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The Best Restaurants In Farringdon
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Where To Have An Affordable Sit-Down Lunch In Farringdon
Home to some of the city’s best restaurants, the streets around Farringdon are also home to a clutch of affordable spots for a sit-down lunch.
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The Best Restaurants In Farringdon
There’s everything from omakase spots to memorable steak sandwiches, and Michelin-starred restaurants to £5 negronis in Farringdon.
Terroni Of Clerkenwell
Terroni Of Clerkenwell is an old-school Italian deli and cafe in Clerkenwell, that makes us wish we were an 81-year-old drinking coffee, eating arancini, and watching the world go by.
The Holy Tavern
A legendary, sort of historical, old-timey pub, The Holy Tavern is one of the best places to drink in Farringdon and beyond.
St. John
St. John in Clerkenwell is a special place. It’s often referred to as an institution. And having a meal at this British restaurant is one of the best things you can do.
The Best Restaurants Near The Barbican
From a bustling food market, to a British institution, to a Tuscan trattoria, and more.
Bouchon Racine
You can’t help but be immediately wooed by the old-school elegance of French restaurant Bouchon Racine in Farringdon.
Trattoria Brutto
Brutto is a superb Florentine-inspired trattoria in Farringdon that you’re going want to come up with excuses to spend your time in.
Quality Chop House
Quality Chop House is an excellent British restaurant in Clerkenwell that’s a natural at filling you up with good food and good wine.
The Coach
The Coach is a beautifully renovated pub near Farringdon. It’s a great place for a drink, but the French bistro food is fairly average.
Luca
Luca is one of those restaurants that just makes you feel good. The Italian food is some of the best in London, and it has a warm, upscale vibe.
Where To Have An Affordable Sit-Down Lunch In Farringdon
Home to some of the city’s best restaurants, the streets around Farringdon are also home to a clutch of affordable spots for a sit-down lunch.
Quality Wines
Quality Wines is a shop, wine bar, and sandwich spot in Clerkenwell, that also serves great European sharing plates at night.
The Winemakers Club
Winemaker’s Club is an excellent wine bar in a series of old arches under the Holborn Viaduct in the City.
Fare Bar and Canteen
Fare Bar and Canteen at the Clerkenwell end of Old Street has an all-day cafe and bar serving pizzas upstairs, and stylish restaurant downstairs.
The Clerkenwell Kitchen
The Clerkenwell Kitchen is an unpretentious café in EC1, and a great place for an affordable and satisfying lunch away from the crowds.
Tongue & Brisket
Tongue & Brisket on Leather Lane is a great spot to eat a proper sandwich. The salt beef on rye is good. The schnitzel is perhaps even better.
Leather Lane Street Market
Leather Lane is a weekday street market between Farringdon and Holborn serving lunch to visitors and local office workers.
Whitecross Street Market
Whitecross Street Market runs between Old Street and the Barbican, and is one of London’s busiest street markets.
Smiths of Smithfield
Smiths of Smithfield is big on meat, upstairs is corporate card territory, but the café downstairs serves reasonably priced sandwiches and burgers.
Chamisse
Chamisse is a Lebanese restaurant serving generous mezze on the Farringdon/Bloomsbury borders.