Before you walk through the door

Go by appetite. The house lunch plate is one generous dish, chalked up by eleven from that morning’s harvest, while the soup is a single pot made from scratch and served until it runs out. Both come with bread from our own oven. Neither is set aside in advance, so if your heart is set on one, come early rather than late.

Seasonal breakfast ($16), the house lunch plate ($19) and soup and bread ($12) are fixed prices. Pastries start at $5 and coffee at $4, with each item priced on the board, and the long table is quoted in writing for your date and group before anything is agreed. No service charge or surprise surcharge is added to the bill, and nothing is paid through this website.

We seat twenty-six, and every seat except the long table is first come, first served. The door opens at eight and the pastry counter is at its fullest in the morning; by two it is thinning out, and we will always tell you what has sold out rather than swap in something else. The room is on one level, flush with the pavement on Lantern Row, with a counter down one side and the long table for ten at the back.

Yes, and it is the only table we hold in advance. It seats ten: send us the date, your headcount and anything the kitchen should know, and Eleanor replies in writing with the date and a quotation. The table is held once that reply has been sent. The other sixteen seats stay open for walk-ins all day.

There is no need: our sixteen everyday seats are walk-in only, so simply come by. The Book buttons open our enquiry form, which we read during opening hours and answer in writing. A message is an enquiry, not a reservation, and a long-table request is confirmed only once our written reply has been sent.

Reply to the email your confirmation came from with the new date, the new headcount or the cancellation, and we confirm the new arrangement in writing. Every change is handled the same way. Messages that arrive outside opening hours are read on the next day we are open, so please send a change for the following morning as early as you can.

Yes, and before a visit is the best time to ask. We make one lunch plate and one soup each day, so there is not always an alternative at the table. Send your question through the contact form and Tomás or Jonah will answer in writing during opening hours; naming the ingredient rather than the diet helps. Our bread, pastry and lunch plate share one oven, which matters if you avoid gluten entirely.

Your enquiry and reply address go only to our team, and the kitchen-notes sign-up keeps just your email address. Neither is used for anything else, sold or passed on. Our Privacy page explains what each form collects, why, how long it is kept and how to have it removed, and every kitchen-notes email carries an unsubscribe link.