Italian restaurant near Woburn WalkBloomsbury's Regency shopping street, Yeats's home and a Bridgerton set, 6 minutes from Fiena

Woburn Walk was designed by Thomas Cubitt in 1822 and is one of the first examples of a pedestrian shopping street of the Regency era. It's named after Woburn Abbey, the main country seat of the Dukes of Bedford, who developed much of Bloomsbury. The street is remarkably well preserved, right down to the black-painted bow-fronted shop windows, and Nos 1 to 9 and 9a are Grade II* listed. Duke's Road, which runs alongside, was built to the same design but open to traffic. Today both sides of the walk have shops, restaurants and a cafe.

From 1895 to 1919, the Irish poet and dramatist W. B. Yeats, later a Nobel Prize winner, lived at what is now 5 Woburn Walk. Across the lane, at No. 6, lived the novelist Dorothy Richardson, from 1905 to 1906; a blue plaque was put up there in May 2015.

If it looks familiar, you may have seen it on screen: Woburn Walk appears in episodes 3 and 4 of the third series of Bridgerton (2024). According to the show's locations leader, the production took over all 16 shop fronts on the walk. Background from Wikipedia's Woburn Walk page.

It's about 430 metres, around 6 minutes on foot (walking route from OpenStreetMap), heading east through the back streets towards Judd Street. It also makes a pleasant, quieter route if you're walking from Euston. Tina, who came to us from Euston, enjoyed the Interesting walk from Euston station as well via the back streets. (Tina, Google review)

Exploring the area? See our posts on The Place on Duke's Road, the Wellcome Collection, Euston, Tavistock Square and St George's Gardens.

Morning: breakfast runs from 08:00 to 14:00, with coffee all day. Try the Fiena English breakfast, the Classic Benedict or the Tiramisu French toast. See breakfast until 2pm.

Lunch: the main menu starts at midday. A Spaghetti carbonara, the Ravioli ricotta & spinach in sage and butter, or a Pizza Margherita make an easy lunch, or sit out on our terrace on Judd Street when the weather's kind.

Evening: the kitchen serves until 22:00 Monday to Saturday and 21:00 on Sunday, with cocktails and Italian wines from the bar. Off to a show nearby? See pre-theatre dinner and the Bloomsbury Theatre.

Guests are often surprised to find us on a quiet street. Celia called us A hidden gem not far from Kings Cross or Euston (Celia, Google review), and Nour wrote: Food was a 10/10, very yummy and filling and delicious. (Nour, Google review)

“the setting was really cosey and enjoyable.”

John, Google review, 2026