St. John
British restaurant · Farringdon
26 St John St, Barbican, London EC1M 4AY, United Kingdom
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Highlights
Pioneering nose-to-tail British cuisine with signature bone marrow
Pioneering nose-to-tail British cuisine with signature bone marrow
"St. John is the full English of British restaurants. It’s the dog’s bollocks, the bee’s knees, and without it and co-founder Fergus Henderson, London wouldn’t just be worse off, but it would be without the numerous chefs who have used St. John as their place of education. The Clerkenwell restaurant is a haven and home to the most traditional and understated of British cooking. The white walls of the restaurant are your figurative canvas to a meal of bone marrow and pie, butter stains and before-bed madeleines." - jake missing
"A famous, beloved British institution that is respected worldwide. No, we’re not talking about the Barbican, we’re talking about OG nose-to-tail dining, meaty-marrow-wielding royalty, St. John. This legendary Clerkenwell restaurant is one of those all-day, all-night, all-seasons spots that’s just as perfect for some pre-show, early evening madeleines and a glass of wine in the bar, to a huge dinner involving pie, pheasant, roast bone marrow, wine, bread pudding, and more wine." - heidi lauth beasley, jake missing, rianne shlebak, sinead cranna
"St. John’s white bread sandwiches are like the unplanned but happy result of a hook-up between the Yellow Pages and the Oxford English Dictionary. The fillings—cheese and chutney, egg and watercress—are British classics, which is very St. John, and although eating one can get a little bit messy, they’re very tasty. Get them in the bar of their Clerkenwell or Spitalfields restaurants, or at one of their bakeries in Borough, Covent Garden, and Bermondsey." - jake missing, rianne shlebak, sinead cranna
"St. John is London’s most famous British restaurant and the place in which we have most actively fantasised about holding both our wedding and wake. It’s a white-walled haven in Clerkenwell that’s been proudly serving roasted bone marrow, gargantuan pies, and homemade doughnuts since the mid-‘90s. Much of St. John’s lore is thanks to Fergus Henderson, the chef who pioneered nose-to-tail cooking, but a large portion of its longevity is in the fact that both he and Trevor Gulliver (his co-founder) are here almost daily, having a Fernet-Branca at the bar or devilled kidneys and mash in the dining room." - jake missing, rianne shlebak, sinead cranna, heidi lauth beasley
"Clerkenwell institution St. John is London’s temple of British cookery. Its ‘nose-to-tail’ cooking approach is known the world over. The pies are an experience that every person should have at least once in their life. In fact, the whole restaurant is. From the heavenly all-white bar and bakery area, filled with the noise of glasses clinking and fresh madeleines baking, to the bustling dining room where crémant is popped and bone marrow is spread onto toast." - jake missing, rianne shlebak, sinead cranna, heidi lauth beasley
