The Fox Dining Room

The Fox is a ‘proper’ London pub &, to prove it, there are real ales, blackboard specials, a central island bar & plenty of dark furniture. The sepia-tinted trappings continue up the stairs into the dining room, but here cockney nostalgia makes way for Mediterranean flavours on a short but enticing menu. Deep-fried whitebait with tahini, parsley & lemon dressing, or fennel salami bruschetta with grilled peppers, basil & Parmesan might get the juices flowing, before main courses of grilled mutton chops with Greek salad & tapenade, or spiced roast cod with pearl couscous salad. Finish with Spanish cheeses or English sweets (chocolate biscuit cake with strawberries & cream, for example). There’s plenty of well-priced drinking on the eclectic wine list, but the City’s proximity explains the presence of vintage Dom Pérignon & grand bottles such as a 2007 Condrieu Les Ravines Robert Niero.