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 […]
A Christmas Feast at The Gentlemen Baristas
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 […]
The Oystermen Seafood Bar & Kitchen – Review
Al-Fresco Dining in Covent Garden at The Oystermen. I’m 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 great example. Pedestrianised until October, the street is lined with tables from the excellent eateries […]
Frenchie, Covent Garden – Pre-Covid Review and New Takeaway Options
Frenchie Covent Garden – Open for (al-fresco) 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 […]
Moto, Covent Garden – Review
A Japanese Beverage Bar and Shop in Covent Garden – Moto I’m really excited by the way small independent operators are bringing a sense of gastronomic diversity and authenticity to Covent Garden. We loved the Lady of the Grapes wine bar and now recently opened in the same street is Moto. Describing itself as 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 […]
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 […]