Located on Leicester Square, in the heart of theatre land, the Hampshire Bar and Restaurant is the ideal place for pre-theatre dinner.
Head chef, Richard Poynter has a lightness of touch. Simple fresh food is his trademark. The popular menu reflects a fusion of modern British, and Mediterranean influences. You'll dine in the contemporary-styled restaurant, which has its own adjacent bar.Two course meal
(choice of a starter and main course or main and dessert)
Starters
Pea and ham hock soup
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Caesar salad with cos lettuce and Irish Regato cheese (V) served with or without anchovy
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Grilled Ragstone goat's cheese on walnut bread with watercress, celery and radish and a hazelnut dressing
Main course
Half spring chicken with chips and hollandaise sauce
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Grilled calves liver and mash with crispy Sprotts Farm bacon
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Lemon sole fillet, caper butter and mashed potatoes
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Puff pastry case filled with asparagus,wilted spinach, jersey royal potatoes and served with tarragon sauce (V)
Dessert
Chocolate tart and chocolate mousse with chocolate ice cream
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Mango cheesecake
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Apple pie and ice cream
One of London's larger theatres, the Piccadilly has been the home of several West End firsts: Henry Fonda made his stage debut here and, in its incarnation as a cinema, it premiered the first talking picture to be shown in Britain, Al Jolson's The Singing Fool. From Sir Ian McKellen to Dame Edna, many famous faces have performed here over the years giving this theatre a reputation that hopefully will not be tarnished by its recent hop on the back-catalogue bandwagon with Jailhouse Rock.