Opera Tavern
ADDRESS
23 Catherine Street, Covent Garden, London WC2B 5JS
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OPENING TIMES
Mon to Fri Lunch 12noon-3pm, Bar snacks available 3pm-5pm, Mon to Fri Dinner 5pm-11.30pm, Sat 12noon-11.30pm, Sun Lunch 12noon-3pm | Closed Sun evenings
PRICES
Tapas £5.25-£8.50
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The team behind two of London's most successful Spanish restaurants, Salt Yard and Dehesa, have taken over the Opera Tavern in Drury Lane, Covent Garden, and changed the old boozer into a bar with a restaurant upstairs. John Lanchester, writing in The Guardian, reveals that "the porky things here are excellent" and certainly feature prominently on a menu of Italian and Spanish influenced tapas, some of which is cooked over the charcoal grill on the ground floor. Crispy pig's ears (or posh pork scratchings) and mini Iberico pork and foie gras burger are just some of the meaty treats on offer.
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Opening and closing times for Opera Tavern
Monday:
11.00
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23.00
Tuesday:
11.00
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23.00
Wednesday:
11.00
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23.00
Thursday:
11.00
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23.00
Friday:
11.00
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23.00
Saturday:
11.00
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23.00
Sunday:
12.00
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22.30
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Somerset House, Covent Garden, London WC2R | 4 minutes from Opera Tavern
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Somerset House, Covent Garden, London WC2R | 4 minutes from Opera Tavern
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London > Education > Medical Schools
Strand, Covent Garden, London WC2R | 4 minutes from Opera Tavern
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10 Coptic Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1A | 8 minutes from Opera Tavern
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21 Stacey Street, Covent Garden, London WC2H | 8 minutes from Opera Tavern
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36 Drury Lane, Covent Garden, London WC2B | 3 minutes from Opera Tavern
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London > Business > Venue Hire
Somerset House South Wing Strand, Covent Garden, London WC2R | 4 minutes from Opera Tavern
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London > Business > Venue Hire
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London > Business > Venue Hire
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8 John Adam Street, Covent Garden, London WC2N | 5 minutes from Opera Tavern
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