A new restaurant located within Nick Jones's St. Clement London hotel, offering Modern European cuisine with Italian influences, led by Head Chef Danny Bohan.
Cafe Clement London is an all-day café and bar located within the new St. Clement hotel by the Thames. Founded by Nick Jones of Soho House, it offers a London brasserie style with French and Italian influences. The restaurant is known for its welcoming, relaxed atmosphere, a lively buzz, and a large open kitchen. It aims to be a defining addition to the London dining scene.
Customers generally praise Cafe Clement for its fantastic vibe, excellent service, and great food. Many highlight the welcoming and relaxed atmosphere, the open kitchen, and the beautiful design. Specific dishes like the sea bass carpaccio, lamb cutlets, and Sorrento tomato salad receive high acclaim. While most reviews are overwhelmingly positive, some feedback suggests that certain dishes can be perceived as 'ordinary' or 'plainish,' and side portions might be ungenerous. Service is consistently described as keen and helpful, and pricing is considered reasonable for a London establishment of its caliber.
Additional Details
Cafe Clement is part of Nick Jones's new St. Clement hotel, located by the Thames. The team behind Cafe Clement also operates 'The Corner Shop' next door, which is also highly recommended by customers. The restaurant is noted for its welcoming touches, such as hosts greeting guests without staring at screens and using a handwritten reservation book.
As an all-day café and bar, Cafe Clement is suitable for visits throughout the day. Reviews suggest a 'cosy evening atmosphere' and recommend sitting at the counter to watch the chefs in action during dinner. Given its popularity, booking in advance is advisable.
5
What a great addition to the London restaurant scene!
From the moment we arrived, everything felt welcoming and relaxed. The hosts were friendly and actually looked up to greet people rather than staring at a screen, checking reservations in a handwritten book instead. It's a small touch, but it made a good first impression
The restaurant has a really nice buzz without having to blast music through the speakers, which is quite rare in central London these days. The large open kitchen brings a lot of energy to the room, and there's loads of natural light that slowly gives way to a cosy evening atmosphere as it gets dark outside.
The menu is easy to read and has something for everyone. My highlights were the sea bass carpaccio and the lamb cutlets, both of which were excellent. The Bellinis are also worth ordering, made with actual peach purée rather than a sugary pre-made mix, which makes all the difference.
A special mention to Avani, who looked after us brilliantly. She knew the menu inside out, gave great recommendations and was genuinely lovely throughout the evening.
I can't wait to come back. If you get the chance, I'd definitely recommend sitting at the counter and watching the chefs in action.
It's already become my new favourite restaurant in London, and judging by how busy it was, I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one.
And if you can't get a reservation, don't worry, the Corner Shop next door, from the same team, is equally fantastic and well worth a visit.
Fantastic vibe, excellent service, great food. Loved the sea bass carpaccio and the lamb cutlets. The roasted duck looked mouthwatering too. This will be one of London's defining restaurants.
Four of us had dinner on 27 July. Our friends arrived before us. When my husband and I arrived we were shown to our table and told that our friends were still having a drink at the bar. We had to ask to join them! The staff served flat champagne to the two of us who ordered it as a pre-dinner drink but the waitress willingly brought us fresh glasses when we expressed disappointment. Table service was absolutely fine.Keen, helpful young people. The food was very ordinary. Maybe the chef would say good quality plainish food well cooked.Three of us had grilled turbot as a main course-which comes with nothing at all, just a piece of grilled fish on the plate. The side dishes that we ordered to go with it were quite ungenerous, especially the lentil portions .The fourth member of our party had the cassoulet , which he enjoyed . The two people who had the cheese souffle as a started really enjoyed it We ordered a bottle of Chablis which was very nice and very reasonable, £80. Overall, the cost of the meal was not bad in comparative London terms - £150 for each of the four of us for two courses each, a bottle of wine plus apertifs. So there were quite a few positives, but no sparkle. But it’s early days and good luck to the operation.
