Restaurants

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

Clerkenwell Kitchen

Sustainable cooking

Clerkenwell: 27-31 Clerkenwell Close, EC1R 0AT

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

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: 0.1 mls

Yo! Sushi

Farringdon: 95 Farringdon Road, EC1R 3BT

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

Coach & Horses

A handsome pub (apart from the dingy ‘outside’ room sandwiched between bar and beer garden), the Coach & Horses does its best to appeal to drinkers and diners....

Clerkenwell: 26-28 Ray Street, EC1R 3DJ

Distance: 0.1 mls

Darbucka

Darbucka bar in Clerkenwell has a fabulous concept. They serve fresh Lebanese cuisine on 2 levels. The upstairs restaurant features a mix of high and low tables,...

Farringdon: 182 St John Street , London, EC1V 4JZ

Distance: 0.2 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: 0.2 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

The Well

Situated in the heart of Clerkenwell, The Well is a gastropub with a difference. Chef Oliver Badham serves traditional British pub food with a twist, whilst underneath...

Farringdon: 180 St John Street , London, EC1V 4JY

Distance: 0.2 mls

Well

Part of Tom and Ed Martin’s gastropub group, which includes the Gun in Docklands , the Well exudes an easy bonhomie and self-assurance, with its exposed brick walls,...

Clerkenwell: 180 St John Street, EC1V 4JY

Distance: 0.2 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: 0.2 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: 0.2 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: 0.2 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

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

Pho

Clerkenwell: 86 St John Street, EC1M 4EH

Distance: 0.2 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: 0.2 mls

Burrito Bros

Newest burrito café

Farringdon: 17 Clerkenwell Road, EC1M 5RD

Distance: 0.2 mls

Eagle

The Eagle still doesn’t have a blue plaque outside, but probably merits one, as it is widely credited with being the first London gastropub (opened in its present...

Farringdon: 159 Farringdon Road, EC1R 3AL

Distance: 0.2 mls

Little Bay

Linda Barker would aspire to produce an interior so inventive, but while there’s no denying the makeshift Changing Roomsvibe here (oh, the crimes that can be...

Farringdon: 171 Farringdon Road, EC1R 3AL

Distance: 0.2 mls

Flâneur Food Hall

CLOSED

Clerkenwell: 41 Farringdon Road, EC1M 3JB

Distance: 0.2 mls

Tas

Farringdon: 37 Farringdon Road, EC1M 3JB

Distance: 0.2 mls

Quality Chop House

Quality Chop House currently seems to be on a roll. After the odd menu glitch last year, this time around every dish was worth ordering. Spinach, bacon, avocado and...

Clerkenwell: 92-94 Farringdon Road, EC1R 3EA

Distance: 0.2 mls

J&A Café

Excellent produce, home-style dishes

Clerkenwell: 4 Sutton Lane, EC1M 5PU

Distance: 0.2 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: 0.2 mls

Clark's

Few London restaurants can match the city's last remaining pie and mash shops for simple authenticity. Their menu has altered little since the mid 19th century: a...

Clerkenwell: 46 Exmouth Market, EC1R 4QE

Distance: 0.2 mls

Medcalf

This ex-butcher’s shop has been a big hit since opening, its scruffy-chic looks, robust cooking, relaxed staff and unpretentious vibe attracting steady custom....

Clerkenwell: 38-40 Exmouth Market, EC1R 4QE

Distance: 0.2 mls