Harden's survey result
Summary
“It’s amazing what they can achieve with simple ingredients”, and there’s “always cheerful and efficient service” at this “little sharing-plates restaurant” close to Tate Modern, which has won a solid reputation for its “very talented” founders Lucy Pedder and Natasha Cooke over the past six years.
Summary
This “awesome little spot” near London Bridge (“handy for Tate Modern”) serves “fresh and really interesting” ‘British tapas’, including some “innovative vegetarian options”. Five years after the launch, founders Lucy Pedder and Natasha Cooke have a second venue, Pomelo, at the Goods Way food market in King’s Cross.
Summary
The “fabulous Anglicised tapas” at this “hidden gem next to the Omeara music venue” have made a hit of Lucy Pedder and Natasha Cooke’s four-year-old venture. It’s “tiny and unpromising on the outside, but has a really lovely menu of superb small plates, generally modern British with an Iberian inflection”. There’s now a spinoff, Pomelo, at the new Goods Way food market in King’s Cross.
Summary
This “wonderful” three-year-old is the brainchild of chefs Lucy Pedder and Natasha Cooke, whose “affordable” modern British small plates are “cooked to a very high standard” – so “full marks to these brave young women”. “Handy for Tate Modern” in the Flat Iron complex, they expanded their small space in early 2020 and it now has 44 covers. (Dishes are now also, apparently, 100% nut free).
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66 Union St, London, SE1 1TD
Restaurant details
Lupins Restaurant Diner Reviews
"We really enjoyed this lunch. 2 x snacks; Cheddar fritters and salami and 3 x small plates; steak with rocket & balsamic, grilled trout with veg and watermelon with mozzarella and basil were all very tasty. The dessert we shared of panna cotta & greengages was great. With one glass of wine and a double expresso the bill was £93.50 including service. Simple ingredients produced a lovely meal."
"Lupins is strong on the vegetarian side. The venue is a bit soulless but food is very serviceable but not spectacular. It represents good value, affordable restaurant probably not somewhere where you would take a business client."
Prices
 Drinks |
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|---|---|
| Wine per bottle | £32.00 |
| Filter Coffee | £0.00 |
 Extras |
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| Bread | £4.50 |
| Service | 10.00% |
66 Union St, London, SE1 1TD
Opening hours
| Monday | CLOSED |
| Tuesday | 5 pm‑9:30 pm |
| Wednesday | 12 pm‑2:30 pm, 5 pm‑9:30 pm |
| Thursday | 12 pm‑2:30 pm, 5 pm‑9:30 pm |
| Friday | 12 pm‑2:30 pm, 5 pm‑9:30 pm |
| Saturday | 12 pm‑2:30 pm, 5 pm‑9:30 pm |
| Sunday | CLOSED |
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