City Cafe

Cuisines:

Modern European

City Cafe
30 John Islip Street
London
SW1P 4DD

Nearest tubes:

Pimlico

Description of City Cafe

Only a 4-minute taxi ride from Victoria Station, this award-winning restaurant-bar-terrace overlooks 'Side Street', a uniquely-conceived work of art linking John Islip Street and Millbank. Very easy on the eye, the restaurant is a series of mini dining rooms with floor-to-ceiling glass windows. You pass through an arty avenue of columns from the pre-dinner drinks area to your table situated in a light and airy dining environment. Fine modern European cooking. Try a little Chicken liver and foie gras parfait, pear and apple chutney and toasted brioche to start, followed by 28 day aged buccleuch beef fillet, mini steak and kidney pudding, creamed horseradish puree and root vegetable ragout from the a la carte menu. For dessert, treat yourself to the lemon and honey rum babas. With an extensive New and Old World wine list, dedicated vegetarian menu (Garden Menu) and a daily changing Kitchen Menu, City Café is a smart choice for informal, not to mention funky, fine dining to suit all diets. The health conscious will no doubt appreciate that low-in-fat and lighter calorie dishes are highlighted on the menus.

Additional information for City Cafe

Whether for business (company dinners, product launches, award ceremonies, business breakfasts) or leisure (pre and post theatre dinners, birthdays, anniversaries, christenings) City Cafe Westminster offers innovative Modern European dining for up to 150, and receptions for up to 220. Smaller groups (up to 14) can enjoy the stunning panoramic views from the Sky Lounge, which overlooks the Houses of Parliament and the London Eye. The Sky Lounge is available for private lunches, dinners and receptions. Bespoke menus start at £30 per person.

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City Cafe Reviews

LH reviewed City Cafe on 21/07/2008

Really enjoyed lunch at the City Cafe yesterday - as always the service and the food were excellent. Wouldn't hesitate to go back and with the excellent deal it is great value for money.

CL reviewed City Cafe on 20/02/2008

A good venue with excellent value for money. 4 persons with a bottle of wine on the market menu for about £90.
Slightly slower service than usual -- but all in all, a good experience.

CL reviewed City Cafe on 22/02/2008

Very good value and interesting food on the market menu.

SB reviewed City Cafe on 13/02/2008

A reliableand congenialspot in the gastronomic desert that is Westminster.The lunchtimeprix fixe is excellet value and teh tables are well spaced.

jill Rothwell reviewed City Cafe on 05/03/2008

City Cafe is conveniently located near tate Britian for a post gallery meal. The set menu is excellent value and the guinea fowl warm salad is highly recommended. The innovative Garden menu was a hit with the vegetrian member of the party. Service was excellent - overall highly recommend City Cafe.
JillR

Peggy Jean reviewed City Cafe on 07/02/2008

The City Cafe set lunch is exremely good value at £10 for 2 courses, so it feels churlish to quibble! We both enjoyed our main courses, but each had doubts about our respective starters. It took a while to get our bill, but friendly staff parcelled up the chocs which accompanied our coffees, for me to take home for the family - much appreciated!

SG reviewed City Cafe on 19/04/2008

Surprisingly good food and service. Very friendly atmosphere and attention. Our meals were of a good standard and we were not unnecessarily hurried. Pleasnatly surprised with a very reasonable bill with only 10% service charge. Would definiotely recommend and go again.

KE reviewed City Cafe on 30/08/2008

A comfortable & calm setting in City Cafe. Can't fault the efficient and friendly staff. Being lactose intolerant is never a problem there and if a dish has to be adapted, it's no trouble and is done with flair and imagination. A great place for lunch or dinner after a visit to Tate Britain a few steps away.

Peggy Jean reviewed City Cafe on 29/07/2008

I took a large group to City Cafe for their great value set lunch. The table looked lovely and the Maitre d' was excellent, directing his waiting staff to make sure we had splendid service. I think we'll be back!

phil ferreira-lay reviewed City Cafe on 15/06/2008

Very good meal and again excellent service. Lovely to celbrate Father's Day there

James Jagroo reviewed City Cafe on 02/11/2008

The City cafe was located in the hotel we were staying at which made it even better, but even without this it was great value for money without comprimising on the food. It was an unlimited brunch. Unlimited starters, unlimited mains including from the kitchen orders and unlimited dessert including cheese. Overall left very happy and very full. The roast Beef was great the yorkshire puddings and roast potatoes were ok but everything else was great the best £19.50 your likely to spend on Sunday

JB reviewed City Cafe on 21/08/2008

City Cafe is a great business lunch venue. Vegetarian menu is particularly good and the market menu on offer at the moment is good value. Service is relaxed and the decor is pleasant with very groovy whisk-chandeliers.

