London Restaurant Tips by ChrsStrl

Restaurant Name: Chez Gerard

The Covent Garden branch has a good view over the Piazza, is handy for the Opera House, and is a comfortable place to eat. There is a great atmosphere here. The one at Tower Hill also very pleasant but more business people oriented.

Favorite Dish: Before I stopped eating meat: steak tartare. Now I enjoy the fish! The Coupe Colonel is a serious dessert.

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Theme: Eclectic/International
Comparison: more expensive than average
Prices: US$41 and up  » Currency Converter
Address: Covent Garden, the Piazza
Directions: Part of a chain. My favourite three: Covent Garden; Tower Hill and the South Bank near the National Theatre.
Other Contact: You can get good information abo

Restaurant Name: Sugo Restaurant

Handy for the museums of London, yet inexpensive and right on top of the tube station.

Favorite Dish: Italian!

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Theme: Italian
Comparison: less expensive than average
Prices: US$21-30  » Currency Converter
Address: Just outside the tube station
Directions: South Kensington tube station, turn out in the direction of the Ismaili Centre

Restaurant Name: Pizza Express

This chain do a reasonable pizza and are located in just the right places where you need a break half way through site-seeing or just before the cinema/ theatre with little time. The service is always good and there is a pleasant atmosphere in them. Very professionally run.

Favorite Dish: The Caprina with extra jalopenos and anchovies (it's an acquired taste!) Maureen loves the Veneziana.

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Theme: Pizza
Comparison: about average
Prices: US$21-30  » Currency Converter
Address: Chain
Directions: Try the one at the Barbican, there is a good one near the British Museum in Coptic Street, one in Bow Street, a couple near the Globe. A lovely one in the Kings Road. Don't like the one near the National Theatre - too large, too many children.

Restaurant Name: La Ballerina

A standard Italian restaurant this is handy for the Opera House (Covent Garden) - or Bow Street nick if you have other priorities! - it is reasonable and a little less hectic than the general tourist run.

Favorite Dish: Nothing special

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Theme: Italian
Comparison: about average
Prices: US$31-40  » Currency Converter
Phone: 020 7379 6659
Address: 7 Bow Street, Covent Garden
Directions: Next to the Opera House, opposite the police station!

Restaurant Name: Beottys

This is a wonderful place - olde world - though since they re-did the place a few years ago it has lost some of its eccentric charm. Greek food at London prices it seems to have few customers but always looks prosperous. Those who do come, like us, keep going back, drawn by something magical in its air.

Favorite Dish: Any Greek dish washed down with ouzo and retsina is good for me! It reminds me of what life is really about.

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Theme: Other
Comparison: about average
Prices: US$31-40  » Currency Converter
Phone: 0207 836 8768
Address: St Martin's Lane

Restaurant Name: Bertorellis

This is an Italian restaurant very popular with the chattering classes at one time - and still handy for the Opera House it is sometimes still a little overrun. The place changes as to how crowded it is and with which member of staff serves you - but it is generally pleasant and serves good food. It is difficult to compare restaurants when you don't know if people count hamburger places as restaurants!

Favorite Dish: Fish and pasta

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Theme: Italian
Comparison: about average
Prices: US$31-40  » Currency Converter
Phone: 0207 836 3969
Directions: Near Covent Garden and the Opera House

Restaurant Name: Cafe des Amis du Vin

Found this place some years ago when it was far more a French bistro than it now is. Now it is quieter and the tables further apart and it is more expensive with less choice of food, but it is still nice. In Covent garden it is tucked away in a tiny side street so no outlook. Concentrate on your food and your partner (not necessarily in that order!, though we've all known those large conventions when the other has seemed a better bet - you get more conversation out of your food and the fellow guests look more appetising. . . )

Favorite Dish: Tarte au citron - with its real lemon tartness.

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Theme: French
Comparison: about average
Prices: US$41 and up  » Currency Converter
Phone: 0207 379 3444
Address: Hanover Street