Harden's survey result
Summary
There’s an intriguing background to this quite smart venue near Paddington station, founded as a meeting place for international journos and snappers, and whose walls display iconic news photographs from around the world. Feedback has shrunk over the pandemic period, with the odd unsettled report, but it has in the past offered a useful dining option in this thin area, so we’ve included it but without a current rating.
Summary
The ground-floor restaurant of this ‘gathering place for journalists, photographers and other like-minded people’ is worth remembering as one of the more civilised dining options right by Paddington Station. The food, though lacking fireworks, “has always been a good, reliable experience”, but of greater interest are the striking examples of photo-reportage that decorate the walls.
Summary
The ground floor of an international journalists’ club, with photo-reportage as wall decoration: this dining room near Paddington Station is particularly worth knowing about as a smartish option in what’s still a very thinly provided area. Its modern British cooking is “a little hit and miss”, but while it only “sometimes lives up to the space” it seldom goes badly awry. One problem: “with all those photos of heroic war reporting on the wall, one feels a bit of a wimp”.
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Have you eaten at The Frontline Club?
13 Norfolk Pl, London, W2 1QJ
Restaurant details
Prices
 Drinks |
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| Wine per bottle | £25.00 |
| Filter Coffee | £3.00 |
 Extras |
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| Bread | £0.00 |
| Service | 12.50% |
13 Norfolk Pl, London, W2 1QJ
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Opening hours
| Monday | 6 pm‑11 pm |
| Tuesday | 6 pm‑11 pm |
| Wednesday | 6 pm‑11 pm |
| Thursday | 6 pm‑11 pm |
| Friday | 11 am‑3:30 pm, 6 pm‑11 pm |
| Saturday | CLOSED |
| Sunday | CLOSED |
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