City & Fringes Restaurant Guide

26 Smithfield

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Recently renovated, 26 Smithfield is a simple, yet elegant destination with four different areas to dine and relax in. The bars have exclusive private entrances and with a mix of leather sofas, chairs and tables they provide a cosy setting for an evening with friends, a private party or an informal business lunch.

• Address: 26 Smithfield Street, London, EC1A 9LB (Map)
• Cuisine(s): International, Lunch
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £24.00

40 Medcalf 40

Here is a celebration of food as many Brits still think of it, despite the myriad culinary influences that modern times have released upon them. No messing about, straightforward food to gladden your day.

• Address: 40 Exmouth Market, London, EC1R 4QE (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Modern British, Modern European
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £40.00

Abacus

• Address: 24 Cornhill, London, EC3V 3ND (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Bar
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: N/A

Addendum Gastro Bar

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Contemporary and elegant on the eye, Addendum creates two dining experiences; The Restaurant a warm, welcoming and intimate dining room combined with a traditional service, and then there is another side of Addendum, overlooking the gardens opposite, the Gastro Bar is light and airy, boasting a fully opening, double height, floor-to-ceiling windows.

• Address: No 1 Seething Lane, London, EC3N 4AX (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Brasserie, Bar
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £28.00, Dinner: £28.00

Adriatico

Owing to its city location, Adriatico is a lunch only place that closes for the day at around 3pm. The Italian menu provides the choice of classic pizzas with a variety of mouth-watering toppings, great pasta dishes, as well as rustic risottos and casseroles.

• Address: 12-14 Mitre Street, London, EC3A 5BU (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Italian, Modern
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £25.00, Dinner: N/A

Aegean Taverna, The

There cannot be many authentic Greek tavernas in the Cardiff areas, indeed few in the whole of Wales; however at the Aegean Taverna, with the intoxicating sound of the bouzouki in the background, you can almost imagine yourselves in a taverna in Santorini, with the view of the sun setting on the horizon of the Aegean Sea.

• Address: 117 Woodville Road, Cathays, nr Cardiff, CF24 4DY (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Greek
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: £12.00, Dinner: £22.00

Ajwan

The word curry has begun to mean rich, spicy and often, difficult to describe food. To the discerning curry lover though, there are a myriad of subtleties involved. While curry means food from the Indian subcontinent, the differentiators are the specific land of origin and the distinctly different spices used.

• Address: 28 Osbourne Street, Bangla Town , London, E1 6TD (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Indian
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £26.00

Alba Restaurant

Run and owned by the Venerandi family since 1990, this excellent Italian restaurant has a pleasant whiff of permanence about it, though the cuisine is modern enough, blended with traditional regional and Piedmontese specialities, including the wines and grappas.

• Address: 107 Whitecross Street, London, EC1Y 8JH (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Italian
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £43.00

Alibi 

• Address: 18 Lime Office Court, Hill House, Shoe Lane, London, EC4A 3BQ (Map)
• Cuisine(s): International
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £25.00

All Bar One - Appold Street

The original concept for All Bar One was developed by two enterprising ladies, who wanted a bar ideal for women to have a drink and something to eat without the intimidating confines of a traditional pub.

• Address: 18-20 Appold Street, London, EC2A 2AS (Map)
• Cuisine(s): Bar
• Avg. Cost Per Head Lunch: N/A, Dinner: £25.00