
The organic, overlooked ingredients are turned into nutritious dishes and you get three courses for £25. The ethos behind Scratch is that they use ‘waste’ produce – perfectly good fruits and vegetables that would otherwise be discarded because they’re considered too ugly or irregular. Spring’s Scratch menu is available from Wednesday to Saturday for just one hour each day (5.30-6.30pm), but it’s worth catching if you can. That’s got a significant portion of west/south west London covered. The ‘Farm to Fork’ set lunch focuses on using locally grown fruits and vegetables and ethically sourced meat and fish, with two courses priced at £18 and three at £22 from Tuesday to Friday. The Gladwin Brothers offer a set menu at all of their restaurants – so that includes The Shed, Nutbourne, Sussex, Rabbit, The Fat Badger and The Black Lamb. And you can grab a pre-theatre dinner, or lunch, any weekday from 12-6pm with three courses of Japanese-Brazilian-Peruvian fusion at £32. Sushisamba’s foliage-filled Covent Garden site sits at the top of the Grade II-listed Market building, a very handy location if you’re off to the theatre.

Mondrian Shoreditch, 45 Curtain Road, London, EC2A 3PT Among the menu options are croquetas de jamón Ibérico, gambas fritas with spicy mayo, oxtail brioche and caramelised rice pudding and broccolini and kale salad. While it has got a rep for being a nighttime spot, you might wanna drop by from 12-2.30pm on weekdays for an express lunch at £25 per head. Their set lunch menu changes seasonally, with a choice of three courses – two for £18 and all for £22 – and each course has a suggested wine pairing which, although not included in the price, makes life a lot easier.ĥ1 Lamb’s Conduit Street, London WC1N 3NBīiBo landed at the Mondrian Shoreditch, needing to stretch out after outgrowing its outposts in Marbella, Madrid, Tarifa, Doha and Malaga, last year. We’ve rounded up some of the best here, keep reading.Ī big name in the London restaurant scene and one of the city’s best wine bars, Noble Rot is here to keep the British boozy lunch brand alive.

Restaurants across the city (including some of our all-time favourites) have dedicated menus of two or more courses that’ll set you back a whole lot less than standard – but will blow you away just as much. That’s why we look for loopholes where they can be found, and a good value set menu is actually not too hard to come by. London’s restaurants, while very tempting, are not known for their wallet-friendliness.
