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Ikoyi Restaurant

Name: Ikoyi Restaurant
Price range: $$$$
Rating: 4.5

4.5 ·

Discover Ikoyi on the Strand, where West African spicing takes centre stage over luxury ingredients. Settle in for an unhurried tasting menu built on fermentation, smoke, and bold flavour combinations that reviewers call genuinely unexpected.

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Reasons to go

The tasting menu builds on fermentation, smoke, and West African spicing rather than luxury ingredients or theatrical presentation.
The full experience runs to a 15-course tasting menu, so the evening is designed to be unhurried and lengthy.
One reviewer argues it deserves three Michelin stars, reflecting its reputation among London's fine-dining rooms.

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Full description

Ikoyi has become one of London's most talked-about fine-dining rooms by refusing to play it safe: its tasting menus lean on fermentation, smoke, and West African spicing to create combinations reviewers describe as genuinely unexpected course after course. The setting is sleek and modern rather than showy, letting the food carry the evening, and at 4.5 stars from over 1,100 reviews it consistently ranks among diners' most memorable meals anywhere.

Prices sit at the premium end and the pace is unhurried, so it suits couples or small groups celebrating something and willing to give the meal their full attention. This is a destination dinner, not a casual bite.

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Address

180 Strand, Temple, London WC2R 1EA, UK · Temple

Website

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Hours

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Booking

Booking required

Duration

2h15

Best time

lunchtime, early evening or evening

Intensity

Easy pace

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Good to know

Booking is required and slots go quickly, so reserve well in advance
come with an open mind about flavour combinations rather than expecting familiar dishes
the tasting menu format runs long, so plan a free evening around it

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Reviews

One of the best meals/experiences I have had. The food was incredible. The multilayered dishes were delicious. Each ingredient stood out and were cooked to perfection. The level of spices were perfection. The staff were informative and attentive..We tried some of the tea pairings. These were a relevation. The…

Michael C

4/5

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