St. John Bread and Wine in Tower Hamlets

Amazing bone marrow dishes! A wonderful modern British place. Great service and no wait.

The food is nice but nothing is particularly exceptional. They’ve taken a really interesting approach to their dishes and there was some really nice moments, however, it feels too stripped back and lacking effort. It’s good but there’s significantly better options in the area.

Always a great place to eat. The flavor combinations are exquisite.

For the second Valentines Day in a row, St John has made my heart flutter💓 thank you to my wonderful boyfriend for taking me here again! :) I love Bread and Wine, it’s so bright and lively, and people-watching here is peak! The service is superduper friendly. Do beware that the dishes take a little while to come out but I think that adds to the experience, reminding us to take things slowly and cherish the flavours one by one! Fun fact I was gifted the Nose to Tail cookbook by a friend yesterday so I was really excited to try some featured dishes, and I went home totally inspired. I had a glass of the house rosé, a type of wine I rarely *adore*, but their version is perfectly balanced and fresh. Considering getting a bottle for home. To start we had beetroot, cabbage, creme fraiche and chervil. My boyfriend went ham for this, I was also very satisfied with it! I felt it matched my Lithuanian heritage, reminded me much of the flavours of my childhood summers. A sweet and crisp plate of veggies. Chervil should be used more in salads. The creme fraiche is such a noughty touch and it is absolutely divine. The second starter, smoked cod’s roe, egg, and cress, reminded me rather of my Swedish side. It came with the crispiest accordion-shaped potatoes, with a mushy interior. The whole dish was salt perfection, with the soft egg giving you a little break. It was really like a deconstructed Swedish egg & caviar sandwich, with the watercress adding a British earthy touch. Balanced and unique! If you’re feeling like lamb, I urge you to try it here. The remaining bit of my heritage, Norwegian, was evoked by the mutton. It was marvellously flavourful and fatty, there wasn’t even any need to put aioli on the plate, the lamb does all the work. I wanted to inhale the lentils and sauce it was so good and nostalgic. The mussels were of course also splendid, I loved the way the cider shone through the broth, and the dill added lightness and finesse. We ordered chocolate cake for dessert which felt like the pinnacle of chocolate cake, irresistably smooth all throughout, rich but not overly sweet, especially when paired with creme fraiche. I must attempt this at home. We also brought home some of their reputable madeleines, their buttery batter made them feel like pancake-biscuits, served as a wonderful breakfast the day after! If it wasn’t for financial restraint I would go to St John every week. I hope to return next year at least! 💓 Love you lots!

Food was good, the atmosphere felt a little bit clinical with no music, quite harsh lighting which was a little bit disappointing for a valentines date night. We were also sat by the door which had a really bad draft which was not ideal as it was freezing. Having said that the food was lovely and the service was too.

Delicious unfussy food in a simple uncluttered setting with great staff

Always fantastic. Interesting and exciting food that defies description. A don’t miss place.

Loved St John’s from the time we stepped through the door. Service was exceptional! Food was incredible!

Professional, passionate and knowledgeable server, excellent food, great atmosphere

Thank you Danielle and team for the warmest welcome on the occasion of our 24th anniversary. The food was exceptional today and our lovely dog Gus particularly enjoyed the attention given to him. Bread and Wine is as close to perfect as a restaurant can be, makes special occasions wonderful and provides cheer and comfort on less happy days. Front of house really match up to the excellence of the food. Bravo xx

Superb menu with some stalwarts (Welsh Rarebit) and plenty of seasonal options (venison; squash with green sauce). Excellent service. The restaurant never disappoints.

Excellent food and always imaginative changes to the menu

This is a classic. Not classically dated. Oh no! This places is anything but that. It is a transformative experience, if you let it be. It is a must go if you’re in London or anywhere near it.

Great service and happy staff. Stripped down decor and good food.

Tolles Konzept, englische Tapas, gerne mit einem wunderbaren Brot als Grundlage. Für Gespräche etwas hoher Geräuschpegel.

If you haven’t been here yet, what are you waiting for? The bakery became a cosy restaurant where the concept of tapas are revisited “à-la-St-John” and the daily menu offers deliciousness even on a Tuesday for lunch. I was positively impressed by the selection of dishes and the cordiality of staff. Highly recommended - versatile use (friends, date, family)

Overrated. I'd put off going for a few years and then finally went and it was mediocre. The service was good, the food disappointing. Exceptionally cheap cuts of meat priced extravagantly. Really lazy sauces combinations: the cheapest most vinegary mustard put with a venison croquette completely overpowered any other taste. I presume they save a few pence doing it this way. Very vinegary pickles as walnuts, had reflux for the rest of the day which i dont usually have. The decor is looking tired, The bathrooms are clean but somehow remained grim. I wouldn't go again and since going, I've heard that the place has lapsed. I now know it to be the case. A shame!

This is the most overhyped and overrated restaurant I’ve ever been to. The food is like when I’d cook it at home on a very bad day. Ordered liver on toast and the liver came in a form of very watered down pate - probably enhanced with a lot of butter or cream so there was no liver flavour at all. All of the pickles are so acidic they are a health hazard with such an amount of vinegar. The faggots - which are basically haggis shaped as meatballs, were served with overcooked turnip. The venison starter was good but extremely salty and served on a blob of acidic mustard. The service was great but I’d never go there again. What a disappointment

Hare was very good. Nice touch Lancashire cheese with the Eccles cake. Struggling to categorise the cheese - it didn’t fit either the “tasty” or “crumbly” variants but maybe my cheese-memory has been corrupted by Swaledale, the queen of war of the roses cheeses. Wine list quite extensive and prices not as off-putting as many restaurants, but almost all French: no Rioja (sigh) nor, from memory, Italian so I struggled here but ended up in Catalonia.

Great service, nice atmosphere, stellar food. The rabbit pie was particularly fantastic and the fresh Madeleines were perfect.

30 anni fa Fergus Henderson apri' il suo St. John's Restaurant a Londra. Nel tempo è diventato una vera e propria istituzione: il concetto è abbastanza semplice, ovvero prodotti della terra, verdure km zero, ma anche carni tipiche e soprattutto ogni pezzo di animale da cortile che possiamo immaginare. E a prezzi tutto sommato abbordabili vista il nome che porta. Ora i ristoranti a Londra sono diventati tre (oltre a tre panetterie) e con nostro sommo gaudio uno di questi si trova a Spitalfields, pochi metri dalla nostra sistemazione. Menu che varia ogni giorno e viene comunicato solo alle 11 per il pranzo oppure alle 17 per la cena. Anche se alcune portate si possono trovare piu' frequentemente. Come il Welsh Rarebit, spesso in carta questo toast gallese con cheddar e salsa Worcester, una vera leccornia per i golosi. Non era facile scegliere il piatto di portata fra la pernice, il piccione, il cinghiale o l'agnello. Dopo combattuta ponderazione siamo andati per il brasato di cinghiale "slow cooking" con mousse di ceci e ricotta e la libidine del cuore di agnello con acciughe e topinambur stufati. Spettacolari per qualita', perfetta cottura e gusto complessivo. C'è di tutto fra i dessert, consigliati gli Eccles Cake con il formaggio del Lancashire (tutto a tema regionale, visto che quei dolcetti sono tipici della zona di Manchester), ma anche delle semplici amarene con gelato al latte di pecora e il sorbetto al rabarbaro (con shot di vodka in abbinamento) sono deliziosi. Carta dei vini praticamente solo francese, con prezzi chiaramente a ...fisarmonica, ma anche la possibilita' di bere a calice il vino imbottigliato per loro a prezzo non proibitivo (8.75 pounds un bicchiere di Languedoc Lascaux, vitigni Syrah, Grenache e Cabernet Sauvignon). E - udite udite - acqua minerale frizzante, peraltro di gran qualita', a prezzo che ...nemmeno in Italia. In definitiva, un'esperienza gratificante in terra britannica e senza spendere un capitale (noi abbiamo speso 60 pounds a testa per quanto descritto), con servizio sprint e puntuale. Il locale ha un'unica sala, tavoli molti ravvicinati, in stile bistrot francese, come si puo' intuire sempre affollato (fondamentale prenotare) e quindi occorre farsi una ragione per il rumore. I decibel sono decisamente alti

Amazing faultless place, would highly recommend. Love the changing menu.

Personally, my favourite iteration of St John. After visiting all sites, the atmosphere and service of bread and wine makes for a brilliant meal. Save space for Eccles cake.

All very delicious. I can't think of anything else really - we had a happy time .

Exquisite casual offshoot of the Fergus empire. Delicious as expected. Thanks Danielle!

Really interesting restaurant with a very unique menu and good produce. The portions were adequate. The only downside is that we found the restaurant was a bit chaotic, very loud and a lot of people drunk. It is ok for the quality of the food but i would not recommend it for a special occasion.

A wonderful lunch - the welcome, food and ambience are so great, and so comforting in miserable January. Food is always banging - good mix of old favourites (hello cod’s roe) and new things. Highlight today was a really unctuous cuttlefish, tomato, saffron stew w aioli. Truly outstanding. My dog Gus is always so welcomed w is an added bonus. Thank you!! Xx

We really enjoy the St John approach to food, sometimes off the beaten path in terms of ingredients. Wine list is good, staff very nice. Pricy but worth it to us.

This place never disappoints. On this visit we had the mackerel/red cabbage/horseradish and the cod’s roe to start followed by venison/braised red cabbage and wild boar mains with a side of pigs skin/chips /cabbage with rice pudding/poached pear to finish. Everything was spectacular, but the venison and red cabbage for me was the standout. Staff are friendly, knowledgeable and attentive 5* all day long

Just the best. Nothing missing, nothing unnecessary, nothing less than perfect. In my opinion St John continues to be the flag bearer for what British cookery is capable of, and the food today was as good as its ever been. Thank you all. Long live St John

Just to preface, I love St John in Smithfield but haven’t been back in a few years. Food like this is expensive and we don’t have the privilege to eat out like this regularly, but as it was a special occasion, we came to this branch as the other was full. The service was as expected, very nice, if a little too cool for school. Great buzzy atmosphere and lovely St John wine. However the food was incredibly disappointing and lived nowhere near up to our last experience. The food on the whole was incredibly salty. The Welsh Rarebit is a classic and hard to mess up but the cheese was unusually strong (salty) and lacked much depth of flavour. Splashing Lea & Perrins over it just made it even more savoury. We finished the jug of water extremely fast. The toast was burned underneath. Unfortunately, the pig cheek was near inedible. I can’t tell if the pig was brined or cured beforehand? But again, insanely salty, the skin was tough and near impossible to cut and eat. It should’ve been carved much smaller but it was mostly rock hard salty lumps. The meat came dressed in a dandelion salad with radish — I thought that would alleviate some of the saltiness, but it too was smothered in a salty vinaigrette. Very very unpleasant. We also had the squash with green sauce and ricotta. The squash seemed like it was steamed and perhaps a bit undercooked, the flesh of the vegetable was mealy, like a dry paste when chewed, and the ricotta just added to this cloying mouthfeel. There was an oil based sauce underneath that added to the heaviness of the dish. It just didn’t work for us and seemed a really misjudged use of ingredients. We were going to get dessert but were so disappointed with the food we just got the bill. Such a shame not to come away feeling satisfied. It felt like we just ate a week’s worth of salt and fat without much balance of flavour or care for the ingredients. The food wasn’t as thoughtful as last time and it’s tainted St John for me because at those prices, I really can’t justify it. We were going to let them know, but none of the staff actually asked us how the food was.

