What is a prix fixe menu?
A prix fixe menu is a fixed-price menu of two or three courses with a short choice at each, the French term for what London restaurants more often call a set menu. The price is settled before the meal, the dishes come from the same kitchen as the à la carte, and the format suits the sittings a restaurant most wants to fill: lunch, the early evening before a performance, and quieter nights of the week. All Set lists 227 London restaurants with a prix fixe or set menu currently being served, each with its price, courses, days and hours taken from the restaurant's own published menu.
Where is prix fixe used in London?
The term belongs to the French brasseries and bistros, and London has a run of them. In Soho, Brasserie Zédel serves its prix fixe in an art deco basement off Piccadilly Circus at lunch and dinner every day, Prix Fixe Brasserie on Dean Street takes the term as its name, and Blanchette runs a lunchtime prix fixe on D'Arblay Street. In Covent Garden, Balthazar on Russell Street, Boulevard Brasserie, Palm Court Brasserie and Le Garrick keep fixed-price menus timed for the theatres. Marylebone and Chelsea have the Josephine bistros, and Smithfield has Café du Marché. Every one is on the French set menu page, with the days and hours it runs.
Prix fixe in Soho
Soho is where the search for a prix fixe most often begins, and where the choice is widest. Beyond the brasseries, the Italian kitchens on Archer Street and Brewer Street, Bocca di Lupo and Mele e Pere, run fixed-price lunches, Lina Stores on Greek Street serves its handmade pasta at a set lunch price, and The Palomar and Gunpowder bring the format to Jerusalem and Indian cooking. Our Soho set menus guide picks the best of them, and the Soho area page lists every one.
Prix fixe before the theatre
The pre-theatre menu is a prix fixe by another name: two or three courses served from about 5pm and finished before curtain-up. 48 London restaurants on All Set run one, most of them in Covent Garden, Soho and along the Strand. The West End pre-theatre guide lists each with the walk to the nearest theatres, and the pre-theatre page shows the seating window at every restaurant.
How much does a prix fixe cost in London?
Prix fixe and set menus on All Set start at £13.50 for two courses and the middle of the catalogue sits at £28. 37 restaurants price theirs under £20 and 142 under £30; Michelin-starred fixed-price menus begin at £25. The brasserie prix fixe tends to sit at the lower end and to run across a long window, often from noon into the evening. Every price on the site is the figure printed on the restaurant's menu, checked on 10 September 2026.
Is prix fixe the same as a set menu?
Yes. Prix fixe, set menu and table d'hôte describe the same thing: a menu at a fixed price for a fixed number of courses, with a short choice at each. London restaurants use "set menu" most, French-leaning kitchens say "prix fixe", and All Set lists them all together, so a search for either term on the site finds every one. The questions page covers the rest, from service charge to Sunday availability.
Where to find every prix fixe menu in London
Browse every London set menu A to Z, the set menus under £30 and under £20 shortlists, or the map for the prix fixe nearest you. Each listing links to the restaurant's own booking page, and All Set takes no commission.