We write 3 menus each day based around the best produce delivered that morning. For lunch there is a short a la carte menu and in the evening a set menu of 4-courses for £35. The Wine Bar menu is available from 6pm with a reduced menu available from 3-6pm.
92-94 Farringdon Road
London EC1R 3EA
Telephone: 0207 278 1452
Dining Room
Monday – Saturday
12–3pm, 6–10.30pm
Wine Bar & Shop
Monday – Saturday
12–midnight
(reduced menu 3-6pm)
The Quality Chop House is a Dining Room, Wine Bar and Wine Shop on Farringdon Road just around the corner from Exmouth Market. We take reservations for the Dining Room in the evening but not in the Wine Bar. At lunch we take reservations on both sides but there are always a few tables left for walk-ins.
The Quality Chop House has been an eating house since 1869. The designer, Rowland Plumbe, wanted to create utilitarian spaces for the masses that had a touch of glamour. The Chop House was the only restaurant he designed and soon became hugely popular – local residents and London’s literary elite shared its trademark booths and enjoyed "a plate of meat, bread and half a pint of ale for six pence".
The menu has changed but the spirit has not.
Book
EVENING BOOKINGS
Please be aware that, in the evening, for bookings up to 4 guests we will require the table back after 2 hours and 2 1/2 hours for 5 guests or more. This will give you ample time to enjoy our set menu and won't leave you feeling rushed but we do like to let people know.
TABLES OF TWO
Please note if you are a two, you may be sharing one of our large booths in our listed dining room with another 2 (they are built for 6, so it is not a squeeze).
We take reservations for both our a la carte lunch menu and also our 4-course supper menu.
Lunch
Our lunch menu is offered in both the Dining Room & Wine Bar. Bookings available.
Dinner
In the Dining Room we offer a fixed 4-course daily changing supper menu for £35. Please let us know if you or your guests have any dietary requirements when booking so that we can best provide alternatives before your arrival. Bookings essential.
If you are interested in a table for more than 6 we have a Private Dining Room that seats up to 10. A feasting menu is available. For more information please give us a call.
Wine Bar
In the evening we offer a list menu. We do not take bookings, so just pop along when you like.
Our Menus
Dining Room
Our Grade-II listed dining room is still configured to its original design.
At lunch we offer a short a la carte menu. It can be as brief or as long as you’d like.
In the evening, we want to feed you. A daily changing set menu of 4 courses for £35 is designed as a feast celebrating the finest (usually British) produce we can find. We can, of course, cater to any dietary requirements.
Reservations are taken for both lunch and dinner.
Wine bar
A different space and a different menu. On the shelf you will see the wines you can choose from, above it a blackboard showing the day's menu. We always have charcuterie, cheese and some small plates to get you started as well as a few bigger dishes for something more substantial. We do not take reservations in the wine bar.
Every lunch, we offer a hot take-away sandwich for £4.50.
Wines
THE WINES
We have around 90 wines which we feel reflect the world’s most interesting wine regions and styles - old, new, established, iconoclastic, white, red, pink, orange... We do not have a specific focus and we are a broad church.
At the lower end of the list our wines have been sourced from small producers and lesser well-known importers. At the top we hope to represent some of the world’s best wines and winemakers at very good prices.
WINE SHOP
We were inspired by European wine shops where you choose your bottle and then pay a ‘cork fee’ to enjoy it there and then.
All our wines have a shop price and we add £10, for you to enjoy them with us here. You can buy to take away, buy to drink in or buy to do both (have a glass or 2 and take the rest home).
There are lots of comparative bargains to be had and in the lower end we hope you will find things which are a bit more interesting than usual. Every so often, we will write about new wines and why we like certain wines here.
Upstairs
For tastings, feastings and meetings. This room can sit up to 12 and is a very worthy venue for your feast.
You can have our 'Feasting Menu' or the night's Dining Room set menu may also be available.
For more details please email info@thequalitychophouse.com
Contact
92-94 Farringdon Road
London EC1R 3EA
020 7278 1452
Dining Room
Monday – Saturday
12–3pm, 6–10.30pm
Wine Bar & Shop
Monday – Saturday
12–midnight
(reduced menu 3-6pm)
For private room enquiries
info@thequalitychophouse.com
For press enquiries
press@thequalitychophouse.com
For jobs
jobs@thequalitychophouse.com
We are located on Farringdon Road just around the corner from Exmouth Market.
Our nearest tube is Farringdon, which is an appetite-inducing 5–10 minute walk up Farringdon Road towards Kings Cross.
For a map of how to get to us from Farringdon station please click here
Alternatively, Chancery Lane and Kings Cross are both a 10–15 minute walk away.
The easiest way to reach us from central London may well be by bus. The 19 and 38 both stop off around the corner on Exmouth Market and the 63 goes past our front door.