London's 'underground' restaurants

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Thinking of going underground? Time Out uncovers the best home restaurants operating in the capital

  • London's 'underground' restaurants

    The kitchen at the Underground Restaurant © Ms Marmite Lover

    • Leluu

      Uyen Luu hosts regular supper clubs in her East end flat. Leluu also teaches Vietnamese cookery classes to diners who want to make her menus in the comfort of their own homes. Read more

  • Green Onion Supper Club

    This one keeps one step ahead by holding secret dinners in a different place each time. Invitations and set menus are sent out a week in advance, when you can make your reservation. Read more

  • The Loft Project

    £100-per-head dining from chef Nuno Mendes in Dalston. Expect intriguing flavour combinations and techniques from the man behind the acclaimed Bethnal Green restaurant, Viajante. Keep a look out for special guest chefs. Read more

  • The Pale Blue Door

    An underground ‘speakeasy’ of sorts run by set designer Tony Hornecker in Dalston. One part cabaret, one part restaurant and very intriguing, this particular project features relatively simple food in contrast. Read more

  • Rambling Restaurant

    A team of three run this one – two food bloggers and a former Time Out Dubai journalist. Supper club venues vary, and always have some added extravaganza: one saw them turning an office in Soho into a Moulin Rouge cabaret Read more

  • The Secret Larder

    Food writer James Ramsden runs his North London supper club every fortnight - with the help of his sister, who welcomes the guests and does the dishes. Read more

  • The Secret Ingredient

    Run by Horton Jupiter in a flat in Newington Green, his unique selling point is a changing menu of intriguing Japanese-influenced vegetarian dishes. A recent menu features the likes of radish with apple dressing, rice with own-made gingered cucumber pickles and fruit with white miso dressing. With saké, naturally. Read more

  • Underground Restaurant

    Food blogger MsMarmiteLover hosts regular supper clubs at her Kilburn abode. She and her team change the menu dramatically each time – there has even been, fittingly, a Marmite-themed meal. Read more

  • White Room Supper Club

    Every second Saturday 10 people fit into this North London supper club. The German chef often includes ingredients from her home country, recent menus included white asparagus and woodruff - a German herb. Read more

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  • Fernandez & Leluu now work independently! Simon Fernandez is now full time chef patron at ferdiesfoodlab and employs 8 people on a part-time basis. ferdiesfoodlab (a London supper club) is a social banquet where you can meet new people. It serves international cuisine in the east end of central London at the beautiful listed building Toynbee Hall. You can check it out at ferdiesfoodlab.co.uk 

    ferdiesfoodlab Mon Jun 4 2012
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  • Will be in London with my friend May 14-17. She is a chef and I am a bartender and love to cook. Any suggestions for a great underground restaurant?

    Jamie Regan Sat Apr 28 2012
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  • a taste full space join pop-up hosts Platterform at the Free Word Centre in Farringdon on Saturday 23rd of July (8pm til 2am). Loosely based around the theme of the SURVIVALIST. The night will consist of a three course meal, conceptual drinks by the FIREWATER Society, performances, new art works and music from the art based group SPACECRAFT who are closely associated with a taste full space. There are 30 tickets for the meal but anyone can come down after 10.30pm for drinks, music and to enjoy the art work.

    a taste full space Thu Jul 14 2011
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  • The Basement Galley is our new addition to the London supper club scene. In our home in Brixton we serve delicious food in a setting ripe for socialising with friends or making new friends. For more information visit our facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Basement-Galley-Supper-Club/223609634321578?sk=info or email thebasementgalley@live.co.uk.

    Tom @ The Basement Galley Wed May 11 2011
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  • We normally check out the latest on the underground scene on this site: http://supperclubfangroup.ning.com/ Beware, the quality tend to vary a lot. We can definitely recommend Fernandez & Leluu, charming and good food. If you are looking for something different and more intimate in Central London, try Cadrega, a new Italian Supper club in Marylebone, with really excellent food, freshly homemade pastas, etc. (only problem is that they only take 6 bookings per dinner...) Also, we loved Friday Dinner Secrets, run by an anglo-argentine couple. Great food in a lovely settitng. This is in Reading, but for us it was worth the trip!

    Headache in a Suitcase Sat Feb 19 2011
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  • You will find us tucked away in Tufnell Park. Come and take a seat around the big library table in the candelit basement and enjoy a North Indian feast. We are into our second year and still loving it! Thanks to all of you who have feasted so far! We are fully booked for this Saturday but more dates are avaliable this month. www.jogindersupperclub.wordpress.com

    Saira @ Joginder's Supperclub Tue Jan 4 2011
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  • I was only recently introduced to the underground Supper Club experience and was extremely lucky to have 'lost my virginity' the Parkholme Road Supper Club in Dalston: http://www.parkholmesupperclub.co.uk It was a Syrian night, the chef Alicia, who does all this for charity, had actually gone to Syria to research and bring back special ingredients! 16 of us, from all walks of life and all parts of London and beyond, were sitting in a beautiful dining room around a large table which was laden with the most delicious dishes, from kibbeh to lamb with quince braised in pomegranate juice to various mezzes. The atmosphere was informal and very friendly, Alicia’s cooking is out of this world, and I can’t wait to go to another of her themed nights – her culinary skills include all kinds of global cuisines. I believe the next supper club is on January 5th – I can’t recommend it enough!

    Laura Sun Dec 19 2010
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  • If you're looking for a new supper club in South London offering delicious food and a friendly atmosphere, come along to The Supper Club London - we've been running for the past 3 months from our home in Balham, and offer a 3 course meal with a suggested min. contribution of £20 per head. website: www.thesupperclub-london.com twitter: @supperclubLDN We look forward to seeing you soon!

    The Supper Club London Sat Nov 27 2010
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  • I am looking for an original underground gem in London that holds either a thanks giving or pre-christmas dinner evening. I am thankful for a whisper through the word of mouth about such a venue... :-)

    Jenny Fri Oct 22 2010
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  • great idea.. want to visit Billingsgate and smithfields for a food hunt.. who wants to come

    walkwithfire Sat Oct 2 2010
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