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Duchess Theatre · Catherine Street
Dinner before The Play That Goes Wrong
The closest places to the Duchess that get you fed and out in about an hour, what to order so the kitchen is fast, and a Book button for the right night. Sit down 90 minutes before curtain.
Sit down at 6pm, pay by 7:05pm, in your seat for the 7:30pm curtain.
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Café Murano Covent Garden
Order fast: Spring lamb spezzatino, or fregola with mussels and clams
Angela Hartnett's relaxed Italian, round the corner from the Lyceum.
Set menu: Two courses £30, three £35, Monday-Saturday 5-7pm
From Hot Dinners' pre-theatre menus, May 2026. Photo like it: cyclonebill, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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Balthazar
Order fast: Steak frites
The London twin of the New York brasserie, a few steps from Drury Lane and the Lyceum.
Set menu: Set menu two courses £24.50, three £27.50, Monday-Friday 12-5pm and from 8pm, Sunday from 5pm
From Hot Dinners' pre-theatre menus, May 2026. Photo like it: Willis Lam, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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Joe Allen
Order fast: Baby back ribs or sausages and mash, then New York cheesecake
The London twin of the Broadway canteen, behind a plaque off the Strand. Theatre posters everywhere, made for a quick dinner or a late one.
Photo like it: edseloh, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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Twenty8 Nomad
Order fast: The two-course set
A triple-height room inside the old Bow Street Magistrates' Court.
Set menu: Two courses £35, daily 4-6pm
From Hot Dinners' pre-theatre menus, May 2026. Photo like it: Jon Mountjoy, CC BY 2.0.
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Poon's
Order fast: Three dishes and soup
Amy Poon's revival of her family's restaurant, in a beautiful room at Somerset House.
Set menu: Three dishes and soup £35, daily until 6pm
From Hot Dinners' pre-theatre menus, May 2026.
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