Italian restaurant near Queen Square, Bloomsbury
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Read the storyNegroni to espresso martinithe Fiena cocktail list
By evening, the coffee machine at Fiena hands over to the green marble bar, and the cocktail list gets to work. The negroni, gin, Campari, sweet vermouth, is the house handshake; the espresso martini, built on fresh espresso from the same beans we pour all day, is the bridge between our cafe mornings and bar evenings in King's Cross.
Classics, kept honest
Margarita on Tequila Ocho, classic or spicy. Old fashioned and whiskey sour on Buffalo Trace. Bramble, cosmopolitan, French 47 and the pornstar martini fill out a list that reviewers call creative without losing the classics. Every cocktail is a proper 50ml pour.
Stay for dinner
The kitchen runs until close, so a negroni slides naturally into pasta, pizza or the grill. Dinner reservations are recommended, walk-ins always welcome when there is space.
Fiena, 4 Medway Court, Judd Street, minutes from King's Cross and St Pancras. Book a table.
Visit Fiena
Book a table on Judd Street.
Breakfast from 8am, the full Italian menu from midday. Walk-ins are always welcome whenever we have space.
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