Harden's survey result
Summary
This “beautiful, restored Victorian pub” on a corner in Spitalfields is a useful meeting place for a meal, especially in summer when the “fabulous rooftop bar” comes into its own. The food in the first-floor restaurant is a step up from gastropub fare, and there’s a private dining space in the rooftop greenhouse seating 10 guests.
Summary
A “great place for a casual meal”, this 1846 boozer on a Spitalfields corner was smartly refurbed ten years ago into a pub (ground floor) with restaurant (first floor), plus bedrooms and a rooftop terrace – the latter incorporating “a high wall, so it’s well sheltered from winds”. “Execution is to a high standard” in the restaurant from a menu that’s more ‘modern-bistro’ than it is ‘gastropub’ (you’ll look in vain for a burger or fish ’n’ chips).
Summary
“Buzzing” old boozer on a Spitalfields corner site, which was very stylishly upgraded nine years ago and nowadays boasts an airy upstairs dining room with an “always interesting, always reliable” British bistro menu. “The roof terrace is a great bonus”, too.
Summary
This “upscale gastropub” in Spitalfields is a “beautifully refurbished” old boozer, now incorporating bedrooms and a roof garden. The “industrial chic” first-floor dining room may have a “simple menu, but the dishes are far from simple, packed full of flavour and balanced superbly – fine-dining food at gastroboozer prices”.
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40 Commercial Street, London, E1 6LP
Restaurant details
Prices
| Availability | 2 courses | 3 courses |  |
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| Lunch | £50.00 |  |
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| Dinner | £50.00 | |
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Traditional European menu
| Starter | Main | Pudding |
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| £4.50 | £12.50 | £7.00 |
| Drinks |
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| Wine per bottle | £36.00 |
| Filter Coffee | £3.50 |
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| Bread | £0.00 |
| Service | 12.50% |
40 Commercial Street, London, E1 6LP
Opening hours
| Monday | 12 pm‑3 pm, 6 pm‑12 am |
| Tuesday | 12 pm‑3 pm, 6 pm‑12 am |
| Wednesday | 12 pm‑3 pm, 6 pm‑12 am |
| Thursday | 12 pm‑3 pm, 6 pm‑12 am |
| Friday | 12 pm‑3 pm, 6 pm‑12 am |
| Saturday | 12 pm‑3 pm, 6 pm‑12 am |
| Sunday | 12 pm‑9 pm |
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