Bleeding Heart Bistro

London, United Kingdom

3

3 reviews

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+44 20 7242 8238
Website:
www.bleedingheart.co.uk
Address:
Bleeding Heart Yard Off Greville Street, London, United Kingdom, EC1N 8SJ
Farringdon
Nearby public transportation stops & stations:
390 ftCharterhouse Street
470 ftFarringdon Station
590 ftFarringdon
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Local time (London) 07:22 Tuesday, 3 June 2025

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Description

Specialties

French cuisine, fine dining, private dining, events, weddings, wine

History

Established in 1983.

Bleeding Heart yard takes its name from the notorious murder of the 17th Century society hostess Lady Elizabeth Hatton. The widowed daughter-​in-​law of Sir Christopher Hatton, (one-​time «dancing master» to Queen Elizabeth 1), Lady Elizabeth was rich, young, and very beautiful: among her many conquests she numbered both the Bishop of Ely and the Spanish Ambassador, Señor Gondomar. Her soirees were legendary. Her invitations much sought-​after.

In 1983, Robert and Robyn Wilson celebrated the history of the Yard by opening Bleeding Heart Wine Bar and Bistro, in the derelict cellars beneath the Yard. 30 years on it has grown to encompass a fine-​dining Restaurant, a Bistro and Terrace, a Tavern Bar and Grill and a selection of handsome private Dining Rooms. It is famed for its often legendary soirees.

Nearby

Near this location:
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Lighting Design Studio
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Felton Communication
2 Bleeding Heart Yard
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SW Jewllery
1st Floor 7 Bleeding Heart Yard
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Chris Gloag Photography
2 Bleeding Heart Yard Clerkenwell
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Terry Benson
2 Bleeding Heart Yard
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B Burnett
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3 reviews of Bleeding Heart Bistro

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Place rating: 2
Pasadena, CA
Restaurant has 3 different venues: Restaurant, Bistro, Tavern. I went to the Bistro with a group of friends. The Bistro seating and menu is less formal and our group sat at a comfortable round table. Service was good and we had a great time (possibly helped along by the stop at the pub earlier). Unfortunately, I thought the seating and service were the high-​points of the place.
Not sure if they named this place Bleeding Heart hoping for some excessively sympathetic reviews of their food, but it won’t work on me. Food was ‘ok’ to ‘blah’ based on my experience:
– ‘ok’ — I had the duck salad to start, which was pretty good.
– ‘blah’ — For my main, I had the pan-​fried skate which was terrible — it didn’t taste fresh at all. The taste of bad fish is now the one memory I’ll have of this place. Kinda like how the smell jagermeister shots at a bar makes me a little queasy remembering the hangover from the last time — funny how food memories stay with you like that.
So Bleeding Heart = Bad Fish in my mind now and forever. Doesn’t mean I won’t ever go back here, as it might have just been bad luck for me that night with the fish — but I definitely won’t have the fish and I might get a little queasy getting in the door.
Place rating: 4
New York, NY
Nice bistro by office. 3 sep restaurants… pub, bistro and fine dinning.
Place rating: 3
London, United Kingdom
I’ve been the subterranean restaurant before and was a big fan (especially as I wasn’t paying) as the underground décor suits rich French foods and complex red wines. Today we went for lunch at the Bistro and had a different but good experience.
The food was standard bistro fare but well done. Lamb steaks, steak haches, etc. etc. Our meal was slightly over shadowed by mistakes; drinks not brought, wine on the bill twice, steaks well done not rare but despite this it was still enjoyable.
In the end whether you like the Bleeding Heart restaurants depends on whether you like the French restaurant experience. You turn up, they speak French to you, you respond clearly indicating that your GSCE French doesn’t enable anything beyond «merci», despite this they perservere, and do they perservere; even when you don’t understand the specials and definitely don’t get their explanations of the food. Some may find this beyond annoying but I quite enjoy it as I find it a transporting experience.