The best business lunch set menus in London

Shoreditch | Italian | Bib Gourmand

Manteca is a nose to tail Italian on Curtain Road in Shoreditch, handmaking its pasta and curing its own salumi downstairs.

2-3 courses | Lunch

Soho | Jerusalem / Mediterranean | Bib Gourmand

The Palomar is a Jerusalem inspired counter on Rupert Street in Soho, best taken at the bar watching the chefs work.

3 courses | Lunch 12pm–2.30pm | Pre-Theatre 5pm–6pm

London Bridge | West African | Bib Gourmand

Akara cooks West African food at Borough Market, named for the black eyed bean fritters it fries to order.

3 courses | Lunch 12pm–3pm

Clerkenwell | Italian | 1 Star

Luca is a Michelin starred Italian on St John Street in Clerkenwell, a few minutes from Farringdon and famous for its pasta.

2-3 courses | Lunch 12pm–2pm

Belgravia | British | 1 Star

The Goring is the Michelin starred restaurant of a family run Belgravia hotel, a few minutes from Buckingham Palace.

2-3 courses | Lunch 12pm–2.30pm | Pre-Theatre 6pm–6.30pm

Mayfair | Modern European | 1 Star

Michelin-starred modern European cooking inside The Stafford, tucked away in St James's.

3-4 courses | Lunch 12pm–2.30pm

Fitzrovia | West African | 1 Star

Chishuru cooks West African food on Great Titchfield Street in Fitzrovia, earthy and vibrant and Michelin starred.

3-4 courses | Lunch 12pm–2pm | Pre-Theatre 5.30pm–6pm

Knightsbridge | French Fine Dining | 1 Star

Petrus is a Michelin starred French restaurant in Knightsbridge, built around a circular glass wine store holding 1,600 bottles.

4 courses | Lunch 12pm–2.15pm

Smithfield | Modern British | 1 Star

Restaurant St Barts is a Michelin starred kitchen in Smithfield, calm and blond wood lined, a few minutes from Barbican and Farringdon.

Tasting | Lunch 12pm–2.15pm | Dinner 6pm–10pm

King's Cross | Korean

Set lunch | Lunch 12pm–5pm | Festive BBQ 1 Dec to 31 Dec

Soho | Japanese-Peruvian

Chotto Matte is a Nikkei izakaya on Frith Street in Soho, where Japanese and Peruvian cooking meet over the robata.

3-7 courses | Express Lunch 12pm–5pm | Tasting 12pm–5pm | Pre-Theatre 5pm–6.30pm

Soho | Italian

Lina Stores Soho is the flagship restaurant behind the Greek Street delicatessen, turning out handmade pasta a few minutes from Cambridge Circus.

2-3 courses | Lunch | Mon–Thu 12pm–2.15pm, Fri 12pm–5pm

King's Cross | Italian

Lina Stores King's Cross is on Stable Street beside Coal Drops Yard, a short walk from the station.

2-3 courses | Lunch 12pm–5pm

City of London | Italian

Lina Stores sits in the Bloomberg Arcade behind Bank, built for handmade pasta at office speed.

2-3 courses | Lunch 12pm–5pm

Marylebone | Italian

Lina Stores Marylebone is tucked onto Marylebone Lane, a few steps off the high street.

2-3 courses | Lunch 12pm–5pm

Shoreditch | Italian

Lina Stores Shoreditch spreads a restaurant and bar over two floors of Shoreditch High Street.

2-3 courses | Lunch 12pm–5pm

City of London | Italian

Lina Stores Broadgate Circle is a step from Liverpool Street, pasta made by hand in the middle of the City.

2-3 courses | Lunch 12pm–5pm

Shoreditch | Italian

A theatrically decorated Italian trattoria on Great Eastern Street in Shoreditch.

1-3 courses | Lunch 12pm–2.45pm

Mayfair | Spanish

El Pirata is a Spanish tapas restaurant on Down Street in Mayfair, open since 1994.

2-3 courses | Express Lunch 12pm–4pm | Saturday Lunch 12pm–4pm | Festive Lunch 16 Nov to 23 Dec | Festive Dinner 16 Nov to 23 Dec

King's Cross | Modern British

Rotunda is a canalside British grill at Kings Place on York Way, with its own farm in Northumberland supplying the beef.

2-3 courses | Lunch 12pm–4pm

Soho | Regional Italian

Bocca di Lupo is a regional Italian on Archer Street in Soho, best eaten at the marble counter facing the open kitchen.

2-3 courses | Lunch & Pre-Theatre | 12pm–6.30pm

Marylebone | French Bistro

Josephine brings Lyonnais bouchon cooking to Marylebone High Street, terrines and plats du jour and not much fuss.

