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HARDENS CLUB PARTNER

survey result

Summary

£62
  £££
3
Good
4
Very Good
4
Very Good
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

A glass-ceilinged former auction house in Chancery Lane is home to this homage to Provençal cuisine from Pascal Aussignac’s Club Gascon group – making it an “excellent place for a business lunch in an otherwise under-served area”. Plus points include an interesting list of southern French and Corsican wines, and the downstairs cocktail bar Baranis. Top Tip – “ask for a booth to celebrate a special occasion”.

Summary

£51
   ££
3
Good
3
Good
3
Good
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

The sun-drenched flavours of Provence – both food and wine – are brought into focus at this Chancery Lane outpost of Pascal Aussignac’s Club Gascon group, which occupies an engaging glass-ceilinged room, originally built as an auction house. The downstairs cocktail bar, Baranis, also boasts the UK’s only indoor petanque pitch. The worst comment? “OK but not inspiring”.

Summary

£51
   ££
3
Good
4
Very Good
4
Very Good
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

You dine in an airy former auction room with a glass ceiling at this legal-land restaurant in Chancery Lane, whose brief is “delicious” Provençal cuisine and a “wine list full of wonderful surprises” – many of them from the South of France or Corsica. The set menus offer “very good value” for the quality and locality, and a downstairs cocktail bar, Baranis, has indoor pétanque to transport you to the Riviera. Founded in 2010, it is part of Pascal Aussignac’s Club Gascon group.

Summary

£61
  £££
4
Very Good
4
Very Good
4
Very Good
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

“Exceptional Provençal cuisine”“light and full of fresh flavours” – ensures that dining is “always a real pleasure” here, in what is itself a “lovely, light and airy” glass-roofed venue (once an auction room for books) on Chancery Lane, whose “well-spaced tables” make it a good choice for a business lunch in legal-land. Part of Pascal Aussignac’s Club Gascon group, it has its own cocktail bar, Baranis, downstairs.

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Restaurant details

Yes
Highchair
8
No dress code
60

Prices

Availability 2 courses 3 courses coffee included service included
Always £34.00 £39.50
  Cost Availability Courses
Menu1 49.50 Always available 5
Drinks  
Wine per bottle £25.00
Filter Coffee £4.00
Extras  
Service 10.00%
115 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1PP
Opening hours
MondayCLOSED
Tuesday12 pm‑2 pm, 5:45 pm‑9 pm
Wednesday12 pm‑2 pm, 5:45 pm‑9 pm
Thursday12 pm‑2 pm, 5:45 pm‑9 pm
Friday12 pm‑2 pm, 5:45 pm‑9 pm
SaturdayCLOSED
SundayCLOSED

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