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Summary
Jun Tanaka’s brilliant Mediterranean-inspired cooking is showcased at its best at his casual six-year-old HQ in Fitzrovia. It’s “notably good value” for cooking of this “excellence” and “variety of flavours” – the sort of place you’ll “definitely go back to again”. Tanaka has done some TV but is relatively unsung – if he was a little better known, this place would be a household name.
Summary
“Mouth-watering food” – “French-style with a difference” – wows almost all visitors to Jun Tanaka’s “informal fine-dining” joint in Fitzrovia. “The food is taken seriously but the atmosphere is grounded and relaxed” – “when I want a solid and thoughtful meal, I go here”. Better still, it’s “a bit of a bargain for the quality”, and there’s “huge value in the wine list for a Michelin restaurant”.
Summary
“Mouth-watering food” – “French-style with a difference” – wows almost all visitors to Jun Tanaka’s “informal fine-dining” joint in Fitzrovia. “The food is taken seriously but the atmosphere is grounded and relaxed” – “when I want a solid and thoughtful meal, I go here”. Better still, it’s “a bit of a bargain for the quality”, and there’s “huge value in the wine list for a Michelin restaurant”.
Summary
“It’s all about the food” – you could call it “casual Michelin” – at Jun Tanaka’s Fitzrovia HQ, which provides a “relaxed”, “buzzing” (and quite “romantic”) environment in which to enjoy his “innovative” and sometimes “amazing” culinary creations. Quibbles? – “it’s quite a difficult menu to get your mind around” (“we were told it was small plates but were still asked to choose separate courses each”); and “although it’s a pretty space it can feel a bit cramped”.
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The Ninth London Restaurant Diner Reviews
"The most attentive cooking I have had the pleasure to eat in a long while. Everything on the plate was there for a reason, a good reason! Service can appear a little brusque at first but once you interact with them they are a delight."
"Very well balanced cooking - seared mackerel with pickles worked well together, beef cheeks is one of the signature dishes; turbot head was wonderful- quite oriental"
"Surprisingly not busy on a Saturday lunch: Glass of soave, carrot salad, aubergine, