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This late-summer 2023 opening in Shoreditch from the team behind Crispin in Spitalfields and Bar Crispin in Soho attracted chef Anna Søgaard, previously of Manchester’s ultra-minimalist restaurant Erst, to showcase her skills in London. It took over the site formerly occupied by Selin Kiazin's Turkish-Cypriot venture, Oklava (RIP)

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Have you eaten at Bistro Freddie?

74 Luke Street, London, EC2A 4PY

What the Newspaper Critics are saying

Evening Standard

David Ellis headed east, where Dominic Hamdy has followed up Soho’s Bar Crispin with Bistro Freddie – named after his “half Alsatian” father. “The bistro, all cream walls and wood panelling, and candles spilling their wax over old wine bottles, is perhaps half French, half English; a measure of Casse-Croûte with a pint of Andrew Edmunds poured in.”

It’s already a big hit, full for lunch and dinner every day. Chef Anna Søgaard is wowing fans with signature dishes including a chicken and tarragon pie, and according to The Standard’s fashion editor, Victoria Moss, “The whole fashion industry, despite being on Ozempic, is in there at the moment.”

David Ellis - 2024-03-03
74 Luke Street, London, EC2A 4PY

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