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Gillian Lynne Theatre · Drury Lane

Dinner before My Neighbour Totoro

The closest places to the Gillian Lynne 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.

Gillian Lynne Theatre
Now playingMy Neighbour TotoroUntil Jan 8, 2027
Gillian Lynne Theatre · Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Sit down at 6pm, pay by 7:05pm, in your seat for the 7:30pm curtain.

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Town

2 min walk · Modern British · 26-29 Drury Lane

Order fast: The woodland pork collar

Stevie Parle's good-looking room on Drury Lane, cooking British produce.

Set menu: Quick Dinner: two courses £29, three £34, every day

From Hot Dinners' pre-theatre menus, May 2026. Photo like it: Mtaylor848, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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Twenty8 Nomad

4 min walk · London-New York brasserie · 28 Bow St

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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Sushisamba Covent Garden

6 min walk · Japanese-Brazilian-Peruvian · The Opera Terrace

Order fast: The three-course set

Up on the Opera Terrace over the Covent Garden piazza.

Set menu: Three courses £29.50, daily 12-6pm and after 9pm

From Hot Dinners' pre-theatre menus, May 2026. Photo like it: Wilfredor, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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The Delaunay

7 min walk · Viennese grand café · 55 Aldwych

Order fast: The schnitzel

A grand café on Aldwych, steps from the Aldwych and Novello theatres.

Set menu: Three courses and a drink £29.50, all the time

From Hot Dinners' pre-theatre menus, May 2026. Photo like it: Willis Lam, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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Romano's

9 min walk · British prix fixe · 100 Strand

Order fast: The prix fixe, and a quick martini in the bar first

Jeremy King's second room at Simpson's in the Strand, and the best-value set menu near the Strand and Aldwych theatres.

Set menu: Two courses £21, three £24.75, all day, every day

From Hot Dinners' pre-theatre menus, May 2026. Photo like it: Jonas Nordström, CC BY 2.0.

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