We will be going to London in late April to celebrate my husband’s birthday, staying in hotels this time instead of the usual apartments. So we will need 6 or 7 restaurants and I am looking for ideas. We will be staying first in the Inns of Court area (on Fleet Street), and then near Trafalgar Square. We are happy to walk up to 30-45 minutes for a recommended restaurant. No Tube for me.
On theatre nights we will be dining early-ish (one night as early as 5 for the 6:30 performance). We have been happy with Côte Brasserie’s pre`-theatre dining menu in the past, and will probably go there for the early dinner. For the birthday dinner we might go to one of the Ivy restaurants, if there is one that is fairly quiet; I like their menu.
For the others: we like Italian food, seafood, Indian/South Asian, and “modern British” cuisine; casual non-fussy places like wine bars, tapas bars, and pubs/gastropubs. The most important thing is that it not be noisy or “buzzy”, which seems to be desireable for younger people but not for us, especially not for my husband.
I look forward to your suggestions. Thank you.