Market Hall Victoria: Your guide to the new all-day dining destination

All aboard: Market Hall occupies a building a stone's throw from Victoria station

Market Halls is a light at the end of the tunnel for commuters and worker bees who must enter Victoria station.

This airy, three-storey food hall, in the arcaded bays at Victoria’s Terminus Place — what was previously the nightclub Pacha (RIP sticky floors and mid-Noughties R&B) — opened on Monday and is a pitstop, whether you’re flitting through for a flat white, or lingering late over an espresso martini. This is your guide to all-day dining.

Quick-me-ups

After work treat: Kerbisher & Malt's fish and chips

Head for the homemade, hot salt beef and pastrami sandwiches at Jewish deli Monty’s. Meanwhile, the wraps at Stoke Newington export Fanny’s Kebabs are the stuff of legend: try the lazy lamb — slow-marinated chunks of meat, chargrilled over open flames and served with fresh yoghurt — or the aubergine and halloumi, if you’re herbivorous. Bunshop is sure to be a headline act: devised by the team behind The Marksman in Hackney, it serves “grab and go” buns with fillings such as Welsh rarebit and mushroom. Kerbisher and Malt’s fish and chips will sustain you after work drinks.

Stay a while for slow-cooked fettuccine with pork shoulder and rapini at Italian Nan house Nonna Tonda, a dish stewed with marrow bones for four hours. There’s the udon expertise of Koya Ko, home to thick, bouncy noodles served in dashi broth.

Meanwhile, Press is there for your caffeine fix: these roasters, with outposts in Chancery Lane and on Fleet Street, serving beans from Colombia, Vietnam, Ethiopia and Nicaragua, make coffee using a Syphon Hand Brew, a theatrical, laboratory-like apparatus that uses a vacuum method.

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Making a meal of it

Spread the word: Roti King, the beloved basement Malaysian and Singaporean roti specialist in King’s Cross, has brought its much-anticipated second site to Market Halls, called Gopal’s Corner. “We’re the only place in London to serve Malaysian Tamil cuisine,” explains founder Sugen Gopal, pointing to his banana leaf rice, which is served with an assortment of curries and sambals.

Meanwhile, Squirrel is a standout too, for superlative healthy options in a thoroughfare perhaps better known for Big Macs: try the “Oh My Cobb” salad, made with kale, quinoa, sweetcorn, avocado, chicken, egg, pickled red onion, topped with caesar cashew dressing.

Spitalfields favourite Flank, a nose-to-tail specialist, will be a magnet for discerning carnivores. “I want everyone to try our piggy bun at lunch,” says owner Tom Griffiths. “It’s like a hog roast yet also like a nugget, with a crispy coating, dripping with apple sauce, chilli and pickles then sat in a freshly baked bun.”

Baozi Inn serves northern Chinese cuisine with Sichuan and Hunan influences (look out for the rainbow-coloured dumplings). Also seek out Super Tacos, a new opening by the team behind Breddos Tacos.

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Stiff drinks

Market Halls believes in the power of three: it’s got three storeys and three bars, with a focus on independent producers and British brands. Look out for the home-brewed Market Helles lager and the dizzying cocktail menu, many made with cordials blended on-site (try the Serafin, a mix of tequila, pear liquor and lime and ginger beer). There’s a knockout wine list, too.

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