Bowling Bird

Tim Leighton-Boyce

Real gem, tucked away round the back of Barbican Station in quiet lane. Really friendly welcome and great food. They even adapted some of the dishes for the vegetarian in our group, for example dropping the chicken from the blue corn tostada and the chorizo from the girolle mushrooms with apricots and roasted almonds (looked like added chanterelle as well). The steak was seriously good as you might expect on the edge of Smithfield, and the black rice with cardamom which came with the cod was singled out by all of us as very special indeed. The setting felt extremely relaxed and comfortable - not stuffy, but clearly a lot of effort had gone into the room. And, major plus point for me: we could hear each other speak. This was not some echoing minimalist noise box. All in all a great evening for food and conversation. Brilliant!

Juan Castro Varón

This place was really lovely, the food was delicious and the location is amazing, just a couple streets from Barbican or Farringdon. The owner was very patient with us, as we were 6 of us and we couldn’t decide what to eat or drink, and he kindly suggested options and waited for us to decide. The food came quickly and was delicious! The broccoli salad and the fish cake were my favourites.

Jordan Butcher

We had a great time on our recent trip to London and Bowling Bird was one of the reasons why. There was not a single thing on the menu that didn’t look great, the ravioli was top notch. And the deserts, we could’ve had seconds. One of the greatest parts was a team that cared, from the waitress to the management- everyone was great. The most disappointing thing was that we didn’t get to visit twice. Highly recommend!