Bloomsbury & Holborn Restaurant Guide
Salaam Namaste
'Trust not the book by its cover alone' maybe a familiar clichéd saying but this is what comes to mind when you step inside Salaam Namaste, a recent addition to the Indian restaurant scene in Bloomsbury.
3 course fixed price menu for £12.95
30% off your a la carte food bill. (£3 surcharge on seafood)
- Address: 68 Millman Street, off Guilford Street, Bloomsbury, London, WC1N 3EF (Map)
- Cuisine(s): Indian, Pakistani
- Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £10.00, Dinner: £25.00
Pearl Restaurant and Bar
The Renaissance Chancery Court is a hotel that embodies luxury and opulence in a historic and landmark building in Holborn. Pearl is their glamorous destination restaurant and bar, designed by the very same people who crafted the look of Nobu, the Metropolitan and Le Cercle.
- Address: 252 High Holborn, London, WC1V 7EN (Map)
- Cuisine(s): French, Modern
- Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £30.00, Dinner: £70.00
Bloomsbury Street Bar and Restaurant
This landmark address is just as irresistible now as it was in those days when it served as a regular haunt for the Bloomsbury set of writers, intellectuals and artists. Today, following a £25million refurbishment and under the chic Radisson Edwardian brand, it still continues to be one among the most sought after hotels for the modern day Bloomsbury set.
50% discount off the a la carte food bill.
- Address: Radisson Edwardian Bloomsbury Street Hotel, 9-13 Bloomsbury Street, London, WC1B 3QD (Map)
- Cuisine(s): British
- Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: N/A
Blue Door Bistro, The
Ensconced in the stylish Montague Hotel in Central London is the attractive Blue Door Bistro, which provides an informal and welcoming atmosphere. The light and airy lunch time venue transforms into a cosy, candlelit dining area after sundown.
3 course fixed price menu (Mothering Sunday menu) for £26.50
- Address: The Montague on the Gardens, 15 Montague Street, London, WC1B 5BJ (Map)
- Cuisine(s): Vegetarian
- Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £32.00
My Old Dutch - Holborn
From being a small pancake house in London's West End in 1958, My Old Dutch chain has come a long way and continues to serve sweet and savoury pancakes as well as a selection of salads, Dutch starters and desserts in all of its restaurants.
2 course fixed price menu (Lunch) for £7.95
- Address: 121 High Holborn, London, WC1V 6PS (Map)
- Cuisine(s): Dutch
- Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £10.00, Dinner: £22.00
Truckles of Pied Bull Yard
There was a time when wine bars seemed to be in recession, but Davy's have put that right. With over 30 wine bars, mostly in the centre of London, offering a dazzling choice of refreshment, well supported by quality food; this is an equation not to be missed.
- Address: Pied Bull Yard, off Bury Place, London, WC1A 2JR (Map)
- Cuisine(s): Bar
- Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £19.00, Dinner: £28.00
06 St Chad's Place
Located in a converted Victorian warehouse above the King's Cross Thames link station, 06 St Chad's Place is a sensibly placed restaurant and without any doubt serves the needs of a travelling population in a far more enterprising and attractive way than the average train station buffet does, even after all these years.
- Address: 6 St Chad's Place, London, WC1X 9HH (Map)
- Cuisine(s): Modern
- Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £36.00
Abeno
Way back in 1993 Abeno was on a mission to recreate an authentic okomiyaki and now it seems to have caught the fancy of Londoners. With outlets on Museum Street and Great Newport Street filled with happy eaters, it's definitely a busy place with sufficient Japanese clientele, an encouraging sign of authenticity.
- Address: 47 Museum Street, London, WC1A 1LY (Map)
- Cuisine(s): Japanese
- Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £34.00
Acorn House Restaurant
This extraordinary restaurant on Swinton Street has been described as one of the most important events in London catering, and few would disagree with that. Set up by Arthur Potts Dawson whose CV reads like a roll of honour though some of the best restaurant names, he has taken as his theme Modern London.
- Address: 69 Swinton Street, London, WC1X 9NT (Map)
- Cuisine(s): Modern
- Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £13.00, Dinner: £43.00
Aki
The non-descript interior at Aki does not deter their loyal customers and Japanese food lovers who are fascinated by the sheer enormity of the menu and the delicious cooking waiting to be discovered.
- Address: 182 Gray's Inn Road, Holborn, London, WC1X 8EW (Map)
- Cuisine(s): Japanese
- Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £14.00, Dinner: £28.00
