Restaurants Covent Garden

Rules

British cooking on Maiden Lane: game, oysters, pies and puddings, with a dining-room occasion in mind.

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35 Maiden Lane, Covent GardenCovent Garden · £££
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Rules restaurant on Maiden Lane in London, photographed in July 2022

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A choice for an occasion and a traditional British menu. Reserve a table and check the dress and family policies before going.

Our take

Choose Rules for a meal you want to settle into. The published menu makes its direction clear: British dishes with game, seafood and substantial classics. This is a recommendation based on that menu and the restaurant’s information, not a first-hand tasting review.

Service begins at noon every day. The restaurant publishes last reservations at 22:00 Monday–Thursday and Sunday, and last orders at 23:30 Friday–Saturday; these are booking and kitchen cutoffs, not confirmed building closing times. Smart dress is requested, with no shorts or sportswear. Children under ten are not admitted after 19:00. The facade photograph is from 2022.

Practical details last checked 20 Sept 2026

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Rules

35 Maiden Lane, Covent Garden, WC2E 7LB, London

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35 Maiden Lane, Covent Garden

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