St Barts: The hidden City restaurant looking beyond the British larder

The Toast the City Awards are mere days away, with the great and good of the Square Mile preparing to descend upon Steel Yard for the party of the year. One of the Finalists is the stunning Barts North Wing – but did you know there is also an incredible place to grab lunch after your visit? Carys Sharkey dives into Restaurant St Barts. Walk up from St Paul’s, past the shiny ruins of Bank of America and up to the Smithfield circus, where lawyers and financiers spill out of pubs in the shadow of the market. Head past the drinkers on Cloth Fair and down the narrow Bartholomew’s Passage and back round into Bartholomew Close. Then enter through the wide chocolate-brown door underneath a residential block. Setting foot inside Restaurant St Barts is one of the most discombobulating experiences I’ve had arriving for dinner. There are quicker ways to get there. I missed a turn and had to loop around, but the added chaos of high-summer Thirsty Thursday in the City made the arrival in this