Second visit to St John's Bread and Wine. Great relaxed atmosphere as always with fantastic service that's not too intrusive. The food was superb, the best I've had at St John's from my previous visits. I recommend leaving space for the Eccles cake

Fabulous meal and service, as always. St John is excellent

Exceptional food, lovely friends service and great drinks

Peerless as usual, incredible food and wine from start to finish with really friendly and attentive service

Thank you Farokh and team B&W for a lovely start to the New Year - and especially for the warm welcome extended to Gus. Happy New Year!! Love Vijeya & Peter

Nuestra quinta visita a la calle John Bread and Wine en Spitalfield (también somos fans del restaurante calle John Smithfield). Una vez más disfrutamos del servicio amable del personal joven, el menú encantadoramente británico y el entorno cómodo. Disfrutamos del Welsh Rarebit (obtuvimos el último antes de que se agotara) , el calamar era encantador, caballa ahumada y una ensalada deliciosamente fresca. También disfrutamos de una botella de la calle John Cremant. Nos decepcionó que la médula ósea, ya no estaba en el menú. La razón por la que di 4 estrellas en lugar de 5 es porque se quedan sin elementos del menú con demasiada frecuencia. Si su reserva es después de las 7 pm, puede esperar que la mayoría de los especiales diarios se hayan ido e incluso algunos de los elementos del menú regular. Dicho esto, ¡la calle John sigue siendo uno de nuestros restaurantes favoritos!

Went for dinner and had an excellent experience. The food is simple, yet superb. Menu changes, but the highlights on the day I visited: - bone marrow parsley toast - lamb mince main - ginger pudding

Simple modern decor does not get in the way of the focus on outstanding British cooking. We came here for a Christmas lunch from the seasonal Feasting Menu. The highlight of this was a whole goose prepared two ways with excellent goose fat mash and gravy, certainly the best goose I have tasted. I really enjoyed the starter of smoked cods roe with radishes, an odd combination that worked (there was bread available too), but not to the taste of everyone in our group. Dessert was an apple and quince crumble with custard to die for. The wine list is worth mentioning, a very long list of reasonably priced but often obscure French wines. Don't ignore the house wines either as they are carefully curated blends that offer exceptional quality for their price.

Nos ha cambiado por completo la percepción de la comida Británica. Sabores intensos, súper bien equilibrados, de apariencia sencilla, pero muy complejo en su conjunto. Un 10. Repetiremos cuando tengamos la oportunidad.

St John continues to deliver after all these years! Great food, drinks, service, atmosphere - the perfect pre-Xmas lunch with a mate.

Great experience. All dishes were sharable and excellent. Friendly service

After reading all the reviews (which were stellar), we felt that the food did not live up to the hype. Other restaurants we booked did, but not St John Bread and Wine. We felt that the cold crab was very normal, some of the sides were ok and the desserts was decent but nothing really stood out for us. I'm sorry I wish I could have given this a higher rating, but can't. Very average overeall.

Specially booked St John from reading reviews and also a friend recommended it personally. But for all the anticipation, the food though not bad, did not live up to the hype. We read so much about their bread, but it was average really. Butter was nice though. We ordered the Crispy goose and it was not fantastic and which part was the crispy we wondered. White cabbage was so-so and the saddleback was really below average to my party of five. We also ordered the crab. Mayo was lovely and went well with the cold crab. We also ordered the sardine toast. What we really liked was their side order of chips, and their date pudding with the Expresso cream? Madeleines served warm was good too.

This ended up being one of those perfect London nights. The perfection started with St John. The server - professional! The food - incredibly delicious. The overall energy - whatever your dream energy is.

Excellent lunch the salt beef with radicchio and partridge are amazing Also the dripping chips and buttered greens are delicious Lovely ambience with beautiful cocktails and wine

I had a wonderful pre-holiday lunch with my wife! The cocktails were spot on. The partridge was cooked the way I like it. The staff were whirring about like madmen and women but never missed a beat, were attentive to every detail, and knew what I wanted before I even did. Thanks for the wonderful holiday send off!

Great as ever. From anchovy toast, beetroot and pickled walnut to cod’s roe, mutton, and bone marrow, all excellent.

This was my second visit and both trips were excellent. I have also been to the original restaurant on St John Street and both are excellent but different. Bread and Wine is slightly more informal that St John Street but like the parent has excellent food, wine and service.

