Feasting on the pre-theatre menu at Pivot, Covent Garden At London Unattached we are big fans of award-winning Scottish chef Mark Greenaway who first made his name in Edinburgh, followed in Autumn 2021 by Pivot, his debut London restaurant. It’s an all-day offer with the British Bar sitting on the ground floor and the Bistro […]
Lilly’s Café, Henrietta Street
Covent Garden’s Wellness Café Lilly’s is an all-day ‘forward-thinking café seamlessly blending wellness and fun’. We all need some wellness and fun in our lives so I hopped down to Henrietta St in Covent Garden for a pre-opera supper to investigate. The brainchild of Canadian pastry chef Kimberly Lin whose London CV boasts The Square […]
The Patate – Seven Dials
Taste craft slow-stewed beef burgers at The Patate in Seven Dials The Patate has built a loyal street food clientele over the years in various pop-up locations like Camden Market, West India Quay and Victoria Park Market. They also have a delivery kitchen in Kentish Town to cater to North Londoners. Following the success of […]
Mildred’s Covent Garden – Fresh, Vibrant and Plant Based.
Mildred’s brings its Plant-Based Cuisine to Covent Garden Mildred’s has now set up shop in the heart of Covent Garden, St Martin’s Lane. Since first opening in Soho in 1988, Mildreds has pioneered the plant-based scene in London with its fresh, vibrant and innovative dishes. Open for breakfast, lunch, dinner and weekend brunch, Mildreds offers […]
Cora Pearl, Henrietta Street, Covent Garden – Review
Dining Out in (al-fresco) Style – Cora Pearl, Henrietta Street. Just after the last lockdown when dining al-fresco was the only option, we went along to Henrietta Street in Covent Garden to check out The Oystermen. One of those restaurants I’d been meaning to try, you’ll find a pescaterian’s dream menu with various shellfish on […]
Frog by Adam Handling – Covent Garden
Adam Handling, Covent Garden – Frog Restaurant and Eve Bar. Not bad as a last before lockdown lunch, I’ve been meaning to visit Frog by Adam Handling in Covent Garden for some time. As it happens, I made it just before all restaurants in the UK were closed thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. There’s a […]
VyTA Italian Restaurant Covent Garden – Review
La Dolce Vita at VyTA Covent Garden. VyTA describes itself as ‘an elegant Italian lifestyle experience’; in practice, it’s an all-day restaurant handily located in the heart of Covent Garden market ‘open from dusk till dawn serving breakfast and brunch through to dinner and beyond’. New pre-theatre or late-night options in Covent Garden are always […]
Lady of the Grapes Wine Bar – Review
Meeting the Lady of the Grapes in Covent Garden. Tucked away on Maiden Lane, almost opposite Rules, is a charming new(ish) wine bar with a focus on female winemakers. Lady of the Grapes is the brainchild of Parisienne, Carole Bryon, who set the place up to help redress an inherent male balance in the wine […]
Cafe Pacifico Covent Garden Review
Back to the 80’s at Cafe Pacifico: Back in the 1980s, London was an exciting place to be if you were young and interested in music, politics or fashion, though the cultural energy wasn’t reflected in the choice and range of restaurants. The city certainly hadn’t become the centre of gastronomic excellence that it is […]
Photo London with an exclusive lunch at The Delaunay
Photo London and the Delaunay: I love Christopher Corbin and Jeremy King’s restaurants. There is an old-world professionalism about them that that makes me deeply happy. They take classic European models mediated through a contemporary London lens and have created a series of great rooms with an individual sense of style and an energy, furnishing […]