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Summary

£64
  £££
2
Average
2
Average
3
Good
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

The “good-looking decor” and “varied menu with an enticing range of small plates, bowls and skewers” bring customers back to this well-established Fitzrovia haunt, now with a popular sibling in Bloomsbury’s modernist Brunswick Centre (“nice place with lots of plants, like a conservatory”). They’re a big hit for “a long lazy brekkie”; at other times the cooking can seem rather “uninspiring”.

Summary

£63
  £££
2
Average
3
Good
3
Good
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

Breakfast or brunch is “a real treat” at this all-day bar-brasserie just north of Oxford Street in Fitzrovia, which provides “a fantastic choice” in a “lovely open setting”. There’s little feedback on dining options later in the day, despite a recent revamp and the introduction of a five-course tasting menu.

Summary

£59
   ££
2
Average
3
Good
3
Good
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

For “a social start to the day” or to kill off “a boozy afternoon”, many recommend this all-day bar/brasserie just north of Oxford Street in Fitzrovia, whose vibey looks and “great brunch menu” have earned it a big fanclub. At other times, some reckon “the food is underwhelming” – a view possibly shared by the management, who shut up shop for ten days in August 2019 to give the interior and general offer a ‘facelift’. It now boasts a new long bar and five-course tasting menu.

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Restaurant details

Yes
Highchair,Menu,Portions
18
No dress code
120

Prices

  Cost Availability Courses
Menu1 28.00 Dinner only 6

Traditional European menu

Starter Main Veggies Pudding
£11.00 £25.80 £5.00 £7.50
Drinks  
Wine per bottle £26.00
Filter Coffee £3.00
Extras  
Service 10.00%
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Opening hours
Monday8:30 am‑10:30 pm
Tuesday8:30 am‑10:30 pm
Wednesday8:30 am‑10:30 pm
Thursday8:30 am‑10:30 pm
Friday8:30 am‑10:30 pm
Saturday9 am‑10:30 pm
Sunday9 am‑5 pm

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