Amazing incredible tasty food. I wanted to try the entire menu! Excellent service, the waiting staff were professional, friendly and helpful at all times.

Incredible food! Couldn’t fault it and not quite like any meal I’ve ever had before - even though the food was simple and understated. Less is more here.

The second time here and still love it. You can find food like Ox heart and other interesting ones. Not too complicated but very nicely done. The menu is changing and never boring. They have a good winelist. If you want to eat traditional English styled food in a modern manner come here. You will be thrilled.

Such a great place, every bit as good as the Smithfield mothership.

As always, the best restaurant in London! Excellent food, excellent wine, excellent service.

Qué triste día para mí... Creo que ordené mal. He estado aquí una cantidad incontable de veces y normalmente no podría hablar más del lugar. Por lo tanto, volveré y recomendaré a otros... . . ¡Sin embargo! Saludo frío sin sonrisas ni cortesías. Nuestro servidor viene y nos ofrece “agua del grifo o alambique / chispa” - si desea vender no ofrezca grifo a menos que el cliente lo pida. De todos modos, regresa y pregunta por otras bebidas, mi esposa escuchó mal debido a las barreras lingüísticas en ambos lados y comienza a pedir comida... .. para ser recibido con “oh cierto, orden de comida entonces y no bebidas” en una respuesta mocosa. No hay esfuerzo para ofrecerse o hacer recomendaciones. Nos preguntaron si queríamos todo tal y como viene o como entrantes a continuación, la red eléctrica - optamos por este último, pero esto claramente no se comunicó. Recibimos 1 sopa. Luego 5 minutos después un entrante y un principal. 15 minutos más tarde la otra principal. Después de que terminamos de comer, el lado de verduras al vapor llegó! La camarera estaba claramente confundida por la confusión sobre los pedidos de comida vs bebidas y le dijo a los otros empleados que estaban mirando a mi esposa y claramente hablando de ella. Alimentos; El parfait de hígado era más como un producto untable sin textura y sabor limitado - tostadas eran duras y quemadas El caracol y el chorizo estaban dominados por este último y no se podían saborear los caracoles. Un plato raro que podría haber sido genial. Maricones y puré. Los maricones tenían una textura extraña y sabían demasiado a despojos sucios y no eran agradables ni estaban bien condimentados. El puré se asentó en aceite partido o mantequilla, de nuevo sin condimentar. Verdes con mantequilla al vapor - perfecto como postre! Postre - quería ordenar, pero la experiencia hasta este punto y la falta de atención del personal significaba que no nos molestamos y nos fuimos. La sugerencia de vino era buena. Me rompe el corazón escribir esto, solo tengo que esperar una mejor experiencia cuando vuelva, aunque tendré que convencer a la Sra. para que regrese.

We thoroughly enjoyed our visit. The waiting staff were knowledgeable, polite and professional. The Food and Drinks were delicious. Would definitely reccomend.

Absolutely loved the ox heart! Good service and lovey cocktails as well.

It’s was absolutely delicious. Every dish. Scrumptious.

So so so salty - good service Dishes are fine, madeleines great and staff super helpful.

Loved a lunch here, thankfully a voucher made the bill not too high - but a stunning setting, gorgeous food and delicious wine. Thanks!

The foods were good but not to the expectation vs its hype! The portion size of the mains were smaller than I would expected for the price paid. Overall still nice restaurant and the staffs are friendly. Very good extensive wine list.

As always the food was delicious and the staff is amazing. Everyone is welcoming, knowledgeable and offers a personal service.

What a revalation! Nose to tail eating and everything else that’s fab! Service excellent - lovely staff!

Very very tasty dishes. Would highly recommend to anyone with an experienced palate.

Delightful food. Service was excellent just right, and our young male server was great.

Food was delicious (crab toast, partridge, smoked cod, cauliflower and leek, pigs cheek, squid - only one I might skip next time, ginger loaf which was like a sticky toffee pudding) Service was poor (our server was very rude) and overall very casual - wouldn’t return for this reason

We had a great meal, service was very attentive and friendly and all the dishes were amazing.

