Restaurants: Blackfriars Road/The Cut

Anchor & Hope
36 The Cut
T: 020 7928 9898
W: none
MC: average meal £30–£45
Part of St John Restaurant group. No reservations taken. Reviews range from ‘wonderful’ to’ terrible’. Some TNRA members like it a lot.

Baltic
74 Blackfriars Road (around the corner from The Cut)
T: 020 7928 1111
W: www.balticrestaurant.co.uk
MC: £10.50–£15.50
HW: £13

Blackfriars Wine Bar
Scoresby Street (off Gambia Street near Mar I Terra)
T: 020 7928 0905
W: www.blackfriarswinebar.co.uk
Open Mon–Fri: 10.30 am until late. Bar food and sandwiches and extensive, reasonably priced, wine list.

Ev Restaurant and Bar
The Arches, 97-99 Isabella Street (behind Southwark Station)
T: 020 7620 6191
W: www.tasrestaurant.com
MC: £8–£13
HW: £12.50
Part of the very good Turkish Tas chain (see also Borough High Street, The Cut and Tas Pide(Bankside).

Laughing Gravy
154–156 Blackfriars Road (around corner from Webber Street)
T: 020 7721 7055
W: none
MC: Bar food, £6–£9. Restaurant more expensive.
HW: £12
Named after Laurel and Hardy’s dog!

Livebait
45 The Cut
T: 020 7928 7211
W: www.livebaitrestaurants.co.uk
The original restaurant in the chain. Has received mixed reviews but quality of food said to be good.

Mar i Terra
14 Gambia Street (off Union Street, towards Blackfriars Road)
T: 020 7928 7628
W: www.mariterra.co.uk
MC: £3.50–£8.75 (tapas)
HW: £11.50 (also excellent sherries: £3.95–£5.50 per copita)
Tucked away by the railway with a small garden for summer eating and drinking.
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Meson Don Filipe
53 The Cut (opposite Young Vic)
T: 020 7928 3237
W: none
MC: tapas
The area’s oldest tapas bar and still very popular.

Tas
33 The Cut
T: 020 7928 2111
W: www.tasrestaurant.com
MC: £6.95–£11.95
HW: £11.95
Part of the very good Turkish Tas chain. See also Borough High Street, Ev and Tas Pide (Bankside).

Thai Silk Southbank
94-95 Isabella Street
(moved from Waterloo Road in 2007)
T: 020 7928 5111
W: www.thaisilkrestaurant.co.uk
HW: £10.95