RestaurantsLondonKentish TownNW5

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Summary

£79
 ££££
4
Very Good
3
Good
3
Good
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

A “fabulous bistropub”“now also a hotel with comfortable rooms” – in a “great location” near Parliament Hill and Hampstead Heath. “Giles Coren is not wrong” – the Times columnist is a local and a big fan. Any complaints? “If only they’d turn the music down...”.

Summary

£74
  £££
3
Good
3
Good
3
Good
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

“Near the edge of Hampstead Heath”, this mega-popular gastroboozer “lives up to the hype” and has “retained its pubby feel in spite of a major renovation”, which added six bedrooms. At busy times it can be a bit “rowdy”, but “the place balances great food with a pub atmosphere which adds to the flavour, and the staff are always ‘on it’”.

Summary

£73
  £££
3
Good
3
Good
3
Good
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

This “reliably brilliant gastropub” beside the Heath in Kentish Town is “hugely popular” for good reasons – its “well-crafted food and well-kept beers, warm service and comfortable surroundings”, which are “just the job after a cold stomp on Hampstead Heath”. It seems to have taken in its stride a long closure for a major refurb, including the addition of six bedrooms, coming back “better than ever”.

Summary

£66
  £££
3
Good
3
Good
3
Good
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

Kentish Town’s famous Heath-side destination closed in October 2018, as it planned to turn itself into a six-bedroom pub-with-rooms. Its gala-reopening sadly coincided with the pandemic, with it initially relaunching for takeaways. Consistently ranked as north London’s top gastropub in recent years, the absence of a survey this year prevents a rating on its new fancier cooking. An early-days August 2020 review from Grace Dent in The Guardian concluded that: “Despite its new lofty leanings, this is still somewhere to bring your family for scotch eggs, bowls of chips and a sunny day meet-up at one of the outdoor tables”.

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Bull & Last Restaurant Diner Reviews

Reviews of Bull & Last Restaurant in NW5, London by users of Hardens.com. Also see the editors review of Bull & Last restaurant.
Clare H
Ate in the upstairs dining room, every bit ...
Reviewed 10 months, 16 days ago

"Ate in the upstairs dining room, every bit as buzzy as downstairs. Fish board remains a perennial winner with its soda bread, home cured gravadlax, pickled cucumber and fishy treats. Panna cotta with rhubarb booked to perfection with an almond tuille. Super service concerned to get the order absolutely right - we were confused by the emergence of a third savoury course. "

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Prices

Traditional European menu

Starter Main Pudding
£18.50 £24.50 £9.50
Drinks  
Wine per bottle £29.00
Filter Coffee £0.00
Extras  
Bread £5.00
Service 10.00%
168 Highgate Rd, London, NW5 1QS
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Opening hours
Monday12 pm‑11 pm
Tuesday12 pm‑11 pm
Wednesday12 pm‑11 pm
Thursday12 pm‑11 pm
Friday12 pm‑12 am
Saturday12 pm‑12 am
Sunday12 pm‑10:30 pm

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