Street Food Menu Inspired By Anthony Bourdain’s ‘Lunch Lady’ Vietnamese restaurant, Cô Thành in Covent Garden aims to channel the food and energy of ‘The Lunch Lady’, Nguyen Thi Thanh, as featured on Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations show in 2009, and who inspired foodie travellers to seek out her Asian street food for themselves. The […]
Mr Fogg’s Market Tavern
Nostalgic Pub Food in Covent Garden Covent Garden Market has as many bars and restaurants as shops these days, and lurking at one end of the lower courtyard is Mr Fogg’s Market Tavern. It’s dark and intimate inside with hidey-hole booth seating; one might almost be inside the galleon of a pirate ship. It was […]
A London Institution – Rules Restaurant
Traditional British Fare in a Traditional Setting at Rules Restaurant – London’s Oldest Dining Establishment If someone asks me where in London they can try the kind of food I grew up eating, then Rules restaurant comes top of the list. Brought up in the country, where my dad was the family doctor for a […]
The Original Ivy – Classic Set Menu
Old-School Glamour at an Affordable Price: The Ivy West Street Delivers If there’s one restaurant in London that is intrinsically linked with the West End and Theatreland, it’s The Ivy on West Street. Of course, it wasn’t always that way. The original Ivy opened in 1917, an unlicensed Italian cafe founded by Abel Giandolini. It […]
Harry’s Covent Garden
Classic Italian Glamour in the Heart of Covent Garden A little slice of vintage Italian glamour has landed in Covent Garden. Harry’s Covent Garden occupies one of the Piazza’s most prized addresses, taking over the former Tuttons site beside the London Transport Museum. The restaurant brings an all-day Italian menu to the space, focusing on […]
The Sharing Roast at Pivot, Covent Garden
Just in time for Burns Night celebrations, we check out Pivot restaurant’s sharing roast There are places in Covent Garden you wouldn’t necessarily notice. This particular part of London is full of the obvious, the visibly glamorous and the hyped must-visit. Yet there are still places where you can eat well, enjoy a great atmosphere, […]
Courtyard Wine Cellars, Covent Garden
Historic cellars beneath Covent Garden Market are the setting for a unique and friendly wine bar. While Courtyard Wine Cellars may have only opened in May 2025, visitors could be forgiven for thinking it is a longstanding fixture of the Covent Garden marketplace. Set across seven vaulted, arched cellars dating back to the 1830s, it […]
Dim Sum Library Review: Silky Har Gau, Peppery Puffs and Playful Cocktails
A Stylish Setting for Modern Dim Sum in the Heart of London Located right on Long Acre at the bustling edge of where Covent Garden meets Chinatown, Dim Sum Library brings modern Cantonese dining to London. The OG branch launched in Hong Kong in 2016 and has been brought to London by the Aqua Restaurant […]
Soom – More than just another Korean BBQ joint
Soom in London’s Covent Garden offers more than the classic Korean BBQ. It brings Korean home cooking into a refined London setting. With standout seafood dishes, creative vegetarian plates and a serene, design-led space, it’s an exciting new Korean dining experience.
Cicoria – Restaurant of the Month
After winning a Michelin star at Petrus, Angela Hartnett went on to open her own restaurants, including the Michelin-starred Murano in Mayfair and its sister restaurant Cafe Murano in Covent Garden. Now there is Cicoria in the Royal Opera House.