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EC2 Restaurants
by Sharn Gill
Great Eastern Dining Room
54 Great Eastern Street, EC2
020 7613 4545
Tube: Old Street
Open: Mon-Sat 12-3pm 6:30-11:30pm
www.greateasterndining.co.uk
The neon sign outside does not nearly prepare you for the
sights inside. This fine eating place is all dark wood and
high ceilings and offers an exquisite range of Pan-Asian food.
Dinner for two with a good wine can set you back around £60
and includes a service charge (which is always annoying!).
This restaurant also has a downstairs bar - below 54 - which
boasts inviting leather seating and private booths and regularly
houses DJs on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights for the
fashionable folk, sipping on their cocktails and spirits.
You could definitely settle in for the night!
Home
100-106 Leonard Street, EC2
020 7739 6500
Tube: Old Street
Open: Mon-Fri 12pm-12am. Sat 6pm-12am (restaurant)
Mon-Sat 5pm-12am (bar)
www.homebar.co.uk
Hidden away on Leonard Street, the restaurant offers a mouth
watering menu for carnivores, vegetarian and seafood fans
alike. And with desserts such as almond and apricot tart with
honey and mascarpone, praline ice-cream and sorbets, it's
a definite must-try. A 3-course meal can cost you between
£20-£30 per-head and downstairs, you will find a bar decked
out with leather seating and dark woods - giving you that
cosy-settle-in-for-the-night feel. Be careful of what you
get up to in the toilets though - they are unisex and have
frosted see-through doors!
Rivington Grill Bar Deli
28-30 Rivington Street, EC2
020 7729 7053
Tube: Old Street
Open: Mon-Fri 12pm-3pm. Mon-Sat 6:30pm-11pm
www.rivingtongrill.co.uk
From this warehouse converted eatery, you can sample English
nosh with a twist - braised rabbit in cider, bangers & mash
with onion gravy or, simply, lobster and chips. But if you're
in a rush, you can grab a bacon muffin or chip butty from
the deli for about £3-£5. They also run food demos on the
first Saturday of every month, when they enlist a celebrity
chef to cook for a food and wine tasting session - for £75
per person, your wallet may be empty but your stomach will
most definitely be full.
Eyre Brothers Restaurant Ltd.
70 Leonard Street, EC2
020 7613 5346
Tube: Old Street
Open: Mon-Fri 12pm-3pm. Mon-Sat 6:30-11pm
www.eyrebrothers.co.uk
This restaurant serves up a mix of flavours - many with a
Spanish and Portuguese flavour - to wet your appetite. Sampling
their asparagus with fried egg and aged Manchego cheese or
their white chocolate and strawberry parfait with almond macaroons
could water the driest of mouths. At £25 per head, the menu
is not as extensive as it could be but with an additional
seasonal menu, you are offered a regular change. The bonus
of attentive, friendly staff to cater to your every whim is
also a plus. A sophisticated, interesting alternative.
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