Guidebook for Greater London
Food Scene
Tucked away down a Pimlico side street, Cambridge Street Kitchen is a café during the day, popular with the brunch crowd, and a restaurant in the evening. It’s part of a hotel from the ever-cool Artist Residence group and, as you might expect, its design is immaculate. Colourful, soft-seat benches run around the perimeter, while the walls are adorned with fun, modern prints. The menu is adventurous British and uses locally sourced, organic ingredients, and there’s a swanky cocktail bar downstairs for afterwards.
79 recommandé par les habitants
Artist Residence Clubhouse
52 Cambridge StTucked away down a Pimlico side street, Cambridge Street Kitchen is a café during the day, popular with the brunch crowd, and a restaurant in the evening. It’s part of a hotel from the ever-cool Artist Residence group and, as you might expect, its design is immaculate. Colourful, soft-seat benches run around the perimeter, while the walls are adorned with fun, modern prints. The menu is adventurous British and uses locally sourced, organic ingredients, and there’s a swanky cocktail bar downstairs for afterwards.
English bistro Grumbles is a long-standing Pimlico favourite. Their interior hasn’t changed since it started, which they are proud of, giving the place a lovely, quaint feel; diners are seated in rustic wooden booths, hanging baskets swing from the ceiling, and Parisian street signs and posters hang on the wood-paneled walls.
72 recommandé par les habitants
Grumbles
35 Churton StEnglish bistro Grumbles is a long-standing Pimlico favourite. Their interior hasn’t changed since it started, which they are proud of, giving the place a lovely, quaint feel; diners are seated in rustic wooden booths, hanging baskets swing from the ceiling, and Parisian street signs and posters hang on the wood-paneled walls.
This little Italian restaurant is the perfect antidote to the bland, chain restaurants, and a hot spot with locals in the know. Occupying a corner spot near Warwick Square with panoramic windows, O’Sole Mio offers traditional Italian pizza and pasta dishes, constantly praised for the authenticity of its cooking and atmosphere; all the staff are Italian, and enthusiastically friendly to boot, creating a warm, welcoming and relaxed environment.
24 recommandé par les habitants
O'Sole Mio
35 Belgrave RdThis little Italian restaurant is the perfect antidote to the bland, chain restaurants, and a hot spot with locals in the know. Occupying a corner spot near Warwick Square with panoramic windows, O’Sole Mio offers traditional Italian pizza and pasta dishes, constantly praised for the authenticity of its cooking and atmosphere; all the staff are Italian, and enthusiastically friendly to boot, creating a warm, welcoming and relaxed environment.
Drinks & Nightlife
Hidden away beneath the hugely popular restaurant, Cambridge Street Kitchen, this lovely, hard to find cocktail bar occupies its own niche in the nightlife of Pimlico. The building itself is a former Victorian pub with a sordid reputation, transformed by the Artist Residence group. There’s a great range of drinks on offer in an intimate, low key setting that also hosts a monthly-changing selection of artwork — courtesy of a partnership with Soho’s Lawrence Alkin Gallery. Head down on Tuesday night for Test Tuesday’s, to see bar manager Steven and his team experiment with cocktails created using seasonal produce from the restaurant’s fresh fruit and veg supplier — and they’re cheaper than nor
79 recommandé par les habitants
Artist Residence Clubhouse
52 Cambridge StHidden away beneath the hugely popular restaurant, Cambridge Street Kitchen, this lovely, hard to find cocktail bar occupies its own niche in the nightlife of Pimlico. The building itself is a former Victorian pub with a sordid reputation, transformed by the Artist Residence group. There’s a great range of drinks on offer in an intimate, low key setting that also hosts a monthly-changing selection of artwork — courtesy of a partnership with Soho’s Lawrence Alkin Gallery. Head down on Tuesday night for Test Tuesday’s, to see bar manager Steven and his team experiment with cocktails created using seasonal produce from the restaurant’s fresh fruit and veg supplier — and they’re cheaper than nor
Tozi Restaurant and Bar is just off the main road by Victoria Station, surrounded by chain restaurants and attached to the Park Plaza Hotel. The restaurant serves Italian food but specialises in Venetian, particularly cicchetti (small plates), and is available in full from the bar. The drinks menu shares the theme: all Italian wines, home made, barrel-aged negroni, Italian beers, Prosecco and Franciacorta sparkling wines on tap and plenty of cocktails, both contemporary and classic.
66 recommandé par les habitants
TOZI
8 Gillingham StTozi Restaurant and Bar is just off the main road by Victoria Station, surrounded by chain restaurants and attached to the Park Plaza Hotel. The restaurant serves Italian food but specialises in Venetian, particularly cicchetti (small plates), and is available in full from the bar. The drinks menu shares the theme: all Italian wines, home made, barrel-aged negroni, Italian beers, Prosecco and Franciacorta sparkling wines on tap and plenty of cocktails, both contemporary and classic.
Just the other side of Victoria station is this traditional Scottish restaurant and bar, housed in a Regency townhouse complete with a cigar terrace. This place oozes class, with gleaming mahogany and red tones dominating the colour scheme, emulating the feel of an old-fashioned gentlemen’s club. There are multiple separate restaurants and bars within the building, with elegant private dining rooms to hire. As is only fitting, whisky is the order of the night, with Boisdale boasting a collection of rare Scottish malts, alongside a host of enticing cocktails and wines. The cherry on the top of each room is the nightly tunes of live jazz.
50 recommandé par les habitants
Boisdale of Belgravia
15 Eccleston StJust the other side of Victoria station is this traditional Scottish restaurant and bar, housed in a Regency townhouse complete with a cigar terrace. This place oozes class, with gleaming mahogany and red tones dominating the colour scheme, emulating the feel of an old-fashioned gentlemen’s club. There are multiple separate restaurants and bars within the building, with elegant private dining rooms to hire. As is only fitting, whisky is the order of the night, with Boisdale boasting a collection of rare Scottish malts, alongside a host of enticing cocktails and wines. The cherry on the top of each room is the nightly tunes of live jazz.