The Princess in Shoreditch

[foreignmuck]

Has anyone been there?

Planning to go somewhere nice for my 30th birthday, and considering the Princess.

or has anyone got any other suggestions?

Dont want to go overly expensive (say around £30-40 each), but somewhere unpretentious that has nice, good value, imaginative food with a good atmosphere and suitable for a booking of around 10 or so. Preferably east or central London.

can be modern british, asian-fusion, good italian, french, spanish, anything good really..

[cjd260]

Granted I'm relatively new here (just moved from New York), so maybe I'm missing something better nearby, but I've been to the Princess twice in the last month and I love it. It's probably a little over your price range - I've spent £50 per. both times, although at least 15 of that was wine - but the food is fantastic. Make sure you try the kangaroo, and the cheesecake, oddly enough.

[foreignmuck]

Thanks everyone.
unfortunately the Fox is closed for refurbishment untill the 13th November, so the Princess it is. The menu looked nice.

[loobcom]

The Princess is my local and I have had some good meals there. But it is smokey and very noisey and now, like Simon and wleatherette, I prefer The Fox

[wleatherette]

i would definitely choose the fox over the princess.

[Simon Majumdar]

It's pretty expensive for the quality of cooking you get there. A nice enough space, but the fact that it is open to the downstairs bar makes it noisy and smokey.

The Green on Clerkenwell Green may suit and, The Fox, just down the road from The Princess is infinitely better when it comes to food. The service can be a little bit hit and miss, but it remains my favourite gastropub in London.

I am not sure if Vinoteca has opened its private room downstairs. If it has, you could not do better

S

[Prawn Cocktail]

Been, but not eaten there. It's a pub, but with a nice room upstairs accessed via an old spiral staircase and a hole in the ceiling. Downstairs gets very busy with the after work drinking crowd.