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Three gallery restaurants
ES Magazine19 Jun 2009
Three of London's finest gallery restaurants for those with arty appetites...
The ICA Bar and Café
The Mall, SW1
(020 7930 8619; ica.org.uk) 
What Taken over by Oliver Peyton last year, the vibrant tiled walls and Formica furniture give this café the air of a grown-up students' union. And the menu follows suit - it's all fishcakes, macaroni cheese and cocktails.
Order Salmon and haddock fishcake with poached egg and spinach.
Cost £20 for three courses without cocktails.
Best time to go Weekday lunch or dinner.
Rating 8/10
Mess, at the Saatchi Gallery
Duke of York's Headquarters, SW3
(020 7730 8135; saatchi-gallery.co.uk)
What Neon art on the walls, massive bronze sculptures between the tables, buckets of croissants and Cumberland sausages - it's Saatchi meets Nigella.
Order The venison carpaccio with truffle dressing.
Cost £25 for three courses without wine.
Best time to go Early dinner after a stroll in the gallery (which closes at 6pm). Rating 8/10
Whitechapel Gallery Dining Room
77-82 Whitechapel High Street, E1
(020 7522 7888; whitechapelgallery.org)
What Following a £13 million renovation, the Gallery has a new dining room. Saunter round the Whitechapel Boys (works by Jewish artists who grew up in the East End) before sampling chef Maria Elia's very British menu.
Order Chargrilled rib eye with radicchio, artichoke and horseradish crème fraîche Cost £30 for three courses without wine.
Best time to go Sunday lunch.
Rating 7/10
