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Vaudeville Theatre · Strand
Dinner before Six
The closest places to the Vaudeville 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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Cora Pearl
Order fast: The set menu, plus the ham and cheese toastie
From the Kitty Fisher's team. They ask your curtain time so you don't miss it.
Set menu: Two courses £32, three £35, 5-6:15pm
From Hot Dinners' pre-theatre menus, May 2026. Photo like it: Blake Handley from Victoria, Canada, CC BY 2.0.
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The Ivy Market Grill
Order fast: The 1917 heritage set menu
The Ivy's Covent Garden spin-off, on the corner of the piazza.
Set menu: Two courses £27.95, three £32.95, Monday-Thursday all day, Friday until 6:30pm
From Hot Dinners' pre-theatre menus, May 2026. Photo like it: blmurch's, CC BY 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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Romano's
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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Sushisamba Covent Garden
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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