A short menu, written every morning
Eleanor Pryce opened Lantern Table Kitchen on Lantern Row to cook a handful of dishes well, from scratch and with the seasons, and to put an honest price beside every one of them. Here is how the kitchen runs, and what it has chosen not to do.
How a day in the kitchen unfolds
- 01 Welcome
- 02 Method
- 03 What to expect
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Act 01
Welcome
We are one warm room of twenty-six seats on Lantern Row, with a counter down one side and a long table for ten at the back. There is no reservation book for everyday visits: the door opens at eight, you take whichever seat is free, and the day’s lunch plate is chalked up by eleven. Only the long table is held in advance, and always confirmed in writing.
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Act 02
Method
We buy from the market first and write the menu second. Nadia bakes the pastry counter before dawn, Tomás writes one lunch plate each morning around the week’s produce, and one pot of soup goes on while the ovens are still warm. Cooking this way means you read a real description of one dish rather than a long menu of things that might not be there. Every price is on the menu: breakfast, lunch and soup are fixed, pastries and coffee start from a set figure, and the long table is quoted in writing. No service charge is ever added at the table.
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Act 03
What to expect
Expect us to tell you what has sold out. The soup ends when the pot is empty and the pastry counter thins out after two, and we will say so rather than quietly swap in something else at the same price. Allergy questions, access needs and group sizes are best sent ahead, and Jonah replies in writing during opening hours.
What we hold ourselves to
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Honest prices
Every dish has its price beside it. A “from” price is where that item starts, never an opening bid, and the bill carries no surprise charges.
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Fresh, or not at all
The soup sells out some days and the pastries change daily. When something has gone, we tell you, rather than serve something lesser at the same price.
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Confirmed in writing
A message to us is an enquiry. A long table or a large order is set aside once one of us has replied with the date, the time and the price.
Planning a gathering with us
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Choose from the menu
Our menu shows what each dish includes and what it costs, including the long table.
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Write to the kitchen
Tell us the date, your group size and anything we should know. A telephone number is optional.
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Hear back from us
We reply during opening hours with the menu, the arrangements and the exact price.
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Your date is held
Once you agree, the long table or your order is set aside and confirmed in writing.
What we have chosen not to do
Good to know
We are closed on Monday and close at 3:00 PM on Sunday, and we do not take orders outside opening hours. There is no delivery, no set banquet menu and no seating plan beyond the long table. The room seats twenty-six, so a group of more than ten cannot sit together at one time. Sending a message is an enquiry; a long table is reserved only when we confirm it in writing.
Contact
Ask us ahead, and arrive ready to eat
Allergies, access needs and group sizes are all easier to sort before you arrive. Write to us and we reply in writing during opening hours.