Harden's says
A new venture from the team behind two of London’s favourite neighbourhood restaurants, Nest in Hackney and Fulham’s Fenn (Johnnie Crowe, Luke Wasserman and Toby Neill); the 15-course tasting menu format focuses on hyper-seasonal food. Opened in October 2022, it's named after the church it's next door to (St Bartholomew The Great), not the luxury island.
Harden's survey result
Summary
“Every course of the tasting menu is a revelation”, say fans of Johnnie Crowe, Luke Wasserman & Toby Neill’s “calm” and “imaginatively decorated” two-year-old, which enjoys fine views of St Bartholomew the Great and its cloisters through its floor-to-ceiling windows. The cuisine is strongly rooted in the British Isles and results can be “stunning” – “well deserving of the star” the tyre men awarded swiftly after it opened. Perhaps reflecting increasing prices (now £160 per person for a six-course menu), it didn’t quite achieve the top ratings this year that it did in last year’s annual diners’ poll, and the odd critic feels it risks becoming “too cool, up itself and expensive”.
Summary
Johnnie Crowe, Luke Wasserman and Toby Neill – “the team from Nest and Fenn – have brought their A-game” to this “beautiful” Smithfield yearling, which opened in September 2022. “No expense can have been spared in the design and fit-out of this wonderful space, atmospherically situated with a floodlit view of St-Bartholomew-the-Great through the massive windows”. The “ambitious menu focuses on British ingredients” and each “adventurous” course is “cleverly delivered” and “with marvellous, personal service”. “It’s the finest of fine dining with some original and exceptional tastes from a fixed multi-course tasting menu”.
Summary
A new, even more ambitious venture from the team behind two of London’s favourite neighbourhood restaurants, Nest in Hackney and Fulham’s Fenn (Johnnie Crowe, Luke Wasserman and Toby Neill); the 15-course tasting menu (£120) from chef Kate Austen will focus on hyper-seasonal food. Opening September 2022, it’s named after the church next door (St Bartholomew The Great), not the luxury island.
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63 Bartholomew Close, London, EC1A 7BG
Prices
| Availability | 2 courses | 3 courses |  |
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| Lunch | £70.00 |  |
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| Cost | Availability | Courses | |
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| Menu1 | 140.00 | Dinner only | 4 |
| Drinks |
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| Wine per bottle | £30.00 |
| Filter Coffee | £4.00 |
| Extras |
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| Bread | £0.00 |
| Service | 15.00% |
63 Bartholomew Close, London, EC1A 7BG
Opening hours
| Monday | CLOSED |
| Tuesday | 12 pm‑2:15 pm, 6 pm‑7:30 pm |
| Wednesday | 12 pm‑2:15 pm, 6 pm‑7:30 pm |
| Thursday | 12 pm‑2:15 pm, 6 pm‑7:30 pm |
| Friday | 12 pm‑2:15 pm, 6 pm‑8 pm |
| Saturday | 12 pm‑2:15 pm, 6 pm‑8 pm |
| Sunday | CLOSED |
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