Neighbourhood

Bloomsbury

Where to eat and drink in Bloomsbury, Central London. Chosen on merit by Lamplit London.

Bloomsbury is London's quietest grand neighbourhood: a grid of Georgian squares and plane trees north of Covent Garden, anchored by the British Museum and the university that has grown up around it. It has been the address of writers and publishers for a century, and Lamb's Conduit Street still keeps the independent shops and pubs to prove it.

Our Bloomsbury guides round up the best of it, from the museum-side dining rooms to the old pubs and small hotels on the squares. Chosen on merit, for a long afternoon indoors or a civilised dinner near the museum.