CL reviewed City Cafe on 04/03/2008

very good value meal in a pleasant environment and with good service

BB reviewed City Cafe on 22/03/2008

Enjoyed the starters but ordered Moulles Frites for main and wasn't told until it arrived (and after asking) that the 'frites' part wasn't available due to a problem with the fryer! Would have been nice to have known this when ordering so that another option could have been chosen. Moulles salade is just not the same!

JB reviewed City Cafe on 20/02/2008

I booked the city cafe for a business team dinner. It was great in everyway. We had a private area (even though I had not booked this) which gave us privacy, although the whole place is geared up for groups with intimate areas and larger tables separated by screens and plants. The service was attentive but not too pushy, and the food nicely presented with a varied menu which suited our whole group. Definitely will go again. highly recommended

KF reviewed City Cafe on 14/03/2008

We selected the restaurant as it was recomended for having a good vegatrian selection. The food on the menu looked ok but the service was slow and the food when it arrived was bland and cold. I would not recomend this restaurant and will not be going back.

City Cafe Menus

City Cafe Private Dining Menu

Starters

-Jerusalem artichoke and porcini soup
-Thai fish cakes with cucumber relish and chilli dipping sauce
-Bacon and endive salad with poached egg and honey mustard dressing

Main Courses

-Roasted pumpkin and poppadom lasagne with coconut and lime crème fraîche
-Rare peppered salmon with soy and sake sauce
-Noisette of welsh lamb, garlic and canellini cream with roasted aubergine

Desserts

-Citrus fruit parfait with vanilla biscuits
-Black and white chocolate mousse with griotines cherries
-Apple tart, caramel ice cream

-Tea and coffee

City Cafe Christmas Party Menu

Starters

smoked haddock and potato soup, whole grain mustard cream

confit duck rillette, apple and port jelly, lentil and bacon dressing

salmon, smoked trout and cognac parfait, potato and dill waffle

jambon persillade, root vegetable and white bean dressing, pea puree

goats cheese, shallot and red onion tarte tatin, honey and thyme dressing (v)

Main Courses

roast turkey stuffed with chestnut and sage, fondant potato, brussels sprout puree, orange and cranberry compote

scottish beef braised in caledonian 80 shilling, brussels-top colcannon potatoes, herb-crusted baby carrots

roast cod with morteau sausage, celeriac choucroute, new potatoes, red wine and juniper berry butter sauce

grilled sea bream, braised endive with walnuts, celery and grape velouté

winter root vegetable bourguignon, thyme and rosemary brioche dumplings, parsnip crisps (v)

Desserts

traditional plum pudding, brandy sauce

valrhona chocolate tart, chestnut ice cream

maple cheesecake, caramelised pecan ice cream

spiced poached pears, mulled wine sorbet

colston bassett stilton, candied ginger, scottish oatcakes

City Cafe Sample a la carte

Starters

- French onion soup, with salt beef, gruyere rarebit £4.95
- Potted fois gras, celeriac remoulade, granny smith and cress salad, apple puree £7.50
- Super food salad, with seared tuna, beets, tomatoes, blueberries, honey dressing, toasted seeds and micro leaves £5.95
- Paysanne salad, a warm salad of black pudding and duck with mustard dressing,
soft hens egg £7.25

Other starters are available.

Main Courses

- Roast fillet of Cheshire beef rossini, with spinach and morels £21.50
- Char-grilled cumbarian pork cutlet, corned beef and black pudding hash
with a butter poached egg £14.50
- Best end of cumbrian salt marsh lamb, with a rosemary faggot, roast salsify,
pistachios and minted peas £15.95
- Rhug estates organic chicken breast, roasted with smoked sea salt, grilled treviso, thyme and caper dressing £14.50
- Classic smoked haddock fish cake, baby watercress salad, choron sauce and poached egg £13.50

Other main meals are available.

