Café with a view #6: Madison at One New Change

16 April 2012

Relatively new, and so far surprisingly unknown given its amazing location, is the Madison restaurant and cafe on top of One New Change, completely with great views of St Paul’s Cathedral.

Strictly speaking, there are two venues here: a cafe, currently under refurbishment and with decent views from inside, and also a restaurant/bar, with lovely comfy sofas next to windows and fantastic views.

Although I was there on a sunny weekend during holiday season, there were no other members of the public there (aside from the Peruvian Ambassador, of course*). Also in short supply were any five pound bank notes, resulting in amusing scenes of the (very friendly and helpful) staff searching in turn through their own wallets in an attempt to resupply the cash tills.

The place comes with two added bonuses – a roof terrace viewing platform with great views across London, including of The Shard, and also the lift up to it being a lift with a view too:

Alternatively, especially if you are visiting with young kids at a quiet time, try the escalators with their two-speed accelerating thrills.

You can see all my cafés with view in London here and also in my Foursquare list.

 

* Hello, Mr Fenwick!

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Ian Sheppard
Ian Sheppard

You might also like to try the Crowne Plaza Hotel restaurant in Shoreditch High Street. The view is extensive though not particularly beautiful. http://www.crowneplaza.com/hotels/gb/en/london/lonsd/hoteldetail

Susan Henderson
Susan Henderson

Ian, I sent an email to your hillfoot.org address but it bounced. I'm Jean McGregor Henderson's stepdaughter. Jean gave me your letter of 16 Dec 2010, on Christmas Day in 2010, so I could respond for her by email (she and my dad, Oswald, don't use the Internet. I put the letter in a safe place--so safe that I only just found it this evening. I cc'd Anthony, so I expect that he will forward the email to you. If not, you can find my email address on my Facebook info page. Warmest wishes, Susan Henderson, Berkeley, CA

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  1. Café with a view #8: Portrait Restaurant, National Portrait Gallery | Mark Pack says:
    August 1, 2012 at 4:50 pm

    [...] views which give you a familiar scene from an unusual angle or height. Just as part of the charm of Madison at One New Change is the sight of St Paul’s from a different angle, so with the National Portrait [...]

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