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Restaurants in the City have many roles to fill - from meeting rooms to celebration halls - and they do this in several ways. Rhodes Twenty Four has amazing views over the City but keeps things relaxed with a focus on excellent food. Sauterelle is on the mezzanine level of the Royal Exchange, so diners can watch the action of the shopping centre from above. Finally, for those who just want a quick lunch, there's City Càphê, one of the best bánh mì (basically a Vietnamese baguette) delis in the whole of London.

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  • Hawksmoor Guildhall

      Restaurant: British, 10-12 Basinghall Street, London, EC2V 5BQ

    Hawksmoor Seven Dials, in Covent Garden, recently won the 'Best New Restaurant' category of the Time Out Eating & Drinking Awards 2011. The decision of our...
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  • Rhodes Twenty Four

      Restaurant: British, 24th floor, Tower 42, London, EC2N 1HQ

    Food and views at Rhodes Twenty Four, perched high above the City, are consistently amazing.
    Read Rhodes Twenty Four review

  • Bar Battu

    Bars & pubs: French, 48 Gresham Street, London, EC2V 7AY

    A unique addition to the City of London bar and restaurant scene, Bar Battu is the area’s very first all natural wine bar. Focusing on a wine list made up of pure...
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  • Goodman City

      Restaurant: North American, 11 Old Jewry , London, EC2R 8DU

    Goodman opened its first London restaurant, in Mayfair, in 2009. It dry-ages its beef on site in a temperature-controlled environment, but the new City branch turns this into a visual...
    Read Goodman City review

  • Bonds

    Bonds

      Hotel restaurant: Haute cuisine, Threadneedles, 5 Threadneedle Street, London, EC2R 8AY

    The Threadneedles hotel was lucky to land head chef Barry Tonks, acclaimed veteran of a succession of Michelin-starred establishments. The restaurant here is a spacious hall...
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  • City Caphe

    City Caphe

      Café: Vietnamese, 17 Ironmonger Lane, London, EC2V 8EY

    City Càphê's the best of the batch of bánh mì places to have opened in recent months. It's in the heart of the City, so attracts more sharp suits than east London flâneurs...
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  • Prism

      Restaurant: Modern European, 147 Leadenhall Street, London, EC3V 4QT

    Harvey Nichols' City operation is a swish restaurant and bar in a converted bank that has retained many of its handsome original features. The main dining room has a very high ceiling...
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  • Sauterelle

      Restaurant: French (modern), Royal Exchange, London, EC3V 3LR

    This attractive restaurant, perched on the mezzanine level of the Royal Exchange, has seen several changes of chef…
    Read Sauterelle review

  • 1 Lombard Street

      Brasserie: French (modern), 1 Lombard Street, London, EC3V 9AA

    City slickers should feel right at home in this neo-classical former bank opposite the Royal Exchange. Despite shrinking bonuses, they'll probably be the only ones who can afford...
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  • The Don

      Bistro: Modern European, The Courtyard, 20 St Swithin's Lane, London, EC4N 8AD

    The Don is aimed squarely at moneyed, wine-savvy City diners. Located in a cobbled courtyard in a building owned by the Sandeman port house, the restaurant has a gentlemen's...
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  • Le Coq d'Argent

      Brasserie: French (modern), No.1 Poultry, London, EC2R 8EJ

    The Coq d'Argent is an obvious recommendation for people seeking a special-occasion venue. With a private lift that whooshes you up to the top of No 1 Poultry, an outdoor...
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  • The Mercer

      Restaurant: British, 34 Threadneedle Street, London, EC2R 8AY

    These handsome old bank premises have been sensitively transformed into a pleasing restaurant, unfussily decorated and with kind lighting. There's a bar too, offering cocktails...
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