Clerkenwell, Sandwiches, Cakes, Etc Restaurant Guide

“Exceptional cooking, especially from such a small (open) kitchen” – solo chef Nick Bramham turns out some “insanely good” meals at this “delicious, fun and cool” spot next door to ‘big brother’ the Quality Chop House. “It’s the loveliest of venues” – “both warm and quite sexy, though at lunch it has more of an airy feel”. It also has a “brilliant wine list by the bottle and glass”.

Coffee aficionados have beaten a path to this Leather Lane institution since 2011 for expertly roasted, “lovingly prepared and delightfully served” drinks along with pastries and light bites. (The name is borrowed from T.S. Eliot’s J. Alfred Prufrock, who ‘measured out [his] life with coffee spoons’).

In Exmouth Market, a tribute to the North American deli sandwich tradition from Ottawa-born and Detroit-raised Andre Blais (ex-Belgo and Bodeans). The Observer’s Jay Rayner gave it a rave review.