Our guide to London's best set lunches is one of our most popular features, but there are a LOT of new deals being added all the time and we can't fit everything on that guide. So here we're highlighting all the newer set menus that have arrived in London, including those at brand-new openings like Cassette and Cloth Cornhill.
Cassette
Covent Garden - 42 Maiden Lane, London WC2E 7LJ
This restaurant sees the team behind Peckham's Levan bringing a modern Parisian-inspired bistro to Covent Garden. At the time of writing, their set menu includes dishes like their cocquelette with saucisson and coco beans as well as their excellent chocolate and olive oil mousse. This menu is also available pre-theatre, which is very handy for this area.
The offer: Two courses for £27, three courses £31, Monday - Saturday
Cafe Clement
Temple - Ground Floor, St. Clement, 12 Temple Pl, London WC2R 2NF
Nick Jones' restaurant inside the St Clement hotel has been a bit of a celeb magnet ever since it opened, and while there's ostensibly just the a la carte menu, at the bottom left corner of it you'll find the set offering of the month. Right now it's oeuf mayonnaise followed by short rib of beef so you can settle back with those and see if Adele's popped in for lunch. Get a seat on the covered terrace if you can.
The offer: Two courses for £28
Cloth Cornhill
City of London - 38 1/2 Cornhill, London EC3V 9DR
The second Cloth has taken over what was once Simpson's Tavern, a City chop house that dates back to 1757, and they've done an amazing job of it. This set menu is a great deal for a lunch in the City, and dishes include a braised chicken leg with smoked bacon, mustard & tarragon. You can add on snacks and we'd strongly suggest the devils on horseback with black pudding (an extra £8)
The offer: Two courses for £24, three courses £29, Monday - Thursday
Romy Gill at The Pem
Westminster - Conrad London St. James, 22-28 Broadway, Westminster London SW1H 0BH
Romy Gill recently took the reins of this Westminster restaurant and completely relaunched the menu which now focuses on regional Indian cuisine. There are plenty of options on this two-course affair, including starters like murgh malai tikka and spiced sukha crab, with a butter chicken or prawn masala as the main.
The offer: Two courses for £29, lunch & pre-theatre
Lady of the Grapes
London Bridge - 53 Southwark St, London SE1 1RU
The second Lady of the Grapes opened in the gorgeous Grade-II listed Victorian Menier Chocolate Factory Building as both a wine bar and modern French restaurant. The express lunch changes regularly, with dishes including pork head & parsley terrine or poached trout with beurre blanc. It goes without saying that the wine list is great here too.
The offer: Two courses for £24, three courses £29, lunchtime Tuesday - Friday
Sale e Pepe Mare
Marylebone - 1C Portland Pl, London W1B 1JA
The original Sale e Pepe has been going for over 50 years, and this newer version inside The Langham sticks with the Italian approach while adding more of a focus on seafood. Thre are lots of options to choose from on the set menu, from vitello tonnato and calamari fritti to chicken Milanese and bucatini cacio e pepe. Be sure to opt for the great tiramisu for dessert.
The offer: Three courses £38, Weekdays 12-6pm
MAAI
Clapham - 33-35 Abbeville Road, London SW4 9LA
MAAI saw great British menu Champion of Champions Nikita Pathakji launching her own restaurant in Clapham which is very much a family affair with dishes made for sharing. So the set lunch here is a selection of dishes that range from a chaat tartlet through to mussel laksa linguine and bavette nam jim jeaow.
The offer: Four courses for £38, five for £44, Thursday - Sunday
Tresind
Mayfair - 13-14 Hanover St, London W1S 1YH
Tresind is a high-end modern Indian restaurant that found success in Dubai and Mumbai before arriving in London. At the time of writing dishes on the set menu include butter chicken and Alleppy fish curry with an all-vegetarian set menu available too.
The offer: Three courses £42
The Sea, The Sea
Chelsea - 243 Pavilion Rd, London SW1X 0BP
Earlier in the year, The Sea, The Sea moved across the road in Chelsea and opened a much bigger restaurant on the first floor. As there's a fishmonger downstairs, you can expect the seafood to be top-notch upstairs. The express menu features dishes like cuttlefish racu and salmon sashimi, with their mad-sounding potato ice cream on the menu too.
The offer: Two courses for £35, three courses £40, Tuesday - Thursday, lunch and pre-theatre.
Holy Carrot Bistro
Spitalfields - 61, 63 Brushfield St, London E1 6AA
This is the second restaurant for Holy Carrot which is vegetarian (as opposed to the vegan original in Notting Hill). There are two set menu options here, both great value. The express menu is one course and a side, while the main lunch set menu has a few more options with their great "sexy tofu" making an appearance on there.
The offer: Set menu £30, Express lunch menu £15 (Monday - Thursday)
Romano's
100 Strand, London WC2R 0EW
While a lot of the attention at Jeremy King's relaunched Simpson's on the Strand has been focused on The Grand Divan, the second restaurant there is a much more affordable one, and the prix fixe deal is fantastic. At the time of writing, that includes grilled Cumberland sausages and a vanilla custard tart, and the room looks beautiful.
The offer: Two courses for £21, three courses £24.75, all day
Daka Daka
Mayfair - 10 Heddon Street, London W1B 4BX
This Georgian restaurant is packed out in the evenings, but there's also a great deal if you go at lunch or pre-theatre. There's a lot of choice on this menu, from a short rib stew to Iberico pork pluma dumplings. The fantastic red wine ice cream is on this menu as well, so make sure to order that.
The offer: Two courses for £29, three courses £35, Tuesday-Friday 12-6 pm
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