Post-show diners: sit at its notoriously raucous bar counter. Pre-show eaters: leave as much time as you can to eat – not because it’s not fast, but because it’s fantastic. The unique brand of Mediterranean-Jewish cuisine comes steeped in tradition, tahini and creative flair. The Palomar is always busy, and rightly so. You can walk in, but unless you plan on dining after the show, booking ahead is strongly advised. This underground French restaurant is well-known as the premiere pre- and post-theatre dining spot.Įxpect top-notch service, late evening live jazz, and a good-value (and particularly appetising) set menu.īrasserie Zedel, 20 Sherwood Street, London, W1F 7ED 020 7734 4888 Palomar You don’t even have to leave the building. This spot is ideal for early diners, and even better for late ones, taking orders until 11pm and providing, in the form of the low-lit, sultry Bar Américain, a digestif spot a mere stumble away from the dinner table. Theatre Royal Haymarket Harold Pinter Theatre Criterion Theatre Her Majesty's Theatre Queen's Theatre Gielgud Theatre Prince of Wales Theatre Soho Theatre Leicester Square Theatre Apollo Theatre Sondheim Theatre Lyric Theatre Piccadilly Theatre Brasserie Zedel The city has so many great eateries to show you - so use this list for inspiration to seek out the best places to get a reservation in the vicinity of each of the West End’s 38 theatres, as well as some of the popular venues slightly further afield.īest for. Now, although in-theatre dining has got better across the board over the past few years, some might want to make an evening of it - whether you're visiting London's West End or other parts of the city.įor anyone less familiar with London, we'd hate for you to fall prey to some ubiquitous Italian chain on the way to the show or to end your evening on anything less than a spectacular note. On his acquisition of The Other Palace theatre in Victoria, Lloyd-Webber added a restaurant, The Other Naughty Piglet, and he and his wife Lady Madeleine Lloyd-Webber completed a £60m-refurbishment of the Theatre Royal Drury Lane to include a luxury café and outdoor terrace.Īnd there has never been a better time to plan dinner and a show. Lloyd-Webber has long sought to bring top-quality food into the six West-End theatres he owns.
“Your mind is always thinking about where you are going to get food afterwards, when you’re meant to be focussing on the story,” the former Telegraph restaurant critic and composer said. Net outflows from dim sum funds totalled $800 million in August and September combined, the biggest two-month loss on record, preliminary data estimates by Thomson Reuters Lipper show.According to musical theatre maestro Andrew Lloyd-Webber, there's nothing worse than going to the theatre on an empty stomach. The Chinese currency has lost more than 2 percent against the dollar this year, and many investment banks have revised down their forecasts for the yuan’s performance this year and in 2016.ĭim sum bond issuance has dropped significantly this year with volumes in the first nine months amounting to 139 billion yuan ($21.91 billion), only half that during the same period in 2014, according to Thomson Reuters statistics. Yuan deposits in Hong Kong were 979 billion yuan in August.Īnother issue London faces is that the expectation for steady yuan appreciation that was crucial in boosting Hong Kong’s yuan bond market in the first few years no longer exists. London yuan deposits stood at 20 billion yuan ($3.15 billion) at the end of 2014, down from the mid-year’s 25.4 billion yuan level, but higher than 14.6 billion yuan at the end of 2013, according to City of London data. The yuan deposit pool in London has never seen robust growth momentum and remains much smaller than Hong Kong’s, or even other offshore yuan centres such as Taiwan and Singapore. Lacklustre interest from European investors is partly due to the small yuan deposit pool there, while expectations for the yuan to fall further also weigh on appetites, bankers say. Asian investors accounted for 99 percent of the actual placement of China Construction Bank’s offshore yuan bond and 94 percent of Agricultural Bank of China’s. ones.Īnd for the two issues from Chinese state-owned banks, European participants were almost negligible. The rest were equally split between European and U.S.
“The pricing also showed that the central bank offered some premiums to investors.”īut there wasn’t huge demand from European buyers, as Asian investors took 51 percent of the bonds. “Demand for the PBOC bond was quite strong as the issuer is a special one and there’s no such issuance before,” a debt capital market banker in Hong Kong said.
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