Christmas Lunch in Covent Garden at The Gentlemen Baristas. What makes it feel like Christmas for you? Christmas decorations in Covent Garden, a performance of The Nutcracker at the Royal Opera House and a meal that includes turkey and Christmas pudding are all on my list! I’m particularly loving this year’s collection of trees. If […]
Heliot Steak House at the London Hippodrome – Review
Heliot Steak House – probably the best steak in town! Given the chance to visit the Heliot Steak House at the Hippodrome in Leicester Square, said to cook the best steaks in town, I was more than happy to travel into London from my home in Surrey. There’s nothing like a perfectly cooked steak, especially […]
The Oystermen Seafood Bar & Kitchen – Review
Al-Fresco Dining in Covent Garden at The Oystermen. While Eat Out to Help Out is a wonderful scheme that helps everyone’s pocket, I’m equally impressed with the measures being taken in some of my favourite haunts to encourage diners who might be a bit nervous of eating indoors. Henrietta Street in Covent Garden is a […]
inamo Covent Garden
inamo Covent Garden Opening. The site for the latest inamo restaurant was once home to Cafe des Amis du Vin. At the time one of the most authentic French dining experiences in London, it was somewhere I’d frequent in my twenties and thirties. There was a sophisticated and louche wine bar in the basement, a […]
Frenchie, Covent Garden – Pre-Covid Review and New Takeaway Options
Frenchie Covent Garden – Open for (Takeaway) Business Again. Life before Covid seems a distant memory right now. The London-Unattached team went along to Frenchie Covent Garden just before lockdown as a kind of treat, with a view to reviewing. And, before we could publish, everything shut. Rather than taunt the world with the excellent […]
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 […]
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 […]
28-50 Covent Garden – Wine Bar and Kitchen Review
28-50 Covent Garden – a Restaurant Reinvented. At one point London had three restaurants trading as 28-50, all part of a group owned by the Texture group of restaurants and run by Agnar Sverrisson from Iceland. And, at one point fairly recently, the venue that is now a new 28-50 wine bar and kitchen was […]
The Black Penny, Covent Garden
Sunday Brunch at The Black Penny: Sunday’s are about being lazy. Getting up way too late for breakfast, feeding the dog then heading out to scout for a big brunch in a dog-friendly cafe or pub is almost de rigueur in our household. It good bit of breakfast food and a lazy walk in the […]
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 […]