our review
Two years after opening the award-winning Princess of Shoreditch, Scott Hunter and Maria Larsen have opened their second venue, The Lady Ottoline, in Bloomsbury. The Victorian building near Gray's Inn Field has been tastefully restored and now features a ground floor pub and two first floor dining rooms. Head chef Shaun O'Rouke has put together a primarily British menu which includes dishes like smoked venison salad, pink roasted rump of Blackface lamb, and line caught stone bass with ginger beurre blanc.
October 2011
what the critics say
Fay Maschler - 2/5
TimeOut - 4/5
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Visited here last week for after-work birthday drinks with colleagues and friends. The staff are wonderfully friendly and arranged for additional table service for our party, which was superb. The food is outstanding, especially the burger and pork chop. We will have to return to surely the best gastropub in London, without any pretension. Great atmosphere too.
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Syracuse Rising
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Food 9 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 9
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Had lunch here today - was delicious, with great service and a lovely atmosphere. Would recommend heartily for Sunday lunch - roast beef was fantastic.
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Food 9 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 9
Sunday, October 30, 2011
The owners have put a lot of money into turning a nicotine stained back street boozer into a beautifully restored pub and dining room. Having seen the scaffolding come down we ended up there one lunchtime on someone else's expense account. It had been open only a few days and it was good enough that we thought it worth returning and paying our own money 2 weeks later despite Fay Maschler's negativity in reviewing this place (not like you Fay...!)
Service levels and customer numbers were up significantly and I'm guessing that Fay should have waited till kitchen and service had bedded in. No matter - we had a lovely time both visits.
I liked the posh take on pub grub. Varied menu of old faves (steak / fish'n'chips) through to more elegant dishes like the pork belly (with its accompanying cheek and black pudding - pig three ways?) - there was something for everyone. Cracking pub downstairs as well for pre dinner drinks.
A welcome addition to the area.
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MikeF
Overall rating 
Food 8 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 8
Saturday, October 29, 2011
@foodepedia Pretty bright and sticky over here but not as wet as we thought. Enjoy the heatwave!
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