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Christopher's
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The greatest asset of this Covent Garden favourite has always been the building in which it is housed. A handsome Victorian pile, the structure is reputed to have served as a papier-mâché factory, a casino, a whorehouse and a bank before Christopher Gilmour converted it into a restaurant at the start of the 1990s. From the lovely, buzzy downstairs cocktail bar up the sweeping staircase to the cultured first-floor restaurant (offering precious views across Waterloo Bridge), this is bona fide destination dining. Unfortunately, though we’ve eaten well here in the past, the quality of the dining is currently failing to match the eye-catching destination. The food’s not awful: it’s just bland, slightly tired and entirely overpriced. After an above-par cobb salad, californian black bean soup didn’t hold the interest, meat loaf fell far short of its £17 price-tag, and a salmon fish cake was nothing out of the ordinary. You’re probably on safer ground with the long-venerated range of steaks. Still, at £34 for surf ’n’ turf, you’ll almost certainly get more culinary bang for your bucks elsewhere.
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- 18 Wellington Street, Covent Garden, WC2E 7DD
- Area: Covent Garden
- Tel: 020 7240 4222
- www.christophersgrill.com
- Book online
- Category: North American
- Travel: Covent Garden tube
- Times: Bar Open/snacks served noon-midnight Mon-Thur; noon-1am Fri; 11.30am-1am Sat; 11.30am-10.30pm Sun. Restaurant Brunch served 11.30am-3.30pm Sat, Sun. Lunch served noon-3pm Mon-Fri. Dinner served 5-11.30pm Mon-Sat; 5-10.30pm Sun
- Price: Restaurant Main courses £14-£35.50. Set brunch £16.75 2 courses, £19.50 3 courses. Set meal (5.30-7pm, 10-11.15pm Mon-Sat) £15.75 2 courses, £19.50 3 courses
- Credit cards: AmEx, DC, MC, V
- Services:
- Available for hire: Separate room for parties, seats 40
- Child facilities: Babies and children welcome: children's menu; high chairs
- Function room: Separate room for parties, seats 40
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I've been three times now, always for a special occasion and never has Christopher's disappointed. I have tried their brunch, the à la carte and the pre-theatre menu and all have been superb. The wine and the champagne are delicious, the ambience is wonderful and the service is excellent. For a special night out (as prices are a bit higher than Pizza Hut!) it comes highly recommended. If I could only afford to make it my regular eatery........ I'm off to buy a Lottery ticket!
We spent a very good moment in the bar downstairs, the cocktail menu is impressive and the service very careful.
We ended up staying much longer than initially planned !
Christopher's was recommended to me and I was not disappointed. The cocktail bar on the ground floor serves amazing cocktails at reasonable prices and provides a perfect pre dinner experience. The grand candle lit staircase leading to the main dinning area is very impressive. When seated the staff are on hand to ensure all your needs are catered for. There is an extensive wine list to complement melt in the mouth food. I would highly recommend anyone to visit Christopher's.
Christopher's is great value for money and the food was lovely. The decor is fantastic and I throughly enjoyed my visit.
From the moment you enter Christopher's until the moment you leave, you are really well looked after. The food is fantastic, great service, very friendly staff and after having both dinner and brunch here, I can highly recommend both. In fact, I am going back for my birthday at the end of March as I rate it so highly.
Fantastic.
Food, wine, staff, location, everything brilliant.
Great place, nice buzzy atmosphere and great, friendly service. The food was good quality and plentiful. Would definitely return.
Christopher's is just beautiful inside, from the understated trendiness of the bar, up the candle-lit winding staircase and into the elegant dining room. The great decor and friendly service is matched by simple but quality dishes. We had the pre-theatre menu which is good value for money with 2 courses for about £15. The cocktails are also delicious and the wine list offers some very good bottles. I've dined here twice now and will definitely be returning!