The Crusting Pipe

Name: The Crusting Pipe
Address: 27 The Market, London, Covent Garden, WC2E 8BE, UK
Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7836 1415
Rating: 8.5

Restaurant & Bar in Covent Garden

9 / 10 from 2 reviews

Address
27 The Market
Covent Garden
London
WC2E 8BE

Map

Telephone
020 7836 1415

Cuisine
Restaurant & Bar

Region
Covent Garden

Nearest Station
Covent Garden
0.08 miles

Opening Times

Monday	Open 11:00 - Closes 23:00
Tuesday	Open 11:00 - Closes 23:00
Wednesday	Open 11:00 - Closes 23:00
Thursday	Open 11:00 - Closes 00:00
Friday	Open 11:00 - Closes 00:00
Saturday	Open 10:30 - Closes 00:00
Sunday	Open 10:30 - Closes 22:00

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The Crusting Pipe is a bar and restaurant in the heart of Covent Garden serving English cuisine with the option of al fresco dining.

All In London Review

A good central place to meet up with friends for a bottle or two of good value wine..

I would hate to count how many times I have been here – it’s just one of those convenient places where you can sit out on the al fresco tables (which are within the covered area of the market so rain proof) and get yourself a reasonable bottle of wine and enjoy the informal free entertainment – and this varies from opera singers, to dancing string quartets and sextets and on to violin players. All the entertainers do just that – entertain – and good naturedly pass around a hat or basket at the end of their set.

Inside is typical Davy’s wine bar – dark and cellar like with saw dust floors and lots of little brick walled nooks and crannies. Just as a wine bar should be. I haven’t eaten there very often but the menus look ok – grill and salad and some bar snacks. But with all the choice in Covent Garden I think you’d probably do better off just stopping here for a bottle (or two) and moving on to somewhere else for supper or dinner. But it is convenient for the Royal Opera House.

The wines are good value – and I once found them serving the rare but lovely Cloudy Bay New Zealand white – at £8 a glass!

As well as a good central place to meet up with friends, I have also used it as a starting point for group outings – including hen nights. There are always lots of groups here – a few tourists and shoppers but mostly natives. It is particularly lovely at Christmas when the market is decorated to look like something out of a winter wonderland or the snow scenes in The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. It’s a must see.

Reviewed by KimT
Published on Aug 8, 2008

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Although Crusting Pipe is slap bang in the middle of Covent Garden’s Market Building, it’s not as widely known about as it should be. They have a selection of award-winning British cheeses including Stinking Bishop, the Camembert-like Waterloo and semi-hard goat’s cheese Rachel; wines are mostly French or from the New World, and have been chosen by independent winery Davy’s.