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Cafe Boheme

Address:	13-17 Old Compton Street W1D 5GQ
Tel	020 7734 0623
Email:	info@cafeboheme.co.uk
Price: £36.00	Wine: £12.50	Champagne: £35.00
Opening Hours:	Mon-Sat 8am-3am Sun 9am-12M B:Mon-Fri 10am-3am Sat-Sun 12M-3am (Sun -12M)

Square Meal review of Cafe Boheme:

This institution, first opened in 1992 by Nick Jones (now of the Soho House group), has had new life breathed into it. The look may be ‘bistro by numbers’, with a centrepiece bar, banquettes and brass, but the mix of casual dining and charming service has broad appeal. The menu comes courtesy of chef/director Henry Harris (formerly of Racine), with a roll-call of French classics that caters for every mealtime, with light bites such as croque monsieur or salad nicoise alongside a full-throttle board of chateaubriand for two. A starter of steak tartare, though topped with raw egg yolk, was bland & lacked the usual accompaniments of shallots or capers. Things improved with a crisp-skinned, perfectly cooked sea bass fillet with a sauce choron (bearnaise with tomato), while a crepe, spilling out custard and boozy morello cherries, ended the meal on a high. The compact Francophile wine list offers a decent selection by the glass, half bottle and 500ml pichets.