Restaurants Galore in London

Bar and Restaurant: Les Trois Garcons

This was my favorite restaurant that we went to. The menu had a lot of good choices and the service and food was amazing. Best dinner I had in London. I loved the whimsical interior.

We ate in the cellar with the window to the kitchen. By London standard, this was the best food for the best value.

LocandaLocatelli

This is the restaurant we saw Madonna in. We had horrible service while we were there, but I think it was because every waiter was starstruck by Madonna. While we were waiting for our cab, her blacked-out Mercedes pulled up, she came out of the restaurant, the paparazzi was taking pictures of her and she was off.

Inside Laconda Locatelli (not very private, Madonna must have wanted to be seen!)

Quilon

This was the Handsome Husband's favorite restaurant. It was an Indian restaurant, but not with the usual choices. We gave the waiter an idea of what we liked and he helped us pick everything and it was soooo good.

Les 'escargot

This was our least favorite restaurant. Everyone raved about it, but I had trouble picking something recognizable from the menu and what I got was not very good. Same with everyone at the table. A huge disappointment. Good side was that it was only 40 feet from where we saw Jersey Boys that night, so we didn't have to worry about getting a cab.

Embankment Cafe

We found this cute little, unassuming cafe as we were leaving the embankment tube station. It is cute, clean and the food is fabulous. We got a full English breakfast for 5 pounds compared to 23 pounds at our hotel and it was way better. They serve breakfast all day and have soups, hamburgers and sandwiches. The manager, Sally, was super friendly and this was a treasure to find.

We also ate at the Mercer, it was average and had dinner at a chain of restaurants called Marsala Zone. It was really good and inexpensive. Along with Starbucks, McDonalds, Burger King, TGIFridays and Subway, London now has Chipotle.