Andrew Edmunds Restaurant

Established in 1986, Andrew Edmunds is considered one of the last bastions of 'old Soho'. This 18th century town house has, for more than thirty years, attracted many loyal customers. A relaxed atmosphere, seasonal menu and famous but reasonably priced wi

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This 18th century town house has, for more than thirty years, attracted many loyal customers.

A relaxed atmosphere, seasonal menu and famous but reasonably priced wine list have ensured our enduring many an informal poll, thanks to the supporting role it has played in so many London love affairs... The atmosphere has never failed us yet."

exceptional bottles at prices that seem scarcely marked up from auction, let alone retail, including many older vintages... Astonishingly varied and appealing..... bliss here really."

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Andrew Edmunds, Soho: Restaurant Review - Decanter

Walking in central London, especially around Covent Garden and Soho, I’m struck not only by the number of new places to eat, but even  more so by the variety: mock-rustic shops offer international comfort food, deli/lunch-counters showcase informal exotica from the fringes of Europe, Cockney fruit-and-veg regulars on Berwick Street are crowded by South American and Asian stallholders and food trucks.

The story fits: wine aficionado Andrew Edmunds ran an antique print shop (and still does), and when the wine bar next door went bust in 1986, he bought it and turned it into a casual restaurant with a great wine list.

The food is unfussy and robust: a dozen mussels in garlic-chilli sauce, breast of pigeon salad with toasted hazelnuts and bits of orange, a substantial haunch of pot-roasted rabbit, a large chunk of cod on mashed potatoes garnished with a generous serving of herb-laden clams, at least two game dishes most of the time – nothing dainty, nothing poncey, nothing at all reverential.

One’s a note asking you to turn off your mobile phone, the other is good wine bottles as candlesticks – ours was Shafer Hillside Select.

The wide-ranging wine list is intelligent and good value, with a low, fixed-rate mark-up creating bargains galore: Chave, Contino, Terredora and several dozen others are priced at less than £30; Dujac, Weinbach, Flowers, Kistler, Vieux Télégraphe, half a dozen Bordeaux from the 1990s and even more good red Burgundies for less than £100 (sometimes quite a bit less); as well as canny selection from small Australian and New Zealand estates.

Andrew Edmunds | London Date Guide

Nestled slap bang in the middle of Soho, Andrew Edmunds is a quintessential romantic restaurant.

Twinkling candles, warm and cosy with chatter a plenty create what makes for a wonderful date and meal in London’s West End.

The outside of Andrew Edmunds is fairly nondescript, dark with a small doorway and windows, if you’re weren’t on your way there you would probably pass it by without a glance.

While the menu is fairly small there is a good variety of dishes with something to suit everyone’s taste.

Reservations open one week before and walk-in tables do become available late on in the evening but I wouldn’t risk it, it’s a solid choice If you’re after a fantastic romantic restaurant for a date in Central London with an extra cosy atmosphere.

Andrew Edmunds restaurant review 2010 July London | British ...

The wine list had mark-ups that by London standards were very fair indeed, and indeed by pretty much any restaurant standards were generous.

A starter of langoustines with lemon mayonnaise (£9.50) was a simple trio of quite large langoustines, correctly cooked, with a slightly thick mayonnaise that could have done with more lemon (13/20).

I also sampled some dressed crab (with brown crab meat), a simple salad and, the best of the starters, goose rillettes with red onion compote and cornichons on toast, the latter having good flavour despite a lack of seasoning.

The rabbit appeared to be wild and had good gamey flavour (13/20).

This is a clear example of how to make a restaurant that attracts droves of diners: serve simple, appealing dishes at a fair price, and don’t rip people off on the wine.

London's sexiest places ... for gourmands | London Evening Standard

ES Lifestyle Newsletter ES Magazine uncovers the capital's sexiest places: Ravinder Bhogul at Hix, the basement at Terroirs and a candlelit table at Andrew Edmunds... Ravinder Bhogul at Hix The downstairs bar at Hix in Soho has to be one of the sexiest experiences in London.

3 St James Street, SW1 (bbr.com) The basement at Terroirs Thick hunks of salami, sweet little clams dunked in a quivering aïoli, Terroirs Wine Bar Restaurant is the place for those who like their meat rare and their biodynamic wine full-bodied.

11 Stoney Street, SE1(thewrightbrothers.co.uk) Summer Litchfield, journalist The private table at Quo Vadis A secluded haven overlooking the debauchery of Dean Street, the private Leoni Room upstairs at Quo Vadis was intended to be a brothel, but the original owner, Pepino Leoni, refused the illicit deal suggested by the police of the time and insisted his building remain a restaurant.

26-29 Dean Street, W1 (quovadissoho.co.uk) A candlelit table at Andrew Edmunds Sometimes romantic is sexy and the most romantic spot in London is the candlelit table for two in the window of Andrew Edmunds restaurant.

33-34 Marylebone High Street, W1 (divertimenti.co.uk) Nina Caplan, journalist London's sexiest places ... for power lovers London's sexiest places ... for gourmands London's sexiest places ... for great romantics London's sexiest places ... for those that like the outdoors London's sexiest places ... for illicit liaisons London's sexiest places ... for exhibitionists London's sexiest places ... for fetishists London's sexiest places ... for the stylish London's sexiest places ... for intellectuals

Restaurant: Andrew Edmunds, London W1 | Marina O'Loughlin | Life ...

When its narrow streets and Georgian buildings promised the dubious thrills of cheap food, bad wine and worse behaviour.

On the one hand, I’m not buying the glamorisation of the old tart-with-a-heart up winding, red-lit steps.

Thank the gods, then, for the continuing joys of Algerian Coffee Store, Maison Bertaux, Bar Italia, Vasco & Piero’s Pavilion, the French… and Andrew Edmunds, with its lovely Georgian facade that was painted deepest sludge long before the heritage paint charts.

Even though I was en route to a perfectly lovely restaurant around the corner, I realised I wanted to be going to Andrew Edmunds instead.

• Andrew Edmunds 46 Lexington Street, London W1, 020-7437 5708.

A chef's restaurant tour of Soho, London | Travel | The Guardian

Quo Vadis was one of the first Italian restaurants to open in Soho, in the 1920s, and it has recently been given a new lease of life with the arrival of Jeremy Lee.

In the dark days of Soho's gastronomic life, Andrew Edmunds held a candle for great quality, simple, seasonal cooking, and the flame has never really gone out.

This romantic – if slightly cramped – bistro in Lexington Street is hard to get into as it effectively acts as a dining room for the great and not so good of Soho's literary establishment, who often frequent the Academy Club upstairs.

Jacob Kennedy's Bocca di Lupo (mains from £15) was one of the first of the new wave of Soho restaurants that changed the local dining scene.

The pub is still full of Soho characters and in many ways is the beating heart of what's left of the authentic Soho life.