From South Kensington to Mayfair

Saturday, September 27th , 2025

Myrtos is the new restaurant of a chef who used to run the kitchens at Pied à Terre. He has returned to his Greek heritage in a more casual format restaurant, but the meal that I had was not great. There were nice sardines and a pleasant orange cake for dessert, but there were several dud and mediocre dishes too, all at a surprisingly high price.

The food at The Cocochine seems to steadily improve with each visit that I make there. We had a particularly good meal at this latest visit, with superb seafood from the restaurant’s own private island in Scotland, and excellent sika deer and assorted produce from their own farm. This access to top-notch produce is unusual in London, and it is good to see more dishes that show touches of the chef/owner’s Sri Lankan heritage.