A Covent Garden favourite – Le Garrick still offers great bistro classics. If you are visiting London for the first time, picking restaurants that have stood the test of time can be challenging. The shabby chic trend together with the very fabric of London buildings, many of which are hundreds of years old means that […]
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 […]
Volta Do Mar – Covent Garden – Review
Pre Theatre Dining at Volta do Mar, Covent Garden. Finding somewhere new for pre-theatre dining in Covent Garden is a joyful experience. Especially when it’s from Simon Mullins, co-founder of Salt Yard and his wife Isabel Almeida da Silva. With a nod to the navigational skills of the Portuguese, Volta do Mar is named after […]
Boulevard Theatre Restaurant Soho
Perfect pre-theatre dining at The Boulevard. Soho has long been one of my favourite haunts, back in the 80’s I spent many an evening frequenting the clubs and bars and walking through the notorious Walkers Court which was flanked with sex shops and home to the famous Raymond’s Review Bar and Boulevard Theatre. Now over […]
The Cut, Young Vic, Southwark
Pre-Theatre Dining at The Cut, Southwark. The Cut is an all-day bar-café-restaurant housed in the Young Vic theatre in Southwark. It is a relaxing and inviting space – brick walls, wood, metal, New York Style lighting – and is always packed in the evenings before the show begins. I have visited countless times over the […]