Homeslice Neal's Yard

Homeslice Pizza

We take a limited number of bookings in our Shoreditch, Fitzrovia and City restaurants, ensuring there is always plenty of space for walk-ins.

To book your table,  please email: For walk-in guests we operate a first in, first served policy.

If we don't have a table when you arrive we will either be able to offer you space to enjoy a drink while you wait or you can leave your details and we will call you when a table is free!

All tables at Homeslice Neal's Yard are offered on a first in, first served basis.

If we don't have a table when you arrive we'll take your number and call when a table becomes available.

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Meg Says: Homeslice: Neal's Yard, London

Last weekend I stayed at my boyfriend Will's and after his friend's 21st birthday on Saturday night, we were feeling quite fragile and knew just what we needed - good food.

I recently saw a quote that made me laugh - " be with someone who gives you the same feeling that you get when you see your food coming in a restaurant " - and after seeing countless bloggers' uploading snaps of this place to Instagram, I thought that we may well get that feeling if we went... and we totally, completely did.

The table we were seated at was shared and communal, which was lovely as we were able to chat to the people on either side of us yet had more than enough space for ourselves.

We were amazed by these huge green wine bottles that were scattered around the restaurant, and couldn't work out how in the world tables of two were going to drink a bottle of red that looked as if it had at least two 'normal' bottles inside it - until the couple next to us asked for their bill and the waitress measured their supersized bottle to see how much she should charge them, based on how much they had drank.

Priced at £20 per pizza some may find the expense a little steep, but taking into consideration the fact that it's situated in Covent Garden, that they use the best seasonal produce, how friendly and helpful the staff are and simply how freakin' good the food was, I think it's entirely reasonable and would pay that price again.

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Whenever my husband is away for the weekend you can pretty much guarantee that my Friday night will consist of a large takeaway pizza, a bottle of cheap white wine and a terrible Rom Com.

But despite my terrible taste in cheap wine and movies, I think most people would agree with me that a good pizza can be one of the most pleasing things ever.

In fact, there is a simplicity to the whole menu that I really liked: they only sell ten different pizzas that come in a maximum of two sizes, and they only serve one type of beer, one red wine, one white wine and one rosé, a few soft drinks and no sides.

We had a table for two and initially this was a bit of a logistical nightmare when faced with a 20 inch pizza on a wooden board, a bottle of water with two glasses, a huge magnum of wine, with two more glasses, a metal tub of napkins and two paper plates.

Just to bang on a bit more about the actual pizza crust, I can’t express how much I was impressed with it; soft and squishy with a good wood-fire char on the bottom.

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This place is number 1 according to Time Out London’s Top 100 Restaurants, need I say more?

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These days, it's pretty bold to launch a pizza business in London.

There are no starters, nor sides: you either order an enormous £20, 20 inch pizza, which feeds two very generously, or you order by the £4 slice.

The decor's the same too: exposed brick artless walls, leather booths, enormous pizza oven, vintage patterned tiles: laid back and cool, but not too cool.

The pizza menu is seasonal and constantly changing, with some interesting spin-offs, such as goat shoulder, cabbage and sumac yoghurt, pulled BBQ brisket and pickles, or aubergine, cauliflower cheese, spinach and harissa.

It's surprising how quickly 20 inches of pizza can disappear.

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It was perhaps a mistake to let Meatloaf’s lyricist write the script for the show.

Despite the burgeoning romance between our star-crossed lovers, it’s the relationship between Falco (Rob Fowler) and his unsatisfied wife Sloane (Sharon Sexton) which drives much of the humour and brings an inescapable joie de vivre to the show.

But a spectacle it is, and what more could one expect from a stage show based on Meatloaf songs?

For fans of the albums on the other hand, this is a musical that brings riotous joy and has you toe-tapping all the way through the 10-minute renditions of Steinman’s knockout tunes all the way to the end.

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Created by the team behind Mary Poppins the musical — Julian Fellowes, the writer behind (of Downton Abbey) Olivier Award-Winning composer George Stiles and lyricist Anthony Drewe — it’s a big, bright, nice enough show.

Throw in an unrelentingly twee tone and the show feels curiously old fashioned and a touch formulaic.

Luckily, there's nothing like a loud 'poop poop' from a high-speed amphibian to liven up a show and Rufus Hound is a hoot as irrepressible Toad, who creates plenty of fun and adventure from the imaginative set.

His final hurrah, in flash of neon green, is the highlight of the show.

Homeslice Neal's Yard | Restaurants in Covent Garden, London

Take this new joint in Neal’s Yard’s, which is serving pizzas that wouldn’t be out of place on ‘Man v. Food’.

A well-put-together margherita can be a little slice of heaven, as can other classic pizzas.

Scattered with watercress and roasted whole spring onions, the pizza was oozy and delicious with a chewy cornicione (crust).

A white anchovy, chard and Doddington cheese pizza also had a good balance; finished with a twist of orange zest it was filled with sweet, bitter and salty notes.

The pizzas here are certainly good quality, but it’s hard to achieve a crisp, puffy base when you’re turning out cartwheels.

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