Restaurants

Tas

Farringdon: 37 Farringdon Road, EC1M 3JB

Distance: 0 mls

St Germain

Sometimes it's the service that really stands out. The waiting staff here couldn't have tried harder; smiling, hugely helpful, and going far beyond the call of duty. A...

Farringdon: 89-90 Turnmill St, EC1M 5QU

Distance: 0.1 mls

Pizza Express

Farringdon: 26 Cowcross Street, EC1M 6DQ

Distance: 0.1 mls

Fabrizio Restaurant

Though most are shopping for diamonds while in London’s Hatton Garden, Fabrizio’s may be brightest gem in the area. This intimate, family-run restaurant is...

Chancery Lane: 30 Saint Cross Street , London, EC1N 8UH

Distance: 0.1 mls

Anexo

Wedged into the Turnmills building, Anexo offers a dark space heaving with office workers celebrating the home-time bell; in summer the open frontage adds traffic...

Farringdon: 61 Turnmill Street, EC1M 5PT

Distance: 0.1 mls

Ortega - Smithfields

About Ortega restaurant in London we can only say this: skip the flight to Spain and cab over to Smithfield instead where this brilliant cantina-style tapas bar is...

Farringdon: 55 Charterhouse Street , London, EC1M 6HA

Distance: 0.1 mls

Daddy Donkey at Leather Lane

Burrito takeaway

Clerkenwell & Farringdon: pitches 100-101, Leather Lane Market, EC1N 7TE

Distance: 0.1 mls

Le Comptoir Gascon

Le Comptoir Gascon’s modern rustic style (dainty velour chairs and exposed pipes contrast with open brickwork and pottery dishes) exudes class and confidence – as...

Farringdon: 61-63 Charterhouse Street, EC1M 6HJ

Distance: 0.2 mls

Smiths of Smithfield

John Torode’s eating and drinking emporium – each floor with a different offer – continues to attract Smithfield socialisers. It’s a former warehouse, with...

Farringdon: 67-77 Charterhouse Street, EC1M 6HJ

Distance: 0.2 mls

Top Floor at Smiths

After ascending in the cramped, blood-red lift, it’s a relief to emerge into the mannered surrounds of the Top Floor. In contrast to the lofty dining room and bar...

Farringdon: Smiths of Smithfield, 67-77 Charterhouse Street, EC1M 6HJ

Distance: 0.2 mls

Yo! Sushi

Farringdon: 95 Farringdon Road, EC1R 3BT

Distance: 0.2 mls

Hix Oyster & Chop House

Renowned for innovative updates of British food, Mark Hix now has free rein to indulge us with his passion, in this his first independent project after leaving Caprice...

Farringdon: 36-37 Greenhill Rents, off Cowcross Street, EC1M 6BN

Distance: 0.2 mls

The Farm Collective

Provenance-conscious caff

Farringdon: 91 Cowcross Street, EC1M 6BH

Distance: 0.2 mls

Dans Le Noir

For a colourful night out, try this pitch black restaurant where customers are served and guided around the room by blind staff – and no one is allowed to move...

Farringdon: 30-31 Clerkenwell Green, EC1R 0DU

Distance: 0.2 mls

Kurz & Lang

Not, as you might imagine, the names of the founders, Kurz & Lang means ‘short and long' in German, a reference to the top-notch speciality sausage sold at this...

Farringdon: 1 St John Street, EC1M 4AA

Distance: 0.2 mls

Potemkin

On occasion we’ve found Potemkin’s ground-floor restaurant over-formal and the food disappointing, but our most recent visit showed it on good form. Service was...

Clerkenwell: 144 Clerkenwell Road, EC1R 5DP

Distance: 0.2 mls

Clerkenwell Dining Room

Like a well-tailored beige jacket with slightly out-of-date lapels, CDR is dependable if not at the cutting edge. It looks smart, apart from the ‘Bayswater Road...

Clerkenwell: 69-73 St John Street, EC1M 4AN

Distance: 0.2 mls

The Larder

Though it’s only been going since 2007, the Larder’s look could be a model for a more ’90s-ish archetype of a ‘trendy modern restaurant’: a warehouse-style...

Clerkenwell: 91-93 St John Street, EC1M 4NU

Distance: 0.2 mls

Eastside Inn

New restaurant from Bjorn van der Horst

Farringdon: 38-42 St John Street, EC1M 4AY

Distance: 0.2 mls

Piada

Farringdon needs another sandwich bar like it needs another butcher. Yet Piada is already doing a busy lunchtime takeaway trade despite stiff local competition. The...

Farringdon: 12-14 St John St, EC1M 4AY

Distance: 0.2 mls

St John

St John closed for a spring clean in summer 2008, but apart from a good scrub behind the ears, it’s business as usual at this leading light of the British revival...

Farringdon: 26 St John Street, EC1M 4AY

Distance: 0.2 mls

Dust Bar

As an old Victorian factory building, a newly refurbished Dust celebrates the original design features of exposed brickwork, cast iron support beams and wooden...

Farringdon: 27 Clerkenwell Road , London, EC1M 5RN

Distance: 0.2 mls

26 Smithfield

26 Smithfield restaurant overlooking London’s historic and happening Smithfield Market has an honest, wholesome approach to food, a refreshing experience in the...

Farringdon: 26 Smithfield Street , London, EC1A 9LB

Distance: 0.2 mls

Gaucho - Smithfield

Located moments from London’s most famous meat market, Gaucho Smithfield is a carnivore’s paradise nestled in the heart of Farringdon. The interior is dimly lit...

Farringdon: 93a Charterhouse Street Smithfield , London, EC1M 6HL

Distance: 0.2 mls

The Modern Pantry

Anna Hansen's new Clerkenwell project

Clerkenwell: 47-48 St John's Square, EC1V 4JJ

Distance: 0.2 mls

54

Furnishings are inexpensive but stylish in this small dining room: simple wood furniture, multi-coloured seat covers, batik prints, carved screen, and small mirrors...

City: 54 Farringdon Road, EC1R 3BL

Distance: 0.2 mls

Passage Café

You dream of (but rarely get) places like this in provincial France. The Passage is a tiny finger of a venue with hardly room for 20 diners – though there’s a few...

City: 12 Jerusalem Passage, EC1V 4JP

Distance: 0.2 mls

Saki

When this Smithfield restaurant and bar first opened in 2006, it caught the headlines with gimmicks such as paperless loos and automatic noodle-makers. But the reason...

Farringdon: 4 West Smithfield, EC1A 9JX

Distance: 0.2 mls