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(Now Closed)Restaurant and Bar££££
City of London, London
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Max SoeOctober 10, 2014Start with Bloody Mary mussels along with Prawn lollipops and the addictive sweet chilli & soy dip. For mains - Reef & Beef, half a lobster, steak & chips. Mini pudding shotsUpvote1Downvote- Ing2November 6, 2013Great atmosphere, good service, fun drinks and decent prices. Recommended for bith dinner and just a night out!
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Joe WellicomeAugust 9, 2014The Proper London Breakfast is pretty tasty, you can choose how your eggs are cooked and it gets served in a frying pan!
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Tom PriceSeptember 28, 2013Bar/restaurant looks smallish as you go in, but opens up round the corner to a large seated area. Great atmosphere, good food and nice selection of drinks.UpvoteDownvote
BarChickAugust 20, 2013They’re jazzing up some classic cocktails like the Negroni by giving it a lavender twist and doing some damn right crazy sh*tUpvote1Downvote
Ashley HallidaySeptember 25, 2013Another great Drake & Morgan bar. Interact with the staff and they will reward you with fun, happiness and knowledge. You can't go wrong.UpvoteDownvote
Ivanina StoyanovaJuly 7, 2014Lovely place, interior and staff. Wonderful chillout music to listen to at the end of the dayUpvoteDownvote- Glenfiddich Mark .July 16, 2013Great new venue. Well educated staff and a great menu. Drink, eat, meet. It has it all.Upvote2Downvote
Oliver WatersSeptember 25, 2014Excellent food and great interior. Experienced poor service though - unhelpful and slow despite being quiet.
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Emma GibsonJanuary 11, 2014Beautiful place, delicious food, everything is presented so prettily! And it's good value too!Upvote1Downvote
Rickard JonssonDecember 30, 2015Great pub with a good selection and steps away from St Pauls cathedralUpvoteDownvote
Michael AtkinsonNovember 19, 2015This place is cute, comfortingly and well designed. It could actually be a great restaurant when the figure out how to run a restaurant. Horrible service and it takes forever to scramble an egg!UpvoteDownvote
Try the reef beef and bubbles offer for £15 & the fish in a bag cocktail!UpvoteDownvote- Scott DylanJanuary 20, 2014Great food but you'll have to accept the slow service, waiters are really friendly though.
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Iunius MardoniusNovember 20, 2014Great interior, great flavours overall, but VERY SLOW service! Polite staff 7/10UpvoteDownvote
Brad TubbFebruary 1, 2015Good Bloody Marys, but I can think of better locations to have oneUpvoteDownvote
Great food and atmosphere! Great drinks!UpvoteDownvote
Nancy PageNovember 18, 2013Really great food with a lovely decor but not sure it compensates the terrible serviceUpvoteDownvote
Daniel McGuinnessJanuary 23, 2014Awful service. Told thirty minutes after ordering that my order was sold out with little more than 'what do you want instead?' Had to ask for the same drink three times before it arrived. Won't returnUpvoteDownvote
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- Mon–Fri
- 7:30 AM–11:30 PM
- Sat
- 9:00 AM–11:30 PM
- Sun
- 9:00 AM–6:00 PM
+44 845 468 0104
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Credit Cards
Yes (incl. American Express & MasterCard)
Wi-Fi
Yes
Outdoor Seating
No
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Brunch, Happy Hour
Drinks
Full Bar, Cocktails
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