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What to eat in London for Halloween 2023 - best food, events and more

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It's that time of year again, when you can play puntastic bingo (let's see just how many times the word "spooktacular" is used this year), fancy dress is an acceptable thing to have as a dress code for an event and restaurants all get a little ghoulish with their specials. So with that in mind, we've rounded up some of the best specials you'll be able to grab as Halloween approaches and a few ideas for a night out too...

Special dishes & drinks

The Three Cheeses of Eastwick from Big Mamma

Gloria (Shoreditch), Ave Mario (Covent Garden) or Circolo Popolare (Fitzrovia)

This year's Halloween special from Big Mamma is landing at three of their restaurants. It's a Neapolitan pizza topped with pumpkin cream and three cheeses, Mozzarella Fior di Latte, Gorgonzola & Parmigiano, before being finished off with a web of black garlic aioli. On top of that, the crusts are drizzled with datterini tomato reduction.

When: 27-31 October 2023

 

Boo Bao from Dim Sum Terrace

Knightsbridge -  Fourth Floor, Harrods, 87-135 Brompton Rd, London SW1X 7XL

Inside Harrods (which will also have lots of Halloween goodies on sale), Dim Sum Terrace are launching a new monster bao. The Wagyu Bao is a fluffy, steamed and black bao, filled with wagyu beef. They'll also have the Sweet Cyclops - a red cocktail made of gin, muddled blackberries, hibiscus syrup, mure liqueur and lemon juice.

When: 30 October - 5 November 2023

 

The Hocus Pocus burger from Fat Hippo

Shoreditch, Soho

At Fat Hippo, their special burger is the loaded Hocus Pocus. That's a beef patty, American cheese, pork scratchings, tortilla crusted jalapeño poppers, black pudding and bacon crumb, Hippo Hot sauce all topped with lashings of creamy garlic mayo, as they say "to keep the vampires away". Their cheese balls will also become charcoal-coated "Black Cheese Balls" for the season. 

When: 4-31 October 2023

 

Ghoulish Graveyard Waffle at Creams

All locations

We find ourselves loving the liberal use of jelly "worms" in the Creams Halloween special. This waffle comes with blood-red strawberry and milk chocolate sauce, covered with dark chocolate ‘dirt’ plus those jelly worms, and with a meringue ghost plonked on top. 

When: 23 October – 31 October 2023

 

Halloween doughnuts at Donutelier

Halloween doughnuts at Donutelier

Covent Garden - 48-50, Charing Cross Rd, London WC2H 0BB

The relatively new "doughnut atelier" (near Leicester Square) has three special doughnuts for the season which include the Pumpkin Cackle Crumble (Pumpkin spiced ganache, macaron crumbs, spiced crumble, chantilly cream and an almond sable).

When: Throughout October 2023

 

Vampire iced buns at Anya Café

Vampire iced buns at Anya Café

Belgravia - 9 Pont St, London SW1X 9EJ

Any Hindmarch's cafe has put on some special limited-edition vampire iced buns. They're a soft milk roll, hand-iced and decorated with a "spooky, blood-soaked vampire". You can have them to eat in or to take away. 

When: Until the end of October 2023

 

Special Halloween (and Day of the Dead) events

Seven Dials Market (Covent Garden, 20 October - 1 November) - Seven Dials Market becomes The Pumpkin Warehouse for the period. There are Halloween specials at all the food vendors, and they'll have special Halloween events for the kids throughout half term too. 

Hiver (Bermondsey, 26 October) - For something different for Halloween, Hiver Taproom is holding its second Sea Shanty night. They're promising beer-swilling, live music, and some "mass-karaoke".

Lio London (Piccadilly, 26-28 October) - Lio London is running Cupid's Curse over the Halloween period, which they say will have a "theme of unrequited love and explore the dark side of romance and seduction." Dinner and a show are included here as well as late night tickets. 

Sushisamba (City, 26-28 October) - Sushisamba's True Hallucinations parties are promising bohemian psychedelic visuals, mind-bending performances, crystal caves, special guest DJs and mystical hand-brewed cocktails.

Park Row (Soho, 27 October) - For the second year, Park Row's theme is around the Batman story The Long Halloween. They'll have special cocktails, DJs, and dancing in Gotham City all night. 

Park Chinois (Mayfair, 27, 28, 31 October) - Here they're having a series of Twisted Fortune parties, featuring immersive acts, crystal balls, tarot cards and black candles to set the mood (as well as special cocktails for the events). 

MEATliquor (multiple locations, 27-31 October) - If you head to any of the MEATliquor sites in fancy dress this Halloween, they'll give you six of their Impossible nuggets for free.

Big Penny Social (Walthamstow, 28 October) - The Walthamstow spot is having a Halloween party all night long with one-off Halloween cocktails and food and drink specials, live music, and a free cocktail with entry. On top of this they'll have a Halloween pub quiz on the 31st itself. 

Sexy Fish (Mayfair, 28 October) - The Mayfair restaurant is having a Phantoms of the Deep party, where they say you'll "revel in live performances from mesmerising contortionists and hypnotising fire breathers, whilst indulging in betwitching cocktail creations."

The Standard (King's Cross, 29 October) - They're having a special Halloween version of their Sketch & Spritz  on the Isla terrace where you'll get art tips and be able to draw along. There will be spritzes too, of course.  

Discount Suit Company (Shoreditch, 31 October) - Once again, the bar is bringing back their Jack the Ripper Walks where you'll be guided through the back streets of Whitechapel and Spitalfields and after you're finished get 20% off all cocktails at the bar. 

Yaatra (Westminster, 31 October) - Yaatra is teaming up with Westminster Abbey for a special pre-dinner tour of the crypts followed by a special meal at the restaurant which will kick off with a Dark & Sinister cocktail (Firestation Whisky, passionfruit, lemon, whisky bitters, and egg white, garnished with a charcoal rim). 

Gaucho (Chancery Lane, 31 October) - The Gaucho’s Sour Grapes blind wine-tasting series is back for Halloween with a Which Wine Is Witch special. They're also promising tarot readers on the night. 

Silverleaf (The City, 2 November) - The bar in the Pan Pacific is teaming up with The Lost Explorer Mezcal to celebrate Day of the Dead with special cocktails and a mariachi band. 

El Pastor (Soho, 3 November) - Under El Pastor, they'll be celebrating Dia de Muertos with Mexican DJ and singer Nota Culichi, They say to expect a night of dancing and music with a notable norteña influence, and plenty of saludos to the departed.

Bamboo Mat (Stratford & Leyton, 24-31 October) -  Japanese/Peruvian restaurants Bamboo Mat has a special Halloween set menu starting with wild berry ceviche and finishing with pumpkin chocolate mousse. Come in costume and you'll get a free cocktail.

 

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