George and Vulture in City of London

Fantastic food in olde world setting. where Dickins wrote the Pickwick Papers.

Bit of old London with wholesome traditional English fayre. You can imagine Dickens creating his literary characters whilst eating here. Food and service are excellent and always a joy for me when I visit. Highly recommend

This used to be a firm favourite with fantastic long serving staff. However, today we had a rude and inpatient waiter. Table was for 2pm for 6 gents, pate starter was cheap supermarket stuff served on standard supermarket brown toast. Sausage and mash was ok but these days customers expect a quality product which this sadly lacked.Some of our table chose the cheese board which came with grapes frozen solid like a stone. When asking the waiter why he simply said that's how we serve them here.Such a disappointing experience which clearly demonstrated this is a used to be place that has unfortunately slipped down a very slippery slope to it's own fate.

A unique and fasinatng step into the past with little cubby rooms and alcoves, this place has thankfully not been poshed up. Comfy and cosy with a lovely jolly atmosphere and delightful friendly staff. There were regulars there enjoying their roast beef dinners.The food is plain English fair as expected in an old fashioned Chop House, proper big boys meaty nosh with a couple of veggie or fish dishes, first class jam and sponge pud and excellent organic pale ale. #Very satisfying comfort food indeed.

Not easy to find (caused a cabbie to panic when we asked for St. Michael’s Alley) years ago. Dickens fans so this pub is not to be missed (tradition that he wrote in one of the booths!. Order the traditional dishes. Orig est in 1470, merged got final name in 1600.

This is / was (?) one of those city institutional restaurants that was a favourite back in the day by a number of the financiers from the left side of bank station or the lloyds underwriters / brokers from the right side of bank station.Generally always packed at lunch time and serving generous and heavy british style dishes and with a lot of 'meat' involved. Fairly decent wine list and with a range of prices - on each of the times visiting it has always been as a guest of a client and it has always involved heavy red wines and port. Many years back it was the port that was drunk first ..... usually you'll have a starter and meat main course and then a number of side dishes of vegetables etc etc that you'll share ......... deserts / cheese after and depending on when the sticky toffee pudding or bread pudding were good but extremely heavy portions. Back in the day this was a location you were entertaining at or entertained at and generally made it an 'all afternooner'The recent visit i made as a guest had a gap of a few years between ( i forget the prior visit year ) and though i enjoyed, probably more due to the company of people i was with, i didn't find the food as provoking and interesting as in the 'years gone by' - perhaps i put that down to having moved on in life....But still a worth while visit and it still attracts its regulars - rustic charm, style, food and serving style : though it is good to see it still retains at least a mild element of its prior charm and hasn't become another overly decorated restaurantI've never found the pricing to be anything except what you'd expect to pay in this area for lunch and vino - vino depending on what your taste is ....

Interesting yet small English restaurant offering Traditional fayre such as Roast Dinner, Sausage & Mash and Steak & Kidney Pie. Good selection of wine and bottled beer from the Samuel Smith brewery. The restaurant looks like it was built in a pre-Victorian age so it is great for a first time visitor to London. The food and drink prices are at the higher end for pub food and the service could have been a bit more friendly. Otherwise the food is of a high quality and is very tasty.

Nice old decour inside but it should be stated this is a restaurant and not a pub so you can't just order a drink. The service was poor and the price is through the roof! Me and a friend did this as part of the Sam Smith trail and were horrified at the prices. They even charged 1.50 each for the bread rolls we had. It was around £20 for a mixed grill that didnt even include chips and the portion size was that of a kids meal. They didnt sell draught pints so it was bottles only. £6.50 for a bottle of porter was considerably more than the usual sam smiths pubs prices (although everything was!). Would have been nice to get up and look at the decour but being a restaurant you can't just get up and wander around.

A classic and charming chop house in the heart of The City. Smart service and traditional grub completed by a solid choice of wine and fine ales. I've no idea how long it's been around but it feels like a real institution. Hard to find but well worth the effort.

An incredible find. The food was very good and I would recommend their Barnsley Chop. The service staff are great characters and the menu is the best of boys food. The restaurant has amazing character and their wine list is extensive (choice of red or white)!