Desserts

A dessert menu is available upon request

City Cafe Private Dining Christmas Menu

Starters

celeriac, apple and chestnut soup (v)

honey roast ham hock and foie gras terrine, fig chutney

king prawn cocktail, pink grapefruit and avocado salsa

Main Courses

roast turkey stuffed with chestnut and sage, fondant potato, brussels sprout puree, orange and cranberry compote

roast rump of buccleuch beef, parmentier forestière, café de paris butter

grilled loch duart salmon, braised baby gem, white bean cassoulet and basil pesto

globe artichoke en croûte stuffed with wild mushrooms and feta, cep confit, truffle mousseline (v)

Desserts

traditional plum pudding, brandy sauce

chocolate, pistachio and almond panforte, spiced cherry sorbet

minted white chocolate ganache

and

coffee and mince pies

City Cafe Private Dining - 'Bowl Food Menu'

Main Courses

-Smoked chicken Caesar salad
-Classic Castelnaudary cassoulet
-Lamb rogan josh
-Pease pudding with poached chicken and ham
-Tuna Nicoise salad
-Moorish seafood and rice prawn or chicken and orange
-Sweet potato curry
-Thai salmon fish cakes with chilli and lime dipping sauce
-Crunchy Asian salad with roasted nuts and soy dressing
-Beetroot risotto with melting mozzarella
-Corn and potato chowder with cheddar cheese fritters
-Singapore noodles
-Salt and pepper tofu with radicchio and endive
-Grilled vegetable kebabs with humous

Desserts

-Sherry trifle
-Grape fritters with cinnamon crème fraîche
-Rhubarb and orange compote with ginger biscuits
-Steamed chocolate pudding with orange anglaise

City Cafe Sunday Lunch buffet menu

Starters

-Seared tuna with 5 spice and wasabi
-Classic waldorf salad
-Crunchy Asian salad, roast cashews, peanuts, soy dressing
-Caesar salad
-Smoked Loch Fyne salmon, halibut and mackerel with horseradish
-Charcuterie with gherkins and silverskins
-Mixed leaf and cress salad
-Plum tomato, red onion and Mozzarella salad
-Rosemary marinated chargrilled vegetables
-Atlantic prawn and lime cocktail
-Tzatziki, guacamole

Main Courses

Hot
-Cumberland sausages and mashed potatoes, onion gravy
-Roasted rib of Buccleuch beef with roast potatoes and horseradish sauce
-Traditional herb roasted maize fed chicken with roast potatoes and market vegetables
From the kitchen
-Eggs benedict
-Eggs Florentine
-Omlette of your choice (tomato, cheese and bacon)
-Smoked haddock kedgere
-Smoked Scottish salmon and scrambled eggs
-Grilled flat mushrooms, minute steak, back bacon, Cumberland sausages, grilled tomatoes and fried eggs with bubble and squeak
-Roast Mediterranean vegetables with smoked Mozzarella

Desserts

-Selection of Neal's Yard cheeses with quince jelly and medjool dates
-Peanut butter cheesecake
-Red fruit jellywith blueberries and raspberries
-Dark chocolate torte with raspberries
-Lemon tart and creme fraiche
-Fresh fruit salad

City Cafe Garden menu

Starters

Poppy seed mille feuille with courgette, ricotta and basil - £5.50
Beetroot risotto with melting Mozzarella - £7.75
Crunchy Asian salad, roasted cashews and peanuts, soy dressing - £6.25
Buffalo Mozzarella with balsamic roasted red onions and sweet peppers - £7.25
Rocket and endive with parmesan and pink grapefruit salad, spring onion flat bread - £7.95

Main Courses

Spaghettini with tomato, chilli, parsley, garlic and spring onion - £9.50
Baked Scamorza with roast aubergine, tomato and black olives - £10.50
Gnocchi with wild mushrooms, garden peas, braod beans and rocket pesto - £10.75
Spanish omlette, garden salad - £10.25
North African aubergine ragout, tomato and date chutney - £11.25

Desserts

A dessert menu is available upon request

City Cafe Drinks only

Main Courses

Bottle of beer - £3.50
Glass house wine - £3.50
Bottle house wine - £13.95
Cocktail - £6.75
Spirit & mixer - £6
Glass champagne - £8
Bottle water - £2.25

City Cafe Canapes

Main Courses

-Peppered beef with roasted red onions and Roquefort
-Crostini with pancetta and chicken liver
-Peking duck with hoi sin and spring onions
-Roast beef and horseradish vegetable rolls
-Foie gras and ginger bread
-Seared tuna on a parmesan crisp
-Salt and pepper squid with chilli jam
-Scallops and mango spring rolls, tangy paw paw salsa
-Mini crab cocktail tartlet
-Asparagus wrapped in smoked salmon and lemon
-Quails eggs and cucumber with keta mayonnaise
-Toasted sour dough crostini with acorn squash, red peppers and pecorino
-Baked goat's cheese with Provençale salad
-Grilled vegetable kebabs with humous
-Chilled gazpacho, basil oil
-Vietnamese rice paper wrap with tofu, roasted nuts and summer vegetables
-Olive and chilli popcorn
-Onion bhaji with raita
-Piquillo peppers stuffed with goat's cheese and black olives
-Quince jelly and manchego triple deckers

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