The Quality Chop House

"You come to Quality Chop House for a hearty, refined take on British cooking and, from Tuesday to Friday, one of London’s best set lunches. The Clerkenwell restaurant has a fortnightly changing lunch menu that will make you feel like a medieval monarch done good. Luxurious Devon crab rarebit, glazed beef cheek with mashed potato, and treacle tart have all featured in the past." - jake missing, sinead cranna, rianne shlebak

"What To Get: Mangalitza croquettes, rib-eye, and confit potatoes. Time Capsule Factor: The Grade II-listed building in Clerkenwell is one of London’s most treasured dining rooms. Sitting down in an old Victorian church pew with a plate of spectacular rib-eye and a bowl of legendary confit potatoes will make anyone develop a strange yearning for gout." - jake missing, sinead cranna, heidi lauth beasley, rianne shlebak

"Fancy a qual catch-up at Qual Chop? Xx Look, when the text’s write themselves, you know it’s a good idea. Quality Chop House is a British restaurant in Clerkenwell that is effectively meat heaven, with a side of ‘FMU this bread is fantastic’. As well as serving perfectly-cooked slabs of meat off of the kind of plates that make you want to scour charity shops for vintage tableware, this place is a traditional restaurant that really, truly understands what you want from a great meal with a great person you’ve missed. Excellent food, excellent wines, and importantly, excellent free bread that you should treat as your trusty buttered sidekick to mop up each and every last bit of sauce. Plus, their confit potatoes rank highly in our mental list of Carbohydrates We Dream Of Regularly, Arguably Too Regularly. Get them. They’re 10/10." - heidi lauth beasley

"Maximum Capacity: 14 Minimum Spend: none but the feasting-style menu starts at £75 per person The time has finally come. After eight years of hard work, your mate has finally been promoted to Chief Nail Polish Naming Officer. A day this proud deserves the private dining room at old-school British spot Quality Chop House. The Clerkenwell space is sophisticated in a deep-grey, brooding way, with candelabras, flowers, and dainty crockery. Expect a sharing menu with an excellent cut of meat as the centrepiece, plus snacks like pork and prune terrine and mangalitza croquettes." - heidi lauth beasley, sinead cranna

"What do we miss most about the Quality Chop House? Everything. Literally everything. From the ye-olde-listed 19th Century room, to the wedge of ginger parkin with butterscotch and ice cream. Though you can’t quite enjoy either of those things yet, QCH is now cooking a full menu from Wednesday - Saturday for collection or delivery" - oliver feldman, heidi lauth beasley, jake missing, rianne shlebak