Restaurants

Rules

Rules, established in 1798, is London’s oldest restaurant, and it’s doing a good job of growing old gracefully, mamaging to stay relevant rather than turning into...

Covent Garden: 35 Maiden Lane, WC2E 7LB

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Fire and Stone - Covent Garden

toptable Dining Awards 2007 - Winner: Best Cheap Eats category Fire and Stone restaurant, in the heart of Covent Garden, boasts that it has the biggest wooden fired...

Covent Garden: 31 - 32 Maiden Lane Covent Garden , London, WC2E 7JS

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Stranded in London

Bar the pun, this Italian in the middle of the Strand has plenty to commend it: a friendly atmosphere, warm lighting, and an innate 18th century charm, thanks to the...

Covent Garden: 417 Strand , London, WC2R 0PD

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Bistro 1

This is the type of no-frills eaterie beloved of backpackers; offering a hearty, budget-conscious feed for those more concerned with portion size than quality...

Covent Garden: 33 Southampton Street, WC2E 7HE

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Paradiso E Inferno

This family-owned Italian restaurant in the heart of the West End has long been a fixture on the London pre and post-theatre dining scene. Located on the corner of the...

Covent Garden: 389 The Strand , London, WC2R 0LT

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Leon

Strand: 73-76 Strand, WC2R 0DE

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Zizzi

An instant sense of warmth overcomes you when you walk into the Covent Garden branch of Zizzi. Perhaps it's the massive wood-fired oven stoked high to keep the pizzas...

Strand: 73-75 The Strand, WC2R 0DE

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Wagamama

Covent Garden: 1 Tavistock Street, WC2E 7PG

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TGI Friday's

With a name like TGI Friday’s you’d expect this determinedly cheerful chain to be most suited to an end-of-the-week, down-the-tools knees-up – but in practice,...

Covent Garden: 6 Bedford Street, WC2E 9HZ

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Pâtisserie Valerie

Covent Garden: 15 Bedford Street, WC2E 9HE

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Salieri Restaurant

A perfect spot for pre or post theatre dining - good location and last orders for food taken at midnight. The interior style is 'theatrical nostalgia' with lots of...

Covent Garden: 376 Strand Covent Garden , London, WC2R 0LQ

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Paul

This French bakery has spread obscenely all over London, yet it just takes a visit to the Covent Garden flagship (launched a century after the first Paul opened its...

Covent Garden: 29 Bedford Street, WC2E 9ED

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Adam Street

There's something rather fun about Adam Street, a private members club that spreads beneath The Strand. Maybe it's the fact that a solitary door leads to a surprising...

Strand: 9 Adam Street The Strand , London, WC2N 6AA

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Wahaca

Queues snake into this colourful canteen daily, but it’s just about worth the wait. Wahaca has a look as cheery as its staff, created from lamps made out of...

Covent Garden: 66 Chandos Place, WC2N 4HG

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Simpson's-in-the-Strand

This icon of roast beef, and by extension Englishness itself, has rather fallen from greatness. Service is uncoordinated and uninterested (on the evening we visited,...

Strand: 100 Strand, WC2R 0EW

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Chez Gerard - Covent Garden

What a location! What a space! Chez Gerard in Covent Garden makes full use of its bright, light piazza setting, with a lovely arching conservatory dining room,...

Covent Garden: 45 The Plaza Covent Garden , London, WC2E 8RF

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Fuel Bar and Restaurant

Fuel offers some of best vantage points over Covent Garden market, from the comfort of leather seating on two heated, candlelit terraces. And from piazza seating with...

Covent Garden: 21 The Market Covent Garden , London, WC2E 8RD

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Roadhouse

The Roadhouse is a prime target for beery lads and riotous hen bashes (stag parties, however, are now banned), attracted by the happy-hour promotions, DJs and rock/pop...

Covent Garden: 35 The Piazza, WC2E 8BE

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Clos Maggiore

toptable Dining Awards 2009 - Runner Up: Best for Romance If romance is in the cards, then look no further than Covent Garden’s Clos Maggiore. Echoing the stylish...

Covent Garden: 33 King Street Covent Garden , London, WC2E 8JD

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Navajo Joe

‘Loud food and spicy music’ is the boast of this Covent Garden restaurant. As you would expect, given its name Navajo Joe’s has a Native American Indian theme...

Covent Garden: 34 King Street Covent Garden , London, WC2E 8JD

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Johnston's Brasserie

Locations don’t get much better than Johnston’s Brasserie. Set in one of the Strand’s most recognisable buildings – The Strand Palace Hotel – it is close to...

Covent Garden: 372 Strand , London, WC2R 0JJ

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Strand Carvery

The centre of London’s thriving Theatreland is probably not the first place you’d expect to find a good, old fashioned carvery. But then, there’s nothing old...

Covent Garden: 372 Strand , London, WC2R 0JJ

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Palm Court Brasserie

toptable Dining Awards 2009 - Runner Up: Best for Dining with friends The Palm Court Brasserie brings a little touch of Paris to the heart of London. This Covent...

Covent Garden: 39 King Street Covent Garden , London, WC2E 8JS

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Smollensky's on the Strand

Chicago-style chain Smollensky’s may have launched a sister restaurant at Canary Wharf and mini Metro offspring outlets across half of outer London, but this...

Strand: 105 Strand, WC2R 0AA

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Cafe Pasta - Garrick Street

A wide range of starters, as well as all the usual salads, pizzas and pastas you’d expect from an Italian restaurant, are presented in accordance with standards of...

Leicester Square: 2 - 4 Garrick Street , London, WC2E 9BH

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Carluccio's Caffè

Covent Garden: 2A Garrick Street, WC2E 9BH

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Hamburger Union

Covent Garden: 4-6 Garrick Street, WC2E 9BH

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Le Garrick

Le Garrick, which shares its name with the famous gentlemen’s club opposite, is a homely restaurant at ground level where window tables let you watch the wonderful...

Covent Garden: 10-12 Garrick Street , London, WC2E 9BH

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Orso

Occupying a spacious basement in a prime Covent Garden location, Orso’s underground bunker is cosy rather than oppressive, lifted with warm lighting and the friendly...

Covent Garden: 27 Wellington Street, WC2E 7DB

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