London Limehouse Restaurant Guide

2023 Review: “Great views” are by all accounts the main highlight of a meal at Gordo’s Limehouse pub overlooking a bend in the river. But perhaps we expect too much of a chef happy to dish out a roasting to his peers: “I know a lot of people don’t like it, but it did what it said on the tin – it’s good pub food, and it’s only if you anticipated more that you’ll be disappointed”.

“A wonderful café tucked away in the grounds of The Royal Foundation of St Katharine in Limehouse” – London’s ‘first yurt café’ (opened in 2016) provides “an oasis of calm” in the East End. Motto: ‘Community, Creativity, Connection’ – “it’s open for breakfast, lunch and afternoon tea and does a small but lovely range of freshly cooked food”. “In summer, there are tables outside under canopies where you can watch the butterflies in the community garden; in winter it is toasty, warm and cosy”. Top Menu Tip – “amazing full English for breakfast”.