Best places to eat along the Thames
 

Am looking for recommendations of great places to eat with a view of the Thames. How about great walks after dinner along the water?

For views you could try the Oxo Tower restaurant, here's a review with info..... www.viewlondon.co.uk/review_417.html

or search Oxo here ....
www.restaurant-guide.com

The view from the Tate Modern gallery restaurant on the top floor, is pretty good. Opposite St Pauls Cathedral.

You walk along a great deal of the south bank of the Thames, as we did a few weeks back, walked from Westminster Bridge (Big Ben) to Tower Bridge and beyond.

More or less opposite St Pauls Cathedral are the Anchor (as in Mission Impossible), and the Globe Theatre, with two riverside restaurants. Then you have five minutes Bankside walk to the Oxo Tower, with two restaurants, the Tate modern, and the Founders Arms. Then ten minutes to the South Bank Centre, where the National Theatre and National Film Theatre have a restaurant each, and the and Festival Hall has two. Ten minutes walk, past Waterloo Bridge, still on the south side, is the simple self service restaurant of St Thomas Hospital, straight across from Parliament.

I eat only at the cheaper places, Founders Arms, National Film Theatre, Festival Hall, and St Thomas. Each offers good value and fine views.

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Ben has pretty much covered it in central London - from east to west the main ones would be: Blue Print Cafe, the Anchor, the Globe (x 2) , the Tate (x 2), OXO tower (x 2), People Palace and others in the South Bank Arts center (x 4).

The best views are from the outside deck at the Anchor, both venues at the Globe, the top floor of the Tate, and the People Palace.

On the North bank there are a couple of permanently moored boats that have pubs/restaurants.

If you go farther up river there are several waterside places between Putney and Richmond.

Way down river there are some neat old riverside pubs including the Angel Mayflower, and the Trafalgar Tavern.

If you want an dining experience, instead of pub grub, try the River cafe

But for pub grub, the Prospect of Whitby is great!

For a country-style view, look at Petersham Hotel's website - very nice dining room with lovely views of the Petersham Meadows. Or for cheaper - The Roebuck pub at the top of Richmond Hill - but view is more over the road from pub itself.

Many thanks to everyone! We're planning to ride the London Eye on a Tuesday at dusk and then walking along the water and would like to head to a restaurant from there. Are all the restaurants mentioned here open late? From the review at www.viewlondon.co.uk/review_417.html, it sounds like you can only reserve tables at the Oxo restaurant (and not the brasserie). This might be important as we only want to eat along the Thames for the view -- and would hate to end up here and not have a window seat. Is it possible to reserve this in advance at any of the places mentioned? Then after dinner, would you recommend walking in the direction of the Millenium Bridge to see this side?

The Pont de la Tour with a view of Tower Bridge, is also right on the Thames. It's very good, but very expensive. There are a few other less expensive places nearby as well. Not sure about walking after dinner at the OXO tower; it's not a very nice area for walking, but its a few years since I was there last.

There is absolutely no problem at all walking near the OXO Tower - daytime or nighttime. That stretch of the Thames has become very popular and is busy with theatre and concert goers, visitors to the Tate, London Eye riders, and strollers.

With the new pedestrian bridges and all the development there is a LOT more activity than when tulips was probably last there.

If you must have a window table then you definitely must book ahead of time at the OXO tower restaurant. If you want to eat in the Brasserie, go late and you can likely get wondow seats. A late dinner - like 9PM would work. You could have drinks in the cocktail lounge while waiting for a window table to open up.