison)

The second course was already at our table, stored in a little wooden box which we had to open with a key.

The box opened to reveal a dish named A Key to Your Dreams, which consisted of a “Drink Me” potion and “Eat Me” biscuit, just as Alice was growing smaller in the film.

The potion was a sherbet lemon flavoured drink and the biscuit was a soft, parmesan biscuit, and I have to say I got a little childlike thrill from the novelty of it all.

A Key To Your Dreams had a thrilling childlike novelty to it (Image: Emily Davison)

Moving on to the third course, which was a drink named Magic Mushroom Mezcalita made with mushroom infused mezcal, Cointreau and lime.

This drink had a very strong and distinctive flavour with the lime and Cointreau, and came presented in a mushroom-shaped glass which was actually quite a challenge to drink from without spilling it everywhere.

The Magic Mushroom Mezcalita had a very strong and distinctive flavour (Image: Emily Davison)

Meanwhile the fourth course, amply named Twisted Tea Party, was presented just as Alice stays for tea with the Mad Hatter, and consisted of a tea stand of savoury treats.

The Twisted Tea Party had a great mix of savoury treats (Image: Emily Davison)

There was an assortment of things to try, from cheese fashioned into a toadstool to a delicious sausage roll with chutney.

There was a great mix of flavours and textures going on and I loved the play on traditional afternoon tea with a completely savoury one.

The Twisted Tea Party was presented when Alice had tea with the Mad Hatter (Image: Emily Davison)

The fifth course was another drinking option named Wishful Drinking, only this time we got to make our own potion, just as the White Queen was preparing a draft to shrink Alice to her normal size.

The drink was a DIY Lychee Martini and consisted of two bottles of liquid and a bowl of popping candy to mix our drink, which came with a pleasant symphony of crackle as the popping candy fizzed away.

Finally, no meal would be complete without desserts, and this one came presented on a chessboard just as Alice was fighting the deadly Jabberwocky.

The Impossible Knight consists of 6 desserts. (Image: Emily Davison)

Named The Impossible Knight, it consisted of six desserts from a sweet drink to a chocolate cake and caramelised peanut butter biscuit.

The concept enables you to be able to play around the board and each dessert was themed around a different impossible thing.

I left feeling completely stuffed, and the whole experience really heightened my viewing experience and brought the whole thing to life.

You can play around the board while Alice fights the Jabberwocky (Image: Emily Davison)

All in all, I think this is a must-do bucket list experience for anyone who loves film and loves food.

Alice in Wonderland will be showing at Taste Film up until March 29, with tickets bookable for £100 per person, and afternoon and evening slots are available.

Taste Film also has an array of other shows coming up including Matilda, Chef and The Hunger Games.