Andrew Edmunds | Legendary Soho Restaurant
The calendar factory: it’s the ultimate date spot.
But if you can’t get in, take your paramour to Andrew Edmunds – one of the longest-standing restaurants in Soho and overflowing with both stories and charm. Here’s how to make sure your evening goes smoothly:
BE KNOWLEDGEABLE
Located on Lexington Street in an 18th century townhouse, Andrew Edmunds was birthed from the antique prints business next door. Its sheer black façade serves to frame the romantic candlelight scene happening within. The menu, handwritten each day on paper and blackboard, will make it seem as if you stumbled across this intimate restaurant one day and thought, “I must bring [insert name] here, he/she/they will simply adore it,” when, in fact, you read about it on The Nudge.
MAKE EYE CONTACT
Squeezed inside (and outside on nice days) are tiny tables for two that create a cosy and intimate atmosphere in which you practically have no choice but to look at the person sat opposite you. Remember: eye contact is key. Staring, however, is creepy. It’s a fine line.
ASSESS THE MENU
The menu at Andrew Edmunds revolves around traditional, hearty dishes such as a starter of potted beef, pickled red cabbage and rye toast or a main of roast grouse, confit potatoes and bread sauce and desserts that will please the masses, such as a plum and almond tart, or a rhubarb crumble with clotted cream.
But Andrew Edmunds’ real knock-out blow comes in the form of the wine list. The prices will make your date think you’ve found the only restaurant in London that doesn’t charge a three hundred percent mark-up, meanwhile you’ll be able to choose pretty much any bottle from the over 200 on offer in your secret ignorance and come away looking like the next Oz Clarke.
No sour grapes.
NOTE: Andrew Edmunds is open every day for lunch and dinner service – you can find out more, and book, HERE.
Andrew Edmunds | 46 Lexington Street, London W1F 0LP
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