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1. Quill Wine Bar
4.6
Exceptional(32)
Price: Moderate
• Wine Bar • Southwark
Booked 7 times today
A decadent treehouse wine bar dedicated to frivolity in Borough Yards, where the best stories are told over tables covered in wine, cocktails & feasts.With a large external heated seating area and external bar it is the perfect spot to sit and watch the wanderers of Southbank and the Borough Market areaNow Open!
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2. Bread Street Kitchen & Bar — Southwark
3.6
Very Good(1542)
Price: Expensive
• Modern European • Southwark
Booked 9 times today
Bread Street Kitchen - Southwark is a bustling, large, and breath-taking urban space comprising a restaurant, open kitchen and bar area - Street Lounge. Enjoy Gordon Ramsay classics and signature Bread Street Kitchen dishes from Monday to Sunday.
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3. High Timber
4.7
Exceptional(851)
Price: Expensive
• Steak • St Paul's
Relaxed wine dining next to the Thames. High Timber has a red meat orientated menu, 2 wine cellars with 40 000 bottles, and a cheese and biltong room with seasonal cheeses.
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4. Gordon Ramsay Street Pizza — Southwark
3.5
Very Good(149)
Price: Moderate
• Unspecified • Southwark
Welcome to Gordon Ramsay's Street Pizza - Southwark! Located just minutes from Southwark Underground Station, we're serving up bottomless pizzas, alongside refreshing cocktails, beers and wines to wash it all down. So if you fancy a feast of exceptional food and a place to relax, shoot pool, play games, thrash your best mates, or watch your favourite sports teams become legendary, we've got you covered.
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5. The Refinery
3.8
Excellent(185)
Price: Moderate
• British • Bankside
The Refinery is located in the landmark Blue Fin building on Southwark street. A stone's throw away from lively Borough Market, the Tate Modern and Shakespeare's Globe, in the heart of London's Bankside. The beautiful venue exudes an industrial sophistication and is a great spot any time of the day or night, with stunning areas, semi-private dining and seating both inside & on the gorgeous covered terrace, perfect for all weather conditions!Fantastic food and drinks are on offer including innovative cocktails, global wines and well-kept draught beers. The chic surroundings are complemented by fantastic food, which evolves throughout the day and well into the evening.The Refinery is the ultimate bar and restaurant with music and lovely atmosphere. Perfect for birthdays, weddings, bar/bat mitzvah's, corporate parties and everything in between. Furry friends are also welcome!
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6. SAMA Bankside
5.0
Exceptional(0)
Price: Moderate
• British • Bankside
With a promise of good fun, fabulous food and refreshing cocktails, it’s easy to see why SAMA Bankside regularly attracts diners from all four corners of London. The kitchen team at this stylish Robinson Road venue certainly know how to put on a show, with contemporary British cuisine given a creative Caribbean twist. Dishes that are guaranteed to set your pulse racing include buttermilk fried chicken with pineapple slaw, golden beetroot risotto and the menu’s many stone-baked pizzas. You can also kick back with one of the bar’s signature cocktails in hand; Under the Arch with vodka, elderflower liqueur, apple juice and honey & thyme syrup is a particular highlight. Not many London venues can rival SAMA’s vibrant atmosphere and friendly hospitality. If you’re looking to let your hair down after a long week at work, make a beeline for SAMA Bankside – you won’t be disappointed! Make sure to check out our Bottomless Brunch every Saturday from 13:00 - 16:00!
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7. Sexy Fish London
4.5
Awesome(3043)
Price: Moderate
• Asian • Mayfair
Booked 73 times today
Sexy Fish is an Asian restaurant and bar located on the corner of Berkeley Square, Mayfair, serving Japanese-inspired sushi, sashimi, seafood, fish, and meat cooked on a Robata grill.
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8. St. JOHN Smithfield
4.8
Exceptional(4105)
Price: Very Expensive
• British • Farringdon
Booked 56 times today
Fergus Henderson’s original home of “Nose to Tail Eating” opened in a former smokehouse around the corner from Smithfield Market in 1994.Celebrating the finest of indigenous British produce and making the most of what is seasonally best whilst applying straight forward cooking techniques, St. John is now celebrated as one of the 50 Best Restaurants in the World and in 2009 was awarded its first Michelin Star.Nose to tail eating means that, where appropriate, every part of the animal should be put to good use in the kitchen and so along with Roast Beef and Lemon Sole, diners will find Rolled Pig’s Spleen, Kidneys and Ox Heart, Liver and Chitterlings as well as the Roast Bone Marrow & Parsley Salad, something of a ‘signature’ dish.
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9. Bacchanalia
4.4
Awesome(1033)
Price: Very Expensive
• Greek • Mayfair
Booked 89 times today
Bacchanalia is a fun restaurant known for its vibrant decor and delicious Greek cuisine. Reviewers have praised the 'superb' ambiance and 'fabulous' food, with one even calling it a 'great fun' place to be. The restaurant's staff is also described as 'impeccable' and 'witty', adding to the overall enjoyable dining experience.
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10. Blacklock Covent Garden
4.7
Exceptional(3262)
Price: Moderate
• Steakhouse • Covent Garden
Booked 87 times today
We are giddy with excitement to open our biggest restaurant yet in the heart of Covent Garden in an old listed building that once housed the King’s Coachmakers on Bedford Street.
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  • Chris
    London •1 review
    5.0
    Dined 3 days ago
    Always a pleasure to enjoy the wonderful hospitality food and ambience of this personal favourite! As ever Neleen made some outstanding wine recommendations and we are soon to welcome her into our exclusive club 😉 A fabulous afternoon and thoroughly recommend a visit you will love it 🥰
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    High TimberPrice: Expensive• Steak• St Paul's
    •
    4.7
  • Tracey
    London •5 reviews
    5.0
    Dined 5 days ago
    Great ambiance and excellent service. Gorgeous cocktails and we loved the chunky chips with paramasan.
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    Quill Wine BarPrice: Moderate• Wine Bar• Southwark
    •
    4.6
  • Michelle
    London •2 reviews
    5.0
    Dined 5 days ago
    We had a great time, really liked the round table for 11 of us, and the beef wellington was amazing!
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    Bread Street Kitchen & Bar — SouthwarkPrice: Expensive• Modern European• Southwark
    •
    3.6
  • Theresa
    London •1 review
    4.0
    Dined on Sep 7, 2024
    Good afternoon, Just wanted to leave a review for Street Pizza Southwark, it was booked for a birthday celebration, staff were attentive and polite, nice surroundings. A special shout out to Patricia who went above and beyond for the Birthday boy, one of our quests diary free she made sure they were catered for throughout our time there. Thank you once again we will be back !
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    Gordon Ramsay Street Pizza — SouthwarkPrice: Moderate• Unspecified• Southwark
    •
    3.5
  • disappointed
    San Francisco Bay Area •3 reviews
    4.0
    Dined on Sep 5, 2023
    the menu is very odd... not even close to being vegan (they have burgers and other meat dishes) their only 'cheese' is vegan. at lunch, their salads have a really strange combo of ingredients, (like sauerkraut) and, also oddly, have no sandwiches... it is a casual place with a limited menu (most of the same ingredients appear in various dishes) ... offering better options that are easy to prepare would make some sense. on the bright side, outdoor seating option right behind the tate modern is xlnt... and why i booked it!
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    The RefineryPrice: Moderate• British• Bankside
    •
    3.8

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