Bloomsbury & Holborn Restaurants

Ben's Thai

• Address: 48 Red Lion Street, London, WC1R 4PF (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Thai
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £17.00

Bloomsbury Bowling Lanes, The

Going bowling in London has always meant heading up to one of those bowl-plexes, full of neon lights and arcade games. The Bloomsbury Bowling Lanes, located at the basement of Tavistock Hotel, is an inspired idea: eight lanes of bowling, in a stylish venue, with a classy diner and karaoke rooms outfitted with swish carpets, leather sofas, large plasma TV screens, trendy wallpaper and even an old styled mini-bar.

• Address: Basement of Tavistock Hotel, Bedford Way, London, WC1H 9EU (Map)
• Cuisine(s): American
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £6.00, Dinner: £12.00

Blue Door Bistro, The

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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.

• 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

Bountiful Cow, The

With a name like The Bountiful Cow, amazing thoughts of bovine love are sure to follow and this Eagle Street public house is the perfect antidote for those meaty cravings. The ground floor dining area basks in subtle lighting and is filled with beef posters in keeping with the pub's unique selling point and this continues through to the lower level where it's fascinating to watch chefs work with slabs of meat.

• Address: 51 Eagle Street, London, WC1R 4AP (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Steak
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £28.00

Busaba Eathai - Store Street

Alan Yau, creator of some high profile restaurants like Hakkasan and Yauatcha, now brings the characteristic communal style dining to London a la Wagamama. The first Busaba Eathai opened in Soho and two more outlets followed, and the interior of dark wood and decorative lanterns notch up the style factor, making it more than just an average café-style dining experience.

• Address: 22 Store Street, London, WC1E 7DS (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Thai
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £22.00

Carluccio's - Brunswick

Carluccio's was started by Antonio and Priscilla Carluccio as a small café and shop stocking Italian food and ingredients in 1991, and grew into a restaurant serving authentic cuisine at sensible prices in 1999.

• Address: One The Brunswick, London, WC1N 1AF (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Italian
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £16.00, Dinner: £26.00

Centro

• Address: 93 Gray's Inn Road, London, WC1X 8TX (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Spanish
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £25.00

Char Bar Cafe, The

• Address: 68 Brunswick Centre, London, WC1N 1AE (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Indian
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £18.00

Chop'd - London, High Holborn

Chop'd started off in 2004 on a mercy mission to bring 'real food into real working lives'; now with six stores across London it is believed to be among the leading gourmet salad bar chains selling up to 20,000 salads per week.

• Address: 335 High Holborn, London, WC1V 7PX (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Café
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £11.00

Chutney Raj

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This traditional curry house on Gray's Inn Road in Central London serves excellent Indian and Bangladeshi fare. Some of their signature dishes are prepared using unusual kinds of fish like bowal, ayre and bas, specially flown in from Bangladesh and Eastern India.

• Address: 137 Gray's Inn Road, London, WC1X 8TU (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Bangladeshi, Indian
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: N/A