Magdalen

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152 Tooley Street

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Wed Jun 20 2012

Wine glasses gleam, cutlery sparkles, and the chocolatey walls and leather banquettes cosset and charm. Service is professional, the menu short and seasonal and seldom is a polished dessert fork put wrong. Magdalen is low-key enough to feel like a well-kept secret, but it’s also a favourite with clued-up City diners who know their gribiche from their gravlax.

There’s something old-fashioned about it, but the menu is adventurous too; few places would venture to list both kid (saddle and heart) and calves’ brains on the same menu. The latter – cloud-light, fried just-so and served with a punchy gribiche sauce – featured on the excellent-value set lunch menu. Ingredients shine; a starter of parma ham (from the Ham & Cheese Co at nearby Spa Terminus) was sliced transparently thin and served with a dollop of indulgent ricotta. Firm, perfect morels at the height of their short season came with sourdough toast, wild garlic and a poached duck’s egg.

For afters, there are cheeses from Neal’s Yard and grown-up desserts such as marmalade and whisky ice-cream. France is the focus of the well-chosen, mostly European wine list. A few tasting notes wouldn’t go amiss, nor would more choice by the glass, but otherwise it’s hard to find fault.

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Address:
Magdalen 152 Tooley Street
London
SE1 2TU

Phone:
020 7403 1342
Website:
www.magdalenrestaurant.co.uk
Opening hours:
Lunch served noon-2.30pm Mon-Fri. Dinner served 6.30-10pm Mon-Sat
Transport:
Tube: London Bridge tube/rail
Price:
Main courses £13.50-£20. Set lunch £15.50 2 courses, £18.50 3 courses
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1. Magdalen
  - 152 Tooley Street
    London
    SE1 2TU
  - 020 7403 1342
  - www.magdalenrestaurant.co.uk
  - 51.503804,-0.081743

Categories:
Food and drink
Facilities:
Eating and drinking facilities. Restaurant and bar facilities. Reservations required. Accessible facilities. General facilities. Private rooms
Occasions:
Meal times. Best for supper. Business
Type of event:
Parties

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(2 ratings)

Excellent food with attentive yet unobtrusive service. Surprisingly busy every time I visit - clearly the City suits have found out about this place. I've gone there for several lunches with both friends and colleagues, and everyone loves it. We once had a client lunch where we needed to be in and out in an hour, so I called in advance and expalined the situation. Once we arrived no further explanation was needed, and everything ran like clockwork. I really can't find fault with Magdalen: it might not be buzzy or trendy enough for everyone, but you don't come to Magdalen for cool, you come for good food.

Susie Thu Jun 16 2011
Rated as: 5/5
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