Cafe des Amis
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3 course fixed price menu for £16.50
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Cafe des Amis Summary
- Address: 11-14 Hanover Place, London, WC2E 9JP (Map)
- Tel: +44 (0)20 7379 3444
- E-mail: Click here to contact
- Website: Go to the Cafe des Amis website
- Cuisine(s): Brasserie
- Opening Times:
Mon - Sat: 12:00 - 23:00 (last orders)
Sun: 12:00 - 15:00 - Avg Price: £30.00
- Reservations: Book this restaurant online
(Avg Price is the average cost per person for a full meal, drinks/wine and service/tip.)
Cafe des Amis Description
Brilliantly located right in the heart of London's scintillating Covent Garden, Café des Amis, culinarily revitalised by Executve Chef Fabrice Renou, has also recently been given an update that has put it at the forefront of its kind. Fabrice is from Paris, he trained at La Tour d'Argent and worked with prestigious chefs such as Guy Savoy and Michel Rostand.
Fabrice's French world fusion food, or what you might possibly term French with an exotic twist, as he likes experimenting with new flavours, spices and exotic ingredients, contains enough international influences to ensure it is head and shoulders above the rest, against a background of stylish décor and front of house.
Whilst primarily occupied with an à la carte menu that is both imaginative and good value, they also offer constantly changing lunch/pre/post theatre menus which, at £14 for 2 courses, £16.50 for three, are tempting to the palate and the pocket.
What's likely to be on offer? Nothing like some good French onion soup to start a brasserie meal, served here with toasted gruyere crouton, Cornish crab and avocado salad with pink grapefruit dressing, or assiette of French charcuterie with cornichons and beurre echive.
The inclination towards the fruits of the sea continues into the main courses with a ragoût of shellfish, crab bisque and young spring vegetables, or line-caught fillet of seabass, confited cherry tomatoes and palourde clams vinaigrette.
The love affair with that most attractive fowl of the air, the duck, goes on and on and here it is roasted, with honey and soy sauce, red cabbage fondue with pancetta and apple. Better appreciation of the quality in food means less leather for the appetites of the eating-out infantry, and the beef here is 28-day aged Scottish fillet of beef, served with a watercress purée, girolle mushrooms and some of those still thoroughly naughty but totally irresistible triple cooked chips.
Downstairs in a bar that contrives to be both intimate and welcoming, performers from the surrounding wealth of performing arts, and members of their audiences mingle to share their respective pleasures. A well-tuned wine list more than adequately meets the expectations of those who, when served a good meal look for liquid support of the same quality.
The restaurant is open on Sunday from now until the end of the year from 12noon to 5pm, and on a Saturday night they have a DJ playing ambient, chill out and funky house music in the wine bar.
Their menus are under constant review, always a good sign of an inventive Head Chef, so do click on their Website, an attractive and explicit introduction to this excellent restaurant.
Fixed Lunch
- £14.50 (2 courses) to £16.50 (3 courses)
Fixed Dinner
- £14.50 (2 courses) to £16.50 (3 courses), pre 7pm, post 10pm
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Your Reviews of Cafe des Amis
Rob (17 February 2008)
I’d booked early as a special birthday outing with hotel, opera and dinner, and even phoned to make sure everything was okay. When we arrived we were told that they couldn't accept us; a cryptic 'kitchen disaster' was the only explanation. This disaster didn't seem to affect the other diners but did affect the basic courtesy to phone our contact number. I think this is poor customer service. Luckily they redeemed themselves by pointing us to the Le Cafe du Jardin nearby, and we had a super meal.
Marie Christine Selebard (8 November 2007)
Among my favorite in Covent Garden, Cafe des Amis never felt to disappoint. I visited recently, although everything was delicious, my red mullet was full of flavour and my friend duck was cooked to perfection. We shared a plate of cheese and the chocolate soup. It was a delicious finish to a perfect meal.
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Special Offer: 3 course fixed price menu for £16.50
- Details: This offer is available from 21 February 2008 to 30 June 2008, subject to availability as displayed in the booking interface. Offer includes taxes and excludes service charge.
Offer valid to 30 June 2008
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Special Offer: 3 course fixed price menu for £29.50
- Details: This offer is available from 31 March 2008 to 01 July 2008, subject to availability as displayed in the booking interface. Offer includes taxes and excludes service charge.
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Special Offer: 2 course fixed price menu for £14.50
- Details: This offer is available from 17 April 2008 to 31 July 2008, subject to availability as displayed in the booking interface. Offer includes taxes and excludes service charge.
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Special Offer: 2 course fixed price menu for £23
- Details: This offer is available from 17 April 2008 to 31 July 2008, subject to availability as displayed in the booking interface. Offer includes taxes and excludes service charge.
Offer valid to 31 July 2008
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Special Offer: 20% off the a la carte menu.
- Details: This offer is available from 17 April 2008 to 31 July 2008, subject to availability as displayed in the booking interface. Offer includes taxes and excludes service charge.
Offer valid to 31 July 2008
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Special Offer: Music Tuesday - Live Pianist. Receive 20% off a la carte or enjoy 2 courses for £23
- Details: This offer is available from 22 April 2008 to 31 August 2008, subject to availability as displayed in the booking interface. Offer includes taxes and excludes service charge.
Offer valid to 31 August 2008
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Additional Info for Cafe des Amis
Children welcome
Groups allowed
Air conditioning
Outside seating
Reservations
Cover Charge
- House red: £15.90
- House white: £15.90
- Service charge: 12.5% (optional)
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