Restaurants

National Café

If you want a more casual alternative to Oliver Peyton’s National Dining Rooms on the other side of the National Gallery, try this, its younger sibling. It’s...

Trafalgar Square: East Wing, National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, WC2N 5DN

Distance: 0 mls

National Dining Rooms

The death of Shaun Gilmore in a motorcycle accident in March 2008 deprived London of one of its brightest young chefs. However, the restaurant over which he presided,...

Trafalgar Square: Sainsbury Wing, National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, WC2N 5DN

Distance: 0 mls

Hamburger Union

Leicester Square: Leicester Square, WC2H 0HA

Distance: 0.1 mls

Asia de Cuba

Hidden behind the anonymous, office-like façade of St Martin’s Lane Hotel is the chi chi Asia de Cuba, where beatific staff ply you with Hollywood smiles against a...

Leicester Square: 45 St Martin's Lane, WC2N 4HX

Distance: 0.1 mls

Maharaja of India

Handily situated right in London’s thriving theatreland is the Maharajah of India restaurant, a spot popular with tourists and Londoners looking for great food in a...

Leicester Square: 19a Charing Cross Road , London, WC2H 0ET

Distance: 0.1 mls

Med Kitchen - St Martins Lane

Mediterranean Kitchen on St Martin’s Lane, Covent Garden manages to avoid all the predictable Med clichés. What it does provide is simple but delicous food on...

Covent Garden: 50-51 St Martins Lane , London, WC2N 4EA

Distance: 0.1 mls

J Sheekey

Josef Sheekey was a market stall holder given permission by one Lord Salisbury to serve fish and seafood in this 1896 property development, on the proviso that he...

Leicester Square: 28-32 St Martin's Court, WC2N 4AL

Distance: 0.1 mls

J Sheekey Oyster Bar

Famous fish restaurant spawns

Leicester Square: 33-34 St Martin’s Court, WC2N 4AL

Distance: 0.1 mls

Gaby's

Style zealots will find little reassurance in the spartan floor tiles, utilitarian plastic seating and closely packed Formica tables numbered with handwritten...

Leicester Square: 30 Charing Cross Road, WC2H 0DB

Distance: 0.1 mls

Pizza Express

Strand: 450 The Strand, WC2R 0RG

Distance: 0.1 mls

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

Distance: 0.1 mls

The Hampshire Restaurant and Bar

Amidst the hustle and bustle of Leicester Square, The Hampshire Restaurant and Bar offers an oasis of peace and calm for business or pleasure. Chef Kevin Munden...

Leicester Square: The Hampshire Hotel 36 Leicester Square , London, WC2H 7LH

Distance: 0.1 mls

Pizza Express

Covent Garden: 80-81 St Martin's Lane, WC2N 4AA

Distance: 0.1 mls

Pâtisserie Valerie

Covent Garden: 15 Bedford Street, WC2E 9HE

Distance: 0.1 mls

Leicester Square Bar and Restaurant

Leicester Square Bar & Restaurant knows how to spoil a seafood lover. This modern eatery, located within the Radisson Edwardian, is just inches from the square it’s...

Leicester Square: 3 - 6 St Martins Street Leicester Square , London, WC2H 7HL

Distance: 0.1 mls

Simurgh

Simurgh has all the ingredients for a fun night out with friends – good food, good wine and belly dancers. Who could ask for anything more? Located in Covent Garden...

Leicester Square: 17 Garrick Street Covent Garden , London, WC2E 9BL

Distance: 0.1 mls

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

Distance: 0.1 mls

The Terrace on the Strand

If all roads lead to London, then they all must also lead to The Terrace on the Strand. Located in Charring Cross – the point to which all road distances have...

Strand: Guoman Charing Cross Hotel Charing Cross , London, WC2N 5HX

Distance: 0.1 mls

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

Distance: 0.1 mls

Carluccio's Caffè

Covent Garden: 2A Garrick Street, WC2E 9BH

Distance: 0.1 mls

Hamburger Union

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

Distance: 0.1 mls

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

Distance: 0.1 mls

Wagamama

Leicester Square: 14 Irving Street, WC2H 7AB

Distance: 0.1 mls

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

Distance: 0.1 mls

Abeno Too

Okonomiyaki (hearty pancakes with nuggets of veg, seafood, pork and other titbits) are cooked to order on hot-plates set into Abeno’s tables and counter. Don’t...

Covent Garden: 17-18 Great Newport Street, WC2H 7JE

Distance: 0.1 mls

Metra

Take a Soho club, relocate it to a central Leicester Square location, add terrific decor and an eclectic mix of music and voila! It's Metra, a brilliant place to meet,...

Covent Garden: 14 Leicester Square , London, WC2H 7NG

Distance: 0.2 mls

The Forge

Everyone around us was wearing a suit. Even in the heart of touristy Covent Garden, business diners need somewhere to go - and The Forge caters to their needs...

Covent Garden: 14 Garrick St (entrance on Floral St), WC2E 9BJ

Distance: 0.2 mls

Jom Makan

In a somewhat incongruous location – an imposing building just off Pall Mall – Jom Makan breaks the mould of nearby Trafalgar Square’s boring grills,...

City: 5-7 Pall Mall East, SW1Y 5BA

Distance: 0.2 mls

Ruby Blue

The Ruby Blue Bar in Leicester Square offers three nights in one, with its vibrant bar, restaurant and club. Enjoy Happy Hour (5 -7 pm), followed by dishes from the...

Leicester Square: 1 Leicester Place Leicester Square , London, WC2H 7BP

Distance: 0.2 mls