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Covent Garden & Holborn Guide

Your guide to the very best of Covent Garden & Holborn, from top-notch restaurants to hidden spots for a nightcap; plus things to do and unusual activities in this – may we say, rather delightful – part of London.

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The Best Covent Garden Restaurants

Chef’s tables serving kebabs, OTT Italian and the oldest restaurant in London – Covent Garden’s restaurants have a lot more to offer than just pre-theatre dining.

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The Best Bars In Covent Garden

From crepuscular wine bars to glamorous cocktail dens.

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The Best Covent Garden & Holborn Date Ideas

Dating is complicated. But if you’re going to go anywhere, central London is a good place to start. And to further simplify things, we’ve come up with a bulletproof list of stupidly romantic things to do while you’re there….

Covent Garden & Holborn 24 Hr Guide

Covent Garden and Holborn may make up some of the oldest parts of the city, but their lasting appeal can be generally attributed to the fact that their bars, restaurants, and shops have, ironically, always made up some of the newest parts of the city.

Covent Garden & Holborn Guide

The Best Covent Garden Restaurants

The Best Bars In Covent Garden

The Best Covent Garden & Holborn Date Ideas

Covent Garden & Holborn 24 Hr Guide

Balthazar London A carbon copy of the NYC original, with marble clad pillars, an all-day brasserie menu, and excellent cocktails….

The 10 Cases A small but constantly changing menu of European fare in a friendly and intimate wine bar.

J Sheekey An elegant, old-school seafood restaurant in the heart of Leicester Square, with romantic low lighting.

Clos Maggiore Voted London’s Most Romantic Restaurant over and over again….

The Delaunay One of London’s most cherished eateries; an all-day spot inspired by the Grand Cafés of old Vienna.

Flat Iron Covent Garden One of London’s best-loved steak spots… with a gelato counter for hand-churned soft serve.

Gordon’s Wine Bar An intimate crepuscular cellar bar along the Embankment.

Bounce Farringdon 17 ping pong tables; a 40 foot bar and a DJ booth….

The Best Restaurants in Holborn The finest dining-houses in Holborn.

Flesh and Buns A subterranean izakaya with build-your-own bao and toasting s’mores.

The Ivy Market Grill All the glamour of The Ivy, with a slightly friendlier bill.

London Transport Museum A museum dedicated to the history of movement in London over the last 200 years.

Mr Fogg’s Tavern An eccentric, theatrical pub and cocktail joint in the heart of theatre-land.

Kanada-Ya Extremely good ramen – plus sake and Japanese whiskies – to wash it down with, in clean, minimalist surroundings.

The American Bar at the Savoy The city’s oldest cocktail bar, serving iconic drinks with a dinner-jacketed pianist every night.

Big Easy Covent Garden A Southern crabshack & pit BBQ spot that has somehow washed up in Chelsea.

Compagnie des Vins Surnaturels Whether you’re a wine lover or looking for a new aperitif spot, this will not disappoint….

Hawksmoor Seven Dials A top-quality steakhouse set in a spacious, temple-like dining room dedicated to beef….

Noble Rot A laidback wine bar and restaurant, with a wine list tirelessly devised over the course of two years.

Flat Iron Tottenham Court Road Great steak, at affordable prices, in an exposed-brick eatery on a quiet stretch of Soho.

The Black Penny We don’t usually write about coffee shops. Because most of them don’t have food like this….

Da Henrietta An intimate dining room beneath the chic Henrietta Hotel….

Rules You might know Rules as the (self-proclaimed) oldest restaurant in London.

Circus All the world’s a stage… especially here, where the stage is also your table.

Cafe Pacifico A Mexican restaurant in Covent Garden that’s older than Prince William, and has become a genuine institution.

Din Tai Fung Covent Garden It’s only taken 152 restaurants for this world-renowned dim sum to finally hit London….

Christopher’s Glitzy American dining over two floors in Covent Garden, with a martini bar and an unforgettable brunch….

temper Covent Garden Cuts are butchered in-house before being slung onto coals at this stellar BBQ spot.