Harden's survey result
Summary
“Escape the feel of the City for very reasonable home cooked-food” in the ancient crypt of Bow Bells church. “There are no better dining establishments in the Square Mile: affordable, great service, good food with delicious daily changing salads” including “excellent veggie and vegan options”. Depending on when you go, it’s either a “quiet” space or quite a “noisy” one.
Summary
“Escape the feel of the City for very reasonable home cooked-food” in the ancient crypt of Bow Bells church. “There are no better dining establishments in the Square Mile: affordable, great service, good food with delicious daily changing salads” including “excellent veggie and vegan options”. Depending on when you go, it’s either a “quiet” space or quite a “noisy” one.
Summary
The thousand-year-old crypt of the Bow Bells church provides a “great location” for breakfast and lunch – “you feel so far from the City”. It has a “short but excellent menu of hot meals and salads” that are “cheap, tasty, and major on the vegetarian”. (Weather permitting, you can eat al fresco in the churchyard here.)
Summary
“Shhh, don’t tell anyone”, but this “busy, noisy café in the crypt of St Mary-Le-Bow” (and, weather permitting, al fresco in the churchyard) is “surely one of the City’s best-kept secrets”. The “good food” includes “decent, reasonably priced breakfasts”, “nice salads and hot dishes”.
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Restaurant details
Prices
 Drinks |
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|---|---|
| Wine per bottle | £23.00 |
| Filter Coffee | £3.00 |
 Extras |
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|---|---|
| Bread | £0.00 |
| Service | 12.50% |
St Mary-le-Bow, Cheapside, London, EC2 6AU
Opening hours
| Monday | 11:30 am‑2:30 pm |
| Tuesday | 11:30 am‑2:30 pm |
| Wednesday | 11:30 am‑2:30 pm |
| Thursday | 11:30 am‑2:30 pm |
| Friday | 11:30 am‑2:30 pm |
| Saturday | CLOSED |
| Sunday | CLOSED |
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