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St John (∗)

Address:26 St John Street EC1M 4AY
Tel:020 7251 0848
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Website: Visit St John website
Price: £50.00 Wine: £18.00 Champagne: £36.00
Opening Hours:Mon-Fri 12N-3pm Mon-Sat 6-11pm

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English food is in vogue, but St John was ahead of the game with its nose-to-tail cooking & thoroughly deserves its place in the nation’s restaurant pantheon. Its stark whitewashed walls give no hint of the sensual pleasures in store for diners, who tend to be media types, foodies & City workers. It’s hard to bypass the iconic starter of roasted bone marrow, served with a tangy parsley & caper salad, sea salt & toast; but if you can resist, try a plate of langoustines & mayonnaise. Simplicity is the theme here: there’s no mucking about with richly flavoured venison liver, turnips & charlock (a mustardy leaf) or roast Middle White pork & prunes. Save some room for pud, if you can: rhubarb trifle captures the essence of spring, while jam roly-poly & custard is the real deal. The mainly French wine list features bottles from every viticultural nook & cranny in the country.

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Bistro Phil

Bistro Phil (30s, Male)

Fergus Henderson truly is one of the Gods of what I consider to be the Good Food renaissance along with Tony Bourdain, Anthony Demetre et al. As someone that was brought up on the cheaper offal ‘off’ cuts of meat I find it staggering that many people today refuse to go near them. St. John's was for me a trip down memory lane spliced with a toe dip into some slightly more left field offerings. What you can be assured of at St. John's is complete honesty. Food that is well thought out and lovingly prepared. Cured Sea Trout, Cucumber & Dill, Smoked Pork Chop with Spring Greens and the best ever Welsh Rarebit – Oh yes! Washed down with a very well priced Cotes De Provence. Highly reccomended. One of my favourite ever restaurants.

16 June 2009
Overall:10
Food and Drink:10
Service:9
Atmosphere:9
Value for Money:9
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Kevin D.
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Kevin D. (40s, Male, London)

Ate here on the evening of Friday the 17th of April and the food was excellent. Sadly the somewhat chilly reception by an over officious maitre'd got the evening off to a cool start but the approach of the rest of the waiting staff was very good indeed.

Between us we had the roast beef, the best piece of beef I have tasted in a long time and the saddle of rabbit which was also beautifully cooked. this was followed by eccles cake and lancashire cheese, a combination which worked better than expected,

All in all a very pleasant dining expernence and if somebody could warm up the maitre'd before he starts work of an evening, it would have received 10 out of 10.

20 April 2009
Overall:8
Food and Drink:8
Service:6
Atmosphere:5
Value for Money:8
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Rachel C.

Rachel C. (Female, United Kingdom)

Excellent British food, good service despite lunchtime rush. Lighting in the dining room was harsh, but didn't detract from the excellent food.

1 February 2009
Overall:8
Food and Drink:9
Service:8
Atmosphere:6
Value for Money:7
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