Estoy de acuerdo con las críticas anteriores que este lugar tenía una serie de aspectos positivos, pero también una serie de aspectos negativos. En primer lugar, la comida es forraje británico sin vergüenza, así que si eso no es para ti, probablemente este no sea el lugar. Dicho esto, el concepto es diferente, el menú cambia cada día y el concepto es de cabeza a cola. Positivos En primer lugar, el ambiente era bueno. Uno de los camareros que nos atendió fue muy amable y agradable. Lo raro era sabroso, al igual que el paté en tostadas. Negativos El servicio fue muy lento y no muy atento. Tomó 10 / 15 minutos después de estar sentado para que me preguntaran si quería una bebida. Tardaron otros 10 en llegar. El servicio después de terminar cada curso fue lento y después de terminar todos juntos, difícil de llamar la atención para obtener la factura. Las mesas están tan juntas, que era como si estuviéramos compartiendo mesa con una pareja en la mesa de al lado. Es un espacio grande, esto es innecesario. Los platos están diseñados para compartir y pedir unos pocos... teníamos un plato principal, un plato de entrada cada uno. Compartimos un postre y tuvimos bebidas no alcohólicas y la factura era de más de 130 libras. Esto parece excesivo y rápidamente se encarecería si tuvieras varias placas. En general no es una gran relación calidad-precio para mí, pero es algo diferente.

Service was amazing. Every dish was delicious - especially the cuttlefish and hare. Wonderful experience.

Amazing food and atmosphere. Pricey, yes, but totally worth it.

St. John Bread and Wine is such a special place for us. We went on our first date over 13 years ago and have returned for special occasions ever since. The place has retained everything that makes it wonderful over those years, whilst changing the menu daily and always service delicious, interesting and somethimes unusual flavour combinations. The vibe and the atmosphere is perfect, the staff are all lovely and really knowlegable about the food and drinks. Its a fabulous place. :)

Para ser justos, el personal de espera era excelente, muy atento, lleno de información sobre el menú. Gracias. Hígado de pollo con ciruela pasa. En las tostadas, delicioso aunque bastante pequeño, pero por los bordes quemados a la tostada. Abrumaron el sabor del paté. Mi elección de huevas de bacalao, huevo de gallina y berro fue pobre. No es atractivo desde el punto de vista visual y tenía un sabor desagradable. El vaso del clarete de la calle Juan era muy bebible. Los lavabos bajando escaleras hacen la vida difícil si eres mayor o estás discapacitado.

Wow such food. My colleague had the finest venison - I mean kind of dish of the year! Chef you did well! My own fish was excellent. Service was splendid , friendly and helpful. Thanks my day is now better Best D

Estaba literalmente bien. Compartimos casi todos nuestros platos entre 6 de nosotros. Los titulares eran mucho mejores que la red. Y los pasteles de hadas después estaban bien. Una buena experiencia supongo, pero no recomendaría que la gente vaya allí. Muy caro.

Great atmosphere and some excellent takes on British classics. Everything we ordered was good and the place has a great atmosphere, but nothing blew me away. I’d especially recommend the grilled artichokes!

Avoid the Partridge as it is tasteless. We ordered 3 sides and 1 main, but only the crispy pork skin is a joy. Madeleines are of course fabulous. Told the waitress that the food was unsatisfactory but they said nothing. Disappointed.

The food and service were peerless as always, can’t wait to come back

A go to place of mine which I enjoy and where I enjoy great food.

Took my parents here for dinner to celebrate a birthday. It was very special and delicious. The menu was so tasty and the staff so helpful and nice. Would definitely recommend!

Best meal we’ve had at St.John and we’ve been coming for over 12 years. Amazing

Food was absolutely amazing and the service was impeccable. They also kindly gifted me with a courtesy birthday desert drink that was so good. Will come back for sure!

Fantastic as always. Should have tried for an earlier booking as a few of the items were sold out.

