Restaurants

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: 0.1 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: 0.1 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

The Modern Pantry

Anna Hansen's new Clerkenwell project

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

Distance: 0.1 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Like a well-tailored beige jacket with slightly out-of-date lapels, CDR is dependable if not at the cutting edge.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: 0.1 mls

Zetter

The restaurant at Clerkenwell’s foremost boutique hotel (a converted warehouse) is appropriately stylish: a lofty, airy space of subtle dark woods and deep maroons,...

Clerkenwell: 86-88 Clerkenwell Road, EC1M 5RJ

Distance: 0.1 mls

Pho

Clerkenwell: 86 St John Street, EC1M 4EH

Distance: 0.1 mls

Portal

Within swaggering distance of the square mile, Portal serves Portuguese petiscos (tapas) and a full dining menu to City types, tuned-in tourists, and Portuguese...

Farringdon: 88 St John Street, EC1M 4EH

Distance: 0.1 mls

Pizza Express

Farringdon: 26 Cowcross Street, EC1M 6DQ

Distance: 0.1 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: 0.1 mls

Tinseltown

Portraits of stars such as Travolta and De Niro line the walls of this Hollywood-themed diner and milkshake bar that attracts late-night clubbers, cabbies and...

Farringdon: 44-46 St John Street, EC1M 4DT

Distance: 0.1 mls

Burrito Bros

Newest burrito café

Farringdon: 17 Clerkenwell Road, EC1M 5RD

Distance: 3563.8 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: 0.1 mls

Cicada

A trendy bar-restaurant in the self-consciously fashionable Clerkenwell, Cicada’s mix of strong design, fun, and inexpensive food continues to attract a regular...

Farringdon: 132 - 136 St John Street Farringdon , London, EC1V 4JT

Distance: 0.1 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: 0.1 mls

Eastside Inn

New restaurant from Bjorn van der Horst

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

Distance: 0.1 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: 0.1 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: 0.1 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: 0.1 mls

Flâneur Food Hall

CLOSED

Clerkenwell: 41 Farringdon Road, EC1M 3JB

Distance: 0.1 mls

Tas

Farringdon: 37 Farringdon Road, EC1M 3JB

Distance: 0.1 mls

The Real Greek

Forget vine-strewn taverna clichés, the Clerkenwell branch of this popular mezédes and souvláki mini-chain (six branches across London; another two in the pipeline...

Farringdon: 140-142 St John Street, EC1V 4UA

Distance: 0.1 mls

The Farm Collective

Provenance-conscious caff

Farringdon: 91 Cowcross Street, EC1M 6BH

Distance: 3563.8 mls

J&A Café

Excellent produce, home-style dishes

Clerkenwell: 4 Sutton Lane, EC1M 5PU

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

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