Bill's - Holborn

Bill's Holborn, on Kingsway, is in a building that was originally designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens in 1907, and we were determined to restore the building to a state of glory. It is packed with extraordinary detail, including three atriums, a winding wrought iron staircase and banister leading to a balcony, which has further seating as well a great view of the restaurant below, and some beautiful wood panelling. With seating across two floors, a small outdoor area and a private function room for 15 or so guests, there's plenty of space. There's also a soft seating bar area at the front, looking on to Kingsway. The restaurant is just a stroll away from Covent Garden and the area's many theatres and is popular for after-work drinks and light pre-theatre suppers, as well as throughout the day, from breakfast and beyond. Bill Collison, founder of Bill's, opened the first Bill's in Lewes, East Sussex, in 2001. Built on the same site where Bill had been running a successful greengrocery for several years, Bill's Café & Produce Store, as it was then known, was an instant success. The aim was to make a place that was colourful and exuberant, with dishes that were really tasty and also made you smile, that put every day and unusual seasonal ingredients together and gave everyone lots of ideas to take home with them. The team at Bill's baked, cooked and served deliciously different food, hung skeins of raffia from the ceiling, stacked towers of produce for people to buy and hired lively, enthusiastic staff to look after their customers. They wanted Bill's to be somewhere that really celebrated food and was welcoming to everyone, a place that felt like the next best thing to home. Breakfast at Bills is a great way to start your day; from a humble bacon or sausage sandwich to a bells-and-whistles super classic great British breakfast. Weekends are a different story, time to kick back and turn breakfast into brunch, complete with newspapers, freshly squeezed orange juice and plenty of tea or coffee.