Went for a lunch the second time here. Maybe we ordered the not so shiny dishes as most was very focused on organ meats, but the salad we ordered and the main dishes were very bland and ordinary. Even the bread this time was a bit stale. And honestly, are the waiters are specially trained for that cold attitude? Probably wont be back as there are many nice places to try at this price point.

Honest, quality cooking and incredibly friendly staff

Very underwhelming tbh. Everything is nice enough, but the level of cooking on show isn't particularly refined given the reputation this place has. The Skate wing i'm convinced was from frozen too - it had that nasty spongy texture to it. I've been to some other places with a similarly simple ethos, like the French House and Soif, and was far more enamoured with those.

As always interesting food but hard to have a conversation due to noise level and that you mostly get seated at a four top with another couple most of the time.

The food is good, not great. Definitely creative, but the night we visited there were more misses than hits. It could be we just got a bad draw. The big problem was our waitress. One member of our party has mild allergies so we inquired about the ingredients of the some of the dishes to make sure we had enough allergy-free options for her. The server kept insisting that *every* dish we ordered should be allergy-free, and at one point even refused to take our order if included dishes the waitress didn't want us to order! It was strange and got a little tense before we swore that we absolved her from legal liability, and she let us order what we wanted. Never had anything like this happen before. The other problem, as other reviews mention, is that it's loud. We were a party of six and had to shout to be heard by the people at the other end of the table.

Love it! Classic dishes done right. Such a great experience, every time I visit.

Excellent food, great service, delicious wine and surprisingly affordable for a top London restaurant!

The food was delicous as always! The waiter was very attentive, everything was served at a good pace. It was quiet when we started at 18.30, but got noisier as the place filled up. One couls still hold a conversation, which is good.

Loved the vibe, loved the wine by the glass list. Most of our dishes were really good, but oddly the way the pigeon was served it was not edible and staff were not sure what to do about it. We asked if it could be cut up in the kitchen. Anyway - no concession was made, so I’d say this was good not great, and certainly not a seamless service experience.

Absolutely wonderful dining experience! The server was very helpful and clearly enthusiastic about the food. We shared a variety of small and larger dishes. The Welsh rarebit, cods roe and the veal offal were particular standouts! Great atmosphere as it was nicely busy even at 12pm on a Monday. Food was nicely spaced out so didn't feel rushed. Oh and the date loaf was a spectacular end to the faultless meal!

Wonderful evening an occasion to celebrate my sons’ graduation. From start to finish (as on every time we visit) knowledgeable staff and a choice off a wonderful menu. The Mutton and Turbot dishes both excellent. Great service throughout despite it being busy.

Great food and service. Not disappointed by somewhere that’s been on our list for a long time.

Food nice. Didn’t live up to expectations. Wine expensive.

One of the the best lazy late lunch places in London. Superb.

Absolutely delightful. Had potted rabbit and cold roast hereford, never had either, but they were prefection and hands down the best British meal I enjoyed during my stay in London. Red wine was recommended, and paired perfectly. Location is very busy, so make sure to make a reservation ahead of time if possible. Though walk ins are accepted as well, so I had no trouble.

#1 on my list when I came to London. Did not disappoint . Amazing food which is the star in a welcoming place. Don’t miss!!!

Popped in randomly Amazing food Deliciousness and Simplicity at it's best Cheese on toast will never be the same at home again

St. John was recommended to me as one of London's best "tip to tail" restaurants. I was fortunate to find a reservation on the last night of my stay and it was absolutely worth it. Without a doubt, the best dish was the smoked cod roe, egg, and cress. The roe is pureed, but unbelievably flavorful. Paired with the creamy egg yolk, the tang of the cress, and salty crunch of the layered potato pave, every bite was delightful. The house-made sourdough and pickled mackel on rye were also fantastic. The main entree was a special of the day - lamb heart with horseradish and carrots. The flavors of this dish were lovely, but lamb heart is a tougher cut of meat. The chocolate terrine with brandied prune was silky smooth, but a bit strong on the brandy for my taste. Overall, a fabulous meal. I'd absolutely go again, but with additional people so that I can try even more of their locally sourced dishes.