Restaurants

This cobbled courtyard in Farringdon is home to a French restaurant, with ‘impeccable service’, an award-winning ‘encyclopaedic’ wine list and above all a uniquely welcoming ambience in a wonderfully historic setting.

Legend has it that the courtyard’s name commemorates the murder of Lady Elizabeth Hatton, the second wife of Sir William Hatton, whose family formerly owned the area around Hatton Garden. It is said that her body was found here on 27 January 1626, “torn limb from limb, but with her heart still pumping blood.”

Warmly evocative of Vienna in the early years of the twentieth century, this private dining space is available for events from early morning breakfast meetings until private dinners late into the evening. The menu includes an extensive choice of cured fish, salads, schnitzels, sausages, brötchen and sandwiches, strudels, biscuits, ice-cream coupes, hot chocolates and coffees with traditional tortes mit schlag.

This private dining room is a great clandestine destination in its own right. Situated below the restaurant in the basement, walls of exposed brick are peppered with original Campari advertisements from different eras of the twentieth century. A simple menu of hot and cold cichèti (Venetian bar snacks) is available along with a full cocktail and wine list.

The basement at this top London restaurant houses a private dining room which doubles up as a sommelier’s room, with built-in spittoons for tastings as well as views through to the development kitchen and the meat ageing room. The private room seats up to 14 guests and is perfect for those looking to create a bespoke experience, tailor-made to individual requirements.

A former basement brothel in Soho, this private dining room now serves some of best chops in town. Famed for cooking its meat over charcoal with a little help from an old iron, the restaurant is dimly-lit, moody and atmospheric. Give you event a little extra edge with cocktails served from trolley carts.

This is a local fried chicken shop, but not as you know it! Guests will enjoy a whimsical menu of herb fed fried chicken, next level sides, sour cocktails, local beers and cracking soft serve ice cream creations.

This art deco style café is located on one of London’s busiest shopping streets. It first opened in 1946, and has since been used on several occasions as a filming location, appearing in the films Layer Cake and Brighton Rock as well as Pride. The tiling is original, and decorations include photographs of Tottenham Hotspur footballers and formica-topped tables. In 2013, it was voted as the fifth best restaurant in London.

Get ready for a sugar rush at this unique Brick Lane cafe. The cafe sells over 120 different types of cereal from around the world. To create the perfect bowl of cereal guests can choose from 30 different varieties of milk and 20 different toppings. This nostalgic cafe displays hundreds of pieces of memorabilia from the 80s and 90s for guests to feast their eyes on. This venue is calling out for a themed event that can take advantage of this utterly cool concept.

This cutting-edge restaurant and bar is famed for its innovative British menu using often-overlooked ingredients. Built in 1865, the Town Hall in which it is housed, was for over 100 years one of the grandest vestry halls in the city. Having ceased to be a home for local government during the 1960s it is now a popular arts and events space.

A corrugated iron and wood shack in sleek Charlotte Street houses this restaurant, which is furnished with oil drum chairs and rustic décor. Specialising in gourmet junk food such as chicken wings, cauliflower cheese and the poshest of sausage rolls, it’s that rarest of restaurants, a true original.