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Introduction
The first Polpo opened on Beak Street in September 2009. It is a lovely and remarkable coincidence that the building was once home to the Venetian painter Canaletto. There is a blue plaque on the wall to commemorate this. Polpo is a bà caro. This is a Venetian word to describe a humble restaurant serving simple food and good, young local wines.
Polpo has received the Michelin Guide's Bib Gourmand for the last two consecutive years and was awarded 2 Rosettes in the AA Guide for Culinary Excellence 2012-2013.
Polpo is open all day. We take reservations for lunch but not in the evening. People often ask us why. Here is why:At lunchtime, our restaurants are mostly business/meeting destinations. Most people come to meet friends or business contacts and need to know that they can have lunch at a specific time, get back to work, go shopping or pick the children up from school.
In the evening, it’s playtime. Things are a lot more relaxed, we turn the music up and the lights down and to preserve the essential informality of the Polpo experience, we don’t take bookings. You simply turn up and we sit you down, on arrival if we can, or shortly afterwards if all the tables are full.
Our bar seats, by the way, are always first-come, first-served. So even if we are fully booked at lunchtime, please do turn up for the (whisper it) best seats in the house.
(If you are a LARGE PARTY (8, 9 or 10) and you absolutely MUST have a reservation in the evening for you and your party, then please remember that Polpo Covent Garden and Polpo Smithfield do take bookings in the evening for large groups. For large bookings call our restaurants directly).
Polpo has received the Michelin Guide's Bib Gourmand for the last two consecutive years and was awarded 2 Rosettes in the AA Guide for Culinary Excellence 2012-2013.
Polpo is open all day. We take reservations for lunch but not in the evening. People often ask us why. Here is why:At lunchtime, our restaurants are mostly business/meeting destinations. Most people come to meet friends or business contacts and need to know that they can have lunch at a specific time, get back to work, go shopping or pick the children up from school.
In the evening, it’s playtime. Things are a lot more relaxed, we turn the music up and the lights down and to preserve the essential informality of the Polpo experience, we don’t take bookings. You simply turn up and we sit you down, on arrival if we can, or shortly afterwards if all the tables are full.
Our bar seats, by the way, are always first-come, first-served. So even if we are fully booked at lunchtime, please do turn up for the (whisper it) best seats in the house.
(If you are a LARGE PARTY (8, 9 or 10) and you absolutely MUST have a reservation in the evening for you and your party, then please remember that Polpo Covent Garden and Polpo Smithfield do take bookings in the evening for large groups. For large bookings call our restaurants directly).
Contact Info
Address:
41 Beak Street
London
W1F 9SB
United Kingdom
London
W1F 9SB
United Kingdom
Tel:
020 7734 4479
Website:
http://www.polpo.co.uk
Offering
- Food and drinks
- Parties and events
Hours of operation
| From | To | From | To | From | To | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | Open | 12:00 | 23:00 | ||||
| Tuesday | Open | 12:00 | 23:00 | ||||
| Wednesday | Open | 12:00 | 23:00 | ||||
| Thursday | Open | 12:00 | 23:00 | ||||
| Friday | Open | 12:00 | 23:00 | ||||
| Saturday | Open | 12:00 | 23:00 | ||||
| Sunday | Open | 12:00 | 16:00 | ||||
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