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8 tasting menus in London under £85 for the fine dining experience
By Amy Beecham
2 years ago
3 min read
Try something new with a tasting menu in these eight London restaurants.
Between tiny portions and sky-high prices, it’s no wonder that fine dining restaurants have got a bit of a bad reputation. We tend to think of them as stuffy and formal, but London is full of set-menu options that absolutely prove otherwise. Because even if a Michelin-starred experience isn’t in your budget, it doesn’t mean that you can’t enjoy an elevated dinner experience. After all, tasting menus can be a really fun way to try different and inventive dishes that you’d never usually pick off of an à la carte menu.
So if you’re looking for an alternative date night, somewhere to celebrate a special occasion or simply want to indulge your foodie side, here are eight restaurants across the city offering tasting menus for under £85.
Six By Nico
Serving six dishes that change every six weeks, all inspired by a theme, destination or concept, Six By Nico is one of the most popular tasting menus out there. From 3 July to 13 August, its newest menu will transport guests across the continent to the incredible island of Sicily, immersing them in rich culinary heritage with unforgettable flavours. Dishes include squid ink spaghetti served with smoked mussels, barbecue lamb flank and Sicilian lemon curd with whipped ricotta.
Price: £48 for six courses
Address: locations across London, including Canary Wharf and Fitzrovia
Perilla
Newington Green’s neighbourhood restaurant Perilla offers a tasting menu of dreams, allowing you to enjoy modern European dishes like chard, mushroom and wild garlic crepes, Iberico pork belly and tasty Eton mess choux buns.
Price: £66 for five courses
Address: 1-3 Green Lanes, Newington Green, London N16 9BS
Akoko
Experience the flavours of Nigeria and West Africa at Akoko, with its menu influenced by hearty recipes passed down through generations. It serves a full tasting menu for both lunch and dinner with an additional, shorter menu available for lunch only from Thursday-Saturday, 12-2pm, featuring dishes like red mullet, Lake District beef with jollof rice and smoked squash with pistachio.
Price: £55 for six courses
Address: 21 Berners Street, London W1T 3LP
12:51
Legendary chef James Cochran’s signature restaurant can be found in the heart of Islington, offering an exciting five-course tasting menu filled with Cornish white crab, succulent rump of lamb and an elderflower mousse for something sweet.
Price: £45 for five courses
Address: 107 Upper Street, London N1 1QN
London Stock
Bringing a relaxed, fine-dining concept to south London, at London Stock you can expect an impeccably curated and seasonal three, four or eight-course tasting menu that draws inspiration from the multicultural melting pot of the community in which it is based. Current menu highlights include smoked burrata with baby artichoke, lemon sole with cauliflower, garlic and chive and apricots served with honey and almonds.
Price: £85 for eight courses
Address: 2 Bubbling Well Square, Ram Quarter, London SW18 1UQ
Nest
Nest’s current menu – Chicken Season – runs until 29 July and includes a delicious selection of chilli chicken wings, liver parfait and chicken leg terrine. Non-meat eaters, fear not. Veg Season begins on 1 August.
Price: £65 for eight courses
Address: 177-179 Morning Lane, London E9 6LH
Angelina
Combining elements of Italian and Japanese cuisine, Angelina in Dalston offers an affordable tasting menu of dishes including chicken and Karashi su-miso and sea bream that are bursting with umami flavour.
Price: £46 for four courses
Address: 56 Dalston Lane, London E8 3AH
Pidgin
The tasting menu at Pidgin revolves around the fact that the restaurant has never repeated a dish from its weekly changing menu. Though you’re not likely to know exactly what you’ll get until you’re there, previous highlights have included coorgi pork, onion tortellini and lemon sole with sea greens.
Price: £72 for eight courses
Address: 52 Wilton Way, London E8 1BG
Images: courtesy of restaurants
Lead image: @lateef.photography/ courtesy of restaurants
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