An intimate, produce-obsessed Fitzrovia hideaway where chef Alex Craciun delivers a playful, globally-influenced Japanese tasting menu at a nine-seat counter.
Ordering Strategy
Book the evening counter for the full immersive tasting menu (£95); visit at lunch for a more casual à la carte experience.
What to order
Temaco
A signature hybrid of a taco and a temaki handroll that critics describe as 'the right kind of fun.' It features a delicate crispy seaweed shell filled with bluefin tuna, sushi rice, and wasabi, served with a 'homemade tabasco' fermented chilli sauce.
Japanese Man in the Basque Country
A 'comforting and theatrical' two-part course featuring mushroom and truffle ramen noodles kept sizzling hot by a candle, followed by roasted quail served inside a whole cabbage with truffle foie gras sauce and a sun-dried tomato ragù.
Italian-Japanese Pasta Non Pasta
Considered a 'masterclass in restraint and imagination' and the dish that 'wins the table.' It uses rare Japanese crosnes in place of pasta, tossed in a silky Delica pumpkin sauce.
A Chinese Man in France
An interactive signature dish featuring a crisp, juicy prawn dumpling perched atop a test-tube-style glass filled with a vivid 'mussel green juice' designed to be sipped alongside for a hit of salinity and crunch.
The Aces Martini
A 'particularly great' and well-priced cocktail featuring Helix7 vodka, dry vermouth, and salted umeshu. It earned a high '8/10 on the martini chill scale' from reviewers.
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Signal Score
Signal score reflects how strong and consistent the review coverage is, not a star rating.
Top critic: Gavin Hanly (90%)
Editorial Weight 61 pts
Authority + depth + recency
Agreement 9 pts
How aligned the critics are
Coverage 6 pts
How many real review signals exist
Public Signal 15 pts
Google rating + volume
Boosts 5 pts
Manual boosts + hidden gem
Review signals
1 Elite · 2 Editorial · 3 total signals
Public signal
4.9★ (50 reviews)
Good to know
The restaurant is tiny, hidden behind a curtain with only 9 counter seats and a few tables. The chef's wife runs a high-end produce supplier, so ingredient quality is exceptionally high.
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