In The Loop at 100 Wardour Street.

I have so many favourite restaurants in London, different ones for different occasions and different vibes. One of them is 100 Wardour Street. Usually 100 Wardour Street is my go-to place for a girls night, with a fun atmosphere and live music and DJs multiple nights a week. Recently though, I was invited along to review In The Loop, their weekly Wednesday series where lead producers and multiple instrumentalists take you on a musical journey, and decided to use the opportunity to take my boyfriend instead and see whether it’s also a good choice for a date night! Spoiler: it was.

We arrived fairly early as we came straight from work, so were the first ones in the restaurant other than a big group. Arriving early gave us a chance to catch-up on our day before the restaurant got super noisy with the music and throng of other diners. Still keeping to the ‘no alcohol on weekdays’ thing, we chose non-alcoholic cocktails; a virgin pina colada for me, and a virgin passionfruit mojito for him.

At 7pm the musician for the night, Tom Diesel, arrived on stage. Tom plays the saxophone, guitar and keyboard, and spent the evening playing across the three instruments (and varients of them all, so he played the soprano, alto, and tenor saxophone, as well as a bass guitar and electric guitar) which was wildly impressive! He’s able to play all three instruments as part of the same show by using loop pedals to create full arrangements and soundscapes.

Food-wise, after nibbling on the delicious rosemary and tomato focaccia, I started with the Yellowfin tuna with almond and ginger tahini, avocado, and chilli oil, while my boyfriend had the Burrata and tomato salad. Slowly the restaurant filled up until it was absolutely buzzing with people!

We’re both huge fans of the D&D restaurant group who own 100 Wardour Street, and had recently visited Aster in Victoria for a review, and then Le Pont de la Tour for our anniversary dinner. We’d chosen steaks for our mains at both of those, and so it only seemed right to go for the steak option at 100 Wardour Street as well so we could compare!  As well as the Josper grilled rib-eye steak, we also ordered sides of patas bravas and chargrilled tender stem broccoli.

We both fancied a light dessert rather than something rich, so I chose the delicious Vanilla & lemon thyme creme brulee, and my boyfriend opted for the Strawberry pavlova, which was beautiful – it literally looked like a fluffy pink cloud!

Our evening at 100 Wardour Street was the perfect ‘fun’ date night. It was nice going somewhere with a buzzing atmosphere and we loved every minute, and the music and food made it even better!

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Catherine Lux
Catherine Lux

Catherine Lux is a veteran travel blogger by night and the Head of SEO at Havas Media Group by day. Originally from Surrey, she spent four years living in Australia (2007-2009, and 2016-2018), and now lives in London. An ex-party girl sometimes prone to relapses, she loves nothing more than sharing her fine dining and luxury travel experiences with her loyal readers.

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