From Soho to Marble Arch

Saturday, January 31st , 2026

 

Florencio is a pizzeria near Marble Arch. Sister of Zoilo, it serves thin-crust New York-style pizzas from a limited menu, in a cosy dining room and with very capable service. It works very well, and I would happily go back there. The room is quite small, with an overflow dining room downstairs.

Zedel is a vast basement brasserie just off Piccadilly Circus, on a site with some history. Its huge scale means that it needs to fill seats, and it does so by producing a very appealing, lengthy menu of bistro and brasserie classics. It executes these dishes quite well, the star dish for me being a very capable lemon meringue tart. The room is quite grand, and even on a weekday lunch in January, it was very busy, so they clearly have hit upon a successful formula.