1 course | Lunch 12pm–2.30pm

Soho | British

An all day restaurant on Brewer Street, with a semi private dining room behind sliding doors.

2-3 courses | Lunch 11.30am–4pm | Pre-Theatre 4pm–close | Group 11.30am–close | Christmas Early Bird 12 Nov to 30 Nov | Christmas 1 Dec to 30 Dec

Covent Garden | British

Bill's Covent Garden sits in St Martin's Courtyard, a few steps off the piazza and the theatres around it.

2-3 courses | Lunch 11.30am–4pm | Pre-Theatre 4pm–close | Group 11.30am–close | Christmas Early Bird 12 Nov to 30 Nov | Christmas 1 Dec to 30 Dec

Victoria | British

Bill's Victoria occupies a corner of Cathedral Walk in Cardinal Place, a minute from the station concourse.

2-3 courses | Lunch 11.30am–4pm | Pre-Theatre 4pm–close | Group 11.30am–close | Christmas Early Bird 12 Nov to 30 Nov | Christmas 1 Dec to 30 Dec

Marylebone | British

Bill's Baker Street keeps an orange awning over the pavement at the Marylebone end, serving from breakfast through to dinner.

2-3 courses | Lunch 11.30am–4pm | Pre-Theatre 4pm–close | Group 11.30am–close | Christmas Early Bird 12 Nov to 30 Nov | Christmas 1 Dec to 30 Dec

London Bridge | British

Bill's London Bridge sits on the water at Victor Wharf, on Clink Street between Borough Market and the river.

2-3 courses | Lunch 11.30am–4pm | Pre-Theatre 4pm–close | Group 11.30am–close | Christmas Early Bird 12 Nov to 30 Nov | Christmas 1 Dec to 30 Dec

Shoreditch | Pan-Asian

UBA cooks pan Asian food inside the Hart Shoreditch hotel on Great Eastern Street, a few minutes from Old Street.

4 courses | Lunch 12pm–3pm

Tower Bridge | British

The Coal Shed cooks over fire at One Tower Bridge, a minute from the river.

2-3 courses | Lunch & Early Dinner | 12pm–6pm

Tower Bridge | French

2 courses | Lunch 12pm–3pm

Marylebone | Mexican

Santo Remedio is a regional Mexican cantina on Thayer Street in Marylebone, a minute off the high street.

4-5 courses | Lunch 12pm–4pm | Tasting

City of London | European / Wine Bar

Humble Grape Bow Lane pours organic wine from the eleventh century crypt beneath St Mary-le-Bow.

2-3 courses | Lunch 12pm–3pm

City of London | European / Wine Bar

Humble Grape Fleet Street is tucked down St Bride's Passage, an organic wine bar built for a fast City lunch.

2-3 courses | Lunch 12pm–3pm

City of London | European / Wine Bar

Humble Grape Liverpool Street sits on Devonshire Row, minutes from the station, with 500 organic wines behind the bar.

2-3 courses | Lunch 12pm–3pm

Docklands | European / Wine Bar

Humble Grape Canary Wharf is a waterside wine bar on Mackenzie Walk, looking out over the dock.

2-3 courses | Lunch 12pm–3pm

Somerset House | Chinese

Poon's keeps a Cantonese kitchen beside Somerset House, a minute from the Strand, with the stoves in full view.

2 courses | Lunch 12pm–2.30pm | Pre-Theatre until 6.30pm

Soho | Modern British

A Soho restaurant on Frith Street, cooking produce from the family farm over a grill.

2-4 courses | Lunch 12pm–4.30pm | Pre-Theatre Tue–Sat 12pm–6.30pm, Mon 5pm–10pm

King's Cross | Modern Sri Lankan

3 courses | Lunch 12pm–3pm

Docklands | British Gastropub

The Gun is a historic riverside pub in Docklands, looking straight across the Thames at the O2.

2-3 courses | Lunch 12pm–3pm

Smithfield | Modern British

Cloth is a wine led modern British bistro beside St Bartholomew the Great in Smithfield, on one of the oldest corners of the City.

2-3 courses | Lunch 12pm–2.45pm

Mayfair | British / New England

The MAINE Mayfair occupies a Grade II listed townhouse in the middle of Mayfair, with New England charm carried indoors.

2-3 courses | Lunch 12pm–4pm

Soho | Italian

Bocconcino is an Italian on Great Marlborough Street in Soho, with a Josper grill and a wood fired oven going all day.

2-3 courses | Lunch 12pm–4.45pm | Pre-Theatre 5pm–6pm, Mon–Thu also 9.30pm–10.30pm

Limehouse | Modern British

Bread Street Kitchen & Bar Limehouse is an all day restaurant in a Grade II listed riverside building on the Thames.

2-3 courses | Lunch & Early Dinner | Until 6pm

Mayfair | Steakhouse

Gordon Ramsay Bar & Grill is a Mayfair steakhouse, cooking some of the best steaks in London a step from Regent Street.

2-3 courses | Lunch & Early Dinner | Until 6pm

Mayfair | Modern European

Heddon Street Kitchen sits on Heddon Street, moments from Regent Street, open from breakfast through to dinner.

2-3 courses | Lunch & Early Dinner | Until 6pm

Tower Bridge | Asian

Sticky Mango cooks vibrant Asian food near Tower Bridge, under indoor blossom trees, one of two South Bank sites.

2-3 courses | Lunch 12pm–6pm

City of London | Australian / Modern European

2-3 courses | Lunch Lunch

Clerkenwell | Mediterranean

Morchella occupies a former bank just off Exmouth Market in Clerkenwell, a restaurant and wine bar cooking a modern reading of classical Mediterranean dishes, with a counter onto the kitchen and a terrace outside.

2 courses | Lunch 12pm–2.30pm

Paddington | Modern British

Smith's Bar & Grill is a Modern British grill at Paddington Central, two minutes from the station.

2-3 courses | Lunch 12pm–4pm

Knightsbridge | Italian

San Carlo Knightsbridge is a glamorous Italian just off Brompton Road, a short walk from Harrods.

2-3 courses | Lunch 12pm–4pm

Westminster | Italian

2-3 courses | Lunch 12pm–3pm

Covent Garden | British

The Ivy has stood on West Street since 1917, a Theatreland fixture behind its famous stained glass.

2-3 courses | Lunch & Pre-Theatre 11.30am–6pm | Festive 4 Nov to 29 Dec

Knightsbridge | Italian

SETTE is the contemporary Italian inside the Bvlgari Hotel in Knightsbridge, a minute from Hyde Park.

2-3 courses | Lunch 12pm–3pm

Mayfair | Seafood / British

Lilibet's is a glamorous art deco seafood restaurant on Bruton Street in Mayfair, a minute from Berkeley Square.

2-3 courses | Lunch 12pm–2.30pm

Mayfair | Mediterranean

A Mediterranean dining room on Bruton Place, a cobbled mews behind Berkeley Square.

2-3 courses | Lunch 12pm–2.45pm

Mayfair | Modern Chinese

Hakkasan Mayfair serves refined Cantonese food from a low lit basement on Bruton Street.

2 courses | Lunch 12pm–4.30pm | Lunch & Dinner Mon–Fri from 12pm, Sun from 4.30pm

Farringdon | Modern British

Quality Chop House has fed Farringdon from its Grade II listed premises on Farringdon Road since 1869, from famously narrow oak booths.

3 courses | Lunch 12pm–2.30pm | Sunday

Fitzrovia | Spanish

Arros QD cooks Valencian rice over an open wood fire on Eastcastle Street in Fitzrovia.

2-3 courses | Lunch 12pm–3pm

Covent Garden | Italian

Cicoria sits on the fifth floor of the Royal Opera House, looking out over Covent Garden.

2-3 courses | Lunch 12pm–3pm

Paddington | Nikkei (Japanese-Peruvian)

Ayllu is a dark, plush Nikkei restaurant at Paddington Central, two minutes from the station.

5 courses | Lunch 12pm–6pm (Business Lunch)

King's Cross | Mediterranean

Coal Office sits canalside at Coal Drops Yard in King's Cross, cooking Jerusalem food in a space designed to the inch.

2-3 courses | Lunch 12pm–2.30pm

Paddington | Asian

CE LA VI occupies the seventeenth and eighteenth floors of Paddington Square, the highest rooftop in west London.

2-3 courses | Lunch 12pm–3pm

Victoria | British

The panelled dining room of The Rubens at the Palace, a few steps from the Royal Mews.

2-3 courses | Lunch 12.30pm–2.30pm | Pre-Theatre 5.30pm–7pm

Mayfair | Steakhouse

JW Steakhouse is an American steakhouse inside the Grosvenor House hotel on Park Lane, serving USDA prime cuts off the grill alongside a bourbon list running past five hundred bottles.

2-3 courses | Lunch 12pm–5pm

Mayfair | Georgian

DakaDaka is a contemporary Georgian restaurant and natural wine bar on Heddon Street in Mayfair, a minute off Regent Street.

2-3 courses | Lunch 12pm–2.30pm | Early Dinner 5.30pm–6pm

Covent Garden | French

The Covent Garden restaurant with the blossom covered conservatory.

2-3 courses | Lunch 12pm–2.15pm | Weekend Lunch 12pm–2.15pm | Pre-Theatre 5pm–5.45pm

Farringdon | French Bistro

Bleeding Heart Bistro is a candlelit French bistro in Bleeding Heart Yard, the cobbled court off Greville Street in Farringdon, going since 1983.

2-3 courses | Lunch 12pm–3pm | Dinner 5pm–9pm

Fitzrovia | Modern European

Brasserie Angelica is the all day brasserie of The Newman hotel on Newman Street, in the middle of Fitzrovia.

2-3 courses | Lunch & Dinner | 11.30am–6.30pm

Marylebone | Modern European / South African

Kudu brings a South African accent to Marylebone, with peri peri pork and confit sea trout among the plates.

2 courses | Lunch 12pm–3pm

Whitehall | Italian

Mezzogiorno is the southern Italian restaurant at the Corinthia on Whitehall Place, a few minutes from Embankment.

2-3 courses | Lunch 12pm–3pm

Mayfair | Italian

Il Gattopardo is a polished Italian on Albemarle Street in Mayfair, a short walk from the Royal Academy.

2-3 courses | Lunch Lunch

Covent Garden | French Brasserie

Brasserie Max is the brasserie inside the Covent Garden Hotel, a few streets from the West End stages.

2-3 courses | Lunch & Pre-Theatre 12pm–6pm & 9pm–10.30pm | Festive 23 Nov to 24 Dec

London Bridge | Modern British

Aqua Shard cooks modern British food on level 31 of The Shard, above London Bridge, with the river and the City spread out beyond the glass.

2-3 courses | Lunch 12pm–4pm | Dinner 5pm–9pm

Marylebone | Japanese

Aki London occupies a Grade II listed former banking hall on Cavendish Square, the sushi counter and robata grill working under the original plasterwork and chandeliers.

3 courses | Lunch 12pm–3pm

London Bridge | Chinese

4 courses | Lunch 12pm–4.30pm

London Bridge | Modern European

3 courses | Lunch 12pm–2.30pm

Fitzrovia | Japanese Robatayaki

Roka is a robatayaki on Charlotte Street in Fitzrovia, built around the grill counter at its centre.

5-6 courses | Classic 12pm–3pm, from 5pm | Premium 12pm–3pm, from 5pm

Mayfair | Japanese Robatayaki

Roka Mayfair cooks over the robata on North Audley Street, minutes from Oxford Street, with a terrace open all day.

6 courses | Classic From 12pm | Premium From 12pm

Covent Garden | Japanese Robatayaki

Roka Aldwych sets its robata grill down the middle of the restaurant, a few minutes from Covent Garden and the Strand theatres.

6 courses | Classic 12pm–3.30pm, from 5pm | Premium 12pm–3.30pm, from 5pm

Canary Wharf | Japanese Robatayaki

Roka Canary Wharf grills over charcoal at Park Pavilion, with a Japanese garden terrace looking on to Canada Square.

6 courses | Classic 12pm–3.30pm, from 5pm | Premium 12pm–3.30pm, from 5pm

Whitehall | French Brasserie

Saison is a French brasserie under a winter garden roof in the Old War Office, Whitehall.

2-3 courses | Lunch 12pm–6pm

Tower Bridge | Steakhouse

Cooper's Cut is the steakhouse inside the Four Seasons at Ten Trinity Square, two minutes from Fenchurch Street and Tower Hill.

2-3 courses | Lunch 12pm–2pm

City of London | Modern French

CORD is the Fleet Street restaurant of the Le Cordon Bleu culinary institute, occupying a grade II listed Lutyens designed building in the City.

3 courses | Lunch 12pm–3pm | Early Dinner 5.30pm–6.30pm

St James's | Modern British

A sustainability minded restaurant in St James's Market, near Piccadilly Circus.

3 courses | Lunch 12pm–5pm

South Bank | Modern British

OXO Tower Restaurant is the white-linen dining room on the eighth floor of the OXO Tower on the South Bank, with St Paul's directly across the river.

3 courses | Lunch 12pm–2.30pm | Pre-Theatre 5pm–6.30pm | Post-Theatre 8.30pm–9.30pm

Strand | British

Savoy Grill is the art deco grill inside The Savoy, a few minutes from the Strand theatres.

2-3 courses | Lunch & Pre-Theatre 12pm–5.45pm | Festive 16 Nov to 4 Jan