The Lady Ottoline - Menu

The beef: moist and tender but with some unpleasant gristly bits and cooked without a trace of pinkness. Personal choice I know, but roast beef to me is at its most glorious when rare.

This pub is quite lovely. It is likely the best within a one-mile radius. The decor is typical of a pub, but with a touch of charm and a very pleasant atmosphere. The service is efficient and friendly. They offer the usual selection of beers and a delicious Negroni that I highly recommend to all patrons.

Situated on Gray's Inn Road, The Lady Ottoline serves refined yet traditional British cuisine. Although the menu may appear simple at first glance, all dishes are expertly prepared with high-quality ingredients. Don't hesitate to try the ham-hock croquette and crispy boar ears as starters, as they are simply delicious.

Sunday lunch holds different meanings for different people. For me, it was a time spent with my grandparents, a day of relaxation and family catch-ups. My mother would finally have a break from cooking after a busy week, and Sunday dinner became a healing experience for all of us thanks to my grandparents taking over the meal preparation.

A nice and quite pub, located in one of the best neighbourhoods in London. I have been there a few times and the food was always great, I have to say, the best pub food I have tried. My personal favourite is the steak and the chunky hand cut chips. Don't forget to get a dessert! Staff was friendly and the waiter pick a wine for us that really suited our dinner. Last and funny enough, I like the character details downstairs, in the restroom :

An invitation to review the Lady Ottoline in Bloomsbury coincided with a planned meeting with Tracey from Fighting Fifty who joined me for lunch, a catch-up and a bit of a gossip. And, she arrived first, so when I finally found the pub and dining room she was already installed upstairs waiting for me. The original Lady Ottoline appears to have been something of a character who had multiple affairs with the likes of Bertrand Russell and Dora Carrington. A member of the Bloomsbury Set, her friends included Virginia Woolf, WB Yeats and TS Elliot. The eponymous pub is perhaps a little more reserved in style with muted painted walls, framed sepia tinted photos and stripped wooden...read more

Lady Ottoline Violet Anne Morrell was a society hostess amongst the Bloomsbury Group in Edwardian London, she was housed in the nearby Bedford Square, and was quite a character with a fruitful personal life so it only seems fitting her name is kept alive in this charming old Victorian gastropub. It was reopened in 2011 where it had been through quite a makeover from an old man boozer to now a very sophisticated drinking and dining establishment, where they have managed to maintain its pubiness with a good mixture of fine dining. The exposed brick work, simple wooden tables complemented with candles and the many black and white photos of the said Lady Ottoline create a warm and...read more

I found The Lady Ottoline quite by accident... I happened to pass by it on the way to a friends place. ..This was around the time that they had just opened. ..The food was different then, delicious pub food. Now it seems, they have completely changed their menu and made it into more of a gastro-pub kind of concept... I don't think that the dishes I mention are even on the menu anymore. .. I had a delicious starter of cippolini onions and spinach in cream sauce stuffed in puff pastry, folled by jucy, tender sausages with mash. I had sticky toffee pudding for dessert which was superb. The Lady Ottoline is a beautiful pub, tucked away in a quiet lane just off Grays Inn Road. ..It's a...read mor...

We came here just before the new year for a Christmas lunch and were delighted with the quality of service and food served at this place. Having booked for a table of 8, we sat upstairs by the cobbled wall. The pub smelt of old times with a real fireplace and a festive atmosphere Despite the optional Xmas menu, we went for the classic lunch menu as the food was said to be outstanding. I ordered a lobster, shrimp and avocado starter, which was delicate and quite upmarket (even for a gastropub), and the Hereford 8oz sirloin steak with chips and broccoli for my main I'm not exaggerating when I say that this was probably the tastiest steak I've had all year. It was cooked medium rare and...read...