Rochelle Canteen

"Rochelle Canteen is a brilliant and unique British restaurant in Arnold Circus, a quiet road off the high street. Ring the buzzer and you’ll enter a hidden garden with a path leading to this serene restaurant full of well-heeled regulars. The menu is excellent (everything from soup to salad to suet crust pies and sundaes is fantastic), but the feeling of discovery is a huge part of the Canteen’s appeal. It’s open every day for lunch and cosy dinners during the latter part of the week." - heidi lauth beasley, jake missing, daisy meager

"Buzz yourself into the old Shoreditch schoolyard turned modern British restaurant, and enjoy a long lunch or a relaxed supper filled with cod’s roe, chatter, and a glass of something bubbly. We like to think of Rochelle Canteen, with its glass greenhouse and park-like benches, as London’s little Garden of Eden." - heidi lauth beasley, jake missing, rianne shlebak

"Come to Rochelle Canteen’s garden in Shoreditch whenever possible: for lunch, for dinner, for a glass of crémant and a knickerbocker glory. This joyful greenhouse of a restaurant is a stalwart of the British dining scene in London and it’s as stylish as they come. Tabi heels tuck into sensational suet pies and there’s no doubt that Margot Henderson—head chef, powerhouse, and part of the British culinary monarchy alongside her husband Fergus Henderson of St. John—has made this restaurant hidden in the garden of a former school a complete masterclass in modesty." - jake missing, rianne shlebak, sinead cranna, heidi lauth beasley

"A bus nearly crushed you, there’s more glass by the curb than you have puncture repair kits, and you have been beeped at precisely 75 times by drivers who show more compassion to crossing ducks than their fellow man. Cycling in central London is a waking nightmare. Reward yourself with a meal at British restaurant, Rochelle Canteen. This restful canteen in Shoreditch is a converted bike shed and there are bike hoops close by, around Arnold Circus. It’s also a Garden of Eden where between bites of silky smooth cod’s roe and tender beef shin, no one will swear at you. " - sinead cranna

"British summertime is when Rochelle Canteen, a modern British restaurant in an old Shoreditch schoolyard, is in its element. There are a handful of tables in the four walls of the shed, but most of the seating is in the connected giant greenhouse. When the sun is shining and a plate of neon radishes with cod’s roe is in front of you, this restaurant feels like a hazy daydream." - heidi lauth beasley, jake missing, rianne shlebak, sinead cranna