“Yes, it’s as good as they say!”; St John’s “younger and buzzier” Spitalfields canteen spin-off is nowadays “a more reliable destination than its parent” – staff are “competent and helpful”, the “austere” interior is “cool”, and the British fare so “adventurous in its simplicity” as to be really “exciting”.
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Two years ago, St John – one of the few places serving exciting and genuine British food – launched this spin-off establishment, east of ever-more chichi Spitalfields Market. Five minutes’ wal...
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Press Reviews (1)
Michael Winner (17th October 2007)
The hostess may remind our hero of “Dracula”, this but this East End canteen (a spin-off from the famous St John) still strikes our intrepid hero as a “wonderful” sort of place.