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173 Wardour Street, Soho, London W1F 8WT
eyeful
last updated on 31-12-2008:
You’ll hardly be stuck for something to eat in Soho, but if crepes are your thing, you could do a lot worse than this place.
At about £4 for most of the choices - sweet or savoury - with a little extra to eat it in, it might seem a lot for a little bit of batter, but they’re filling and tasty.
The corner location with large windows and mirrored walls also provides a bright place to sit and watch the world go by.
It’s quick, reasonable for what you get, a pleasant environment and a convenient place for breakfast, lunch or a tea-time treat.
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42 High Road, London N2 9PJ
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last updated on 30-12-2008:
It’s always good to find a restaurant that’s convenient for the local arthouse cinema, and being in the same parade as East Finchley’s Phoenix makes this a suitable pre or post film eaterie. Being seconds from the tube station and bus stop makes it easily accessible and it’s even close to Cherry Tree Woods, making it a pleasant watering-hole for a break for a coffee-and-pastry during an afternoon stroll.
Its informal atmosphere and reasonably priced meals makes this a welcoming choice for lunch or dinner - either tucked away in the romantic rear area of the restaurant or in the open front, overlooking the world as it walks by.
The food is neither spectacular nor interesting - but it’s simple and cheap and you can’t really go too far wrong with that kind of menu.
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17 Swains Lane, London N6 6QX
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last updated on 30-12-2008:
Cafe Mozart can’t be faulted on location - a stone’s throw, as it is, from Parliament Hill Fields - making it an ideal point to start or end a stroll on Hampstead Heath, or indeed to stop along the way.
Whether it’s a cooked breakfast, a light lunch, a more substantial supper or simple a coffee-and-cake combination, the extensive menu will meet your needs.
The tables are little cramped, but that’s the nature of having somewhere so popular that actually meets the expectations - they have to squeeze them in to meet the demand. On my most recent visit, between Christmas and New Year, it was so heaving that despite sub-zero temperatures, people were sitting on the tables outside that seem so much more welcoming in the summer.
In truth, the light lunch option turned out to be a bit of an overpriced disappointment - the tuna wasn’t hot and the cheese wasn’t melted - but the sight and smells of the other meals around me - along with the friendly service and cosy atmosphere mean I’ll definitely be going back.
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793 High Road, London N12 8JT
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last updated on 19-12-2008:
This functional eatery has been serving North Finchley for more than a generation.
I recently paid it a visit for the first time in about twenty five years, and I realised why…
The clientele is made up almost exclusively of young families and the middle-aged taking their elderly parents out for lunch.
The food is basic, but the choice is broad and the dishes are remarkably well priced - their children’s menu is particularly good value, which clearly explains the prevalence of young kids.
As such, don’t expect it to be an intimate venue for evening dates, but surprisingly, it doesn’t seem to attract the kind of screaming kids that might put you off your food - the excitement of being taken there for lunch seems to contain any urges towards bad behaviour.
As well as being a popular restaurant, where nothing has changed for decades apart from the font on the welcoming name-plate above the premises, Chix Chox is as well known as a takeaway patisserie, with a wide range of reasonably priced pastries.
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44-46 St. John Street, London EC1M 4DF
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last updated on 18-12-2008:
The pubs have closed.
All restaurants have long since closed.
Even Soho has shut up shop for the night.
But you’re hungry.
Where are you gonna go?
You don’t really have much choice other than Tinseltown, Farringdon.
As it happens, there are worse places to go.
At up to £4.50 for a milkshake - and £3.99 for a few strands of pita with humous - it’s not cheap - but perhaps you have to pay slightly over the odds for the luxury of having somewhere you can go whenever you want it.
The security on the door seems rather odd - and almost off-putting - but once you’re inside, the staff are friendly and a cheesy menu (every dish named after something linked to Hollywood) offers you a wide choice of meals - from a whole host of nationalities. The food is functional, but fine.
And if it’s you’re friend’s birthday, make sure you let the staff know - they’ll get a candle in their dessert and they’ll get a special birthday message from Ne-Yo and a whole host of other so-called celebrities who might impress younger, cooler people than me.
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