St John Bread and Wine

£50–60

Went to this branch if St. John twice recently, the food quality is always pleasing. One time my friend is a pescatarian, so we ordered a lot of veg dishes and the smoked cod roe. But the waiter didn’t take the order so I went back a second time to enjoy it. Eventhough we had all veg dishes and I’m not a vegetarian, it didn’t feel like something was missing. All dishes re very flavorful. Try the Welsh Rarebit - it’s a refined cheese on toast and surprisingly good and unique.

This place was recommended by a local business partner during our visit from the US. The server was great and helped us pick some menu items she thought we would enjoy. The food and atmosphere were great, and we truly enjoyed the meal.

The atmosphere and staff were pretty nice. We were 4 people and we went there for lunch. I wouldn’t say I was impressed. Their food was good but kind of average. Honestly I felt it was a bit overpriced. The sea bass was pretty good though.

Came here by myself as I had quite a few hours to myself during a visit to London for the weeks . Always wanted to visit one of the locations and I can safely said I am so glad I made the decision. I ate the sweetbreads which were perfection, actually the best sweetbread dish I’ve ever eaten in my life. Anchovy toast and greens were on the side which were also both excellent. Would come back here again in a heartbeat. Thanks!

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I remember hearing of this restaurant back when we had cable and Anthony Bourdain was alive and well. So glad that I finally made it to LDN and had a chance to venture and try this, even if it wasn’t the original restaurant. It was just as good, though! Interesting menu - if I had to do it over again I wouldn’t be so adventurous. With this menu it was easy. We had fried pig’s tail - def what it is - a decadent fried pig tail. And some standard English fare like this lamb roast that was excellent. I would come here just for their excellent wine selection and bar service. I had the best martini I had during my entire stay in London and another great cocktail - the owner’s version of an Negroni. Can’t remember the name but it was clever and cute. Ended with gooseberry fool - I feel like you only hear of it in books. 🤓

Went in with high expectations but left a bit disappointed. We were a group of four and ordered a few different dishes to try many things. The appetizers were good, but nothing spectacular - we tried the hard boiled eggs, which were too simplistic, gladly they had a small piece of anchovy to add any taste to the dish. We also tried the smoked mackerel toast, which was good. I didn’t try the chicken liver toast but my friends liked it. The big issue, which brought my rating down a lot were the main dishes. We had the duck (more like rubber duck) and the dexter (very hard and a bit cold). We also had the fish with chorizo - a weird mix that was surprisingly good. We also tried some side dishes that were good, like the welsh rarebit. Overall the service was great, the prices were high and the food was subpar.

£60–70

Great food and excellent service. That squash dish is the best squash I’ve had. Very underrated dish but absolutely outstanding! Highly recommended!

The St John brand doesn’t really need any new endorsements. It’s one of the most iconic restaurant groups in London. This was my first visit to any of their establishments, and I had high expectations . I started with the smoked eel with pickled cucumber. Probably my favourite dish of the evening. The mutton with chard and anchovy was a bit of a mixed bag- the mutton was delicious but IMO the accompaniments didn’t go very well with the meat. Dessert was bread and butter pudding, oldie but goldie.They have an interesting selection of cocktails and wines too. I tried the Fergroni, but tbh it wasn’t anything special. I did like the other wines by the glass. Servers were all lovely and helpful. Overall verdict: good but I wasn’t blown away.