Tucked away in the heart of London, Le Café du Marché has been serving French cuisine to a steady myriad of diners, happy regulars and Francophiles for forty years.

Our regularly changing menu uses the best fresh and seasonal ingredients, featuring daily specials and signature dishes such as La Cote de Boeuf, La Soupe de Poisson and classic French fromages.

We are located down a cobbled mews on the corner of Charterhouse Square, a stones throw from Smithfield Market and a two minute walk from the Elizabeth Line.

Our Menu About Us

opening hours

Our reservation diary is open for bookings from Tuesdays to Saturdays:

Lunch: Tuesday to Friday, 12pm – 2.30pm (kitchen opening hours)

Dinner: Tuesday to Saturday, 6pm – 9.30pm (kitchen opening hours)

We have live piano every evening from 7.30pm, at times accompanied by double bass.

Private Dining

Careers

HISTORY

Founded by the late Charlie Graham-Wood in 1986, we remain an independent, family run restaurant. Housed in a converted warehouse built on the foundations of the coach houses.

“The bare brick walls with little by way of decoration bar vast glass bottles of preserved fruit; the single vintage clock, the wooden warehouse beams. Senior, magnificently Gallic chaps in checked shirts and aprons greet you like old pals when you arrive and remember your coat when you leave. The candlelit romance of the place is intensified by its location, a hidden, cobbled arched mews off Charterhouse Square. It’s all enough to turn the most leathery cynic misty-eyed”

Marina O’Loughlin, The Guardian

An independent French restaurant in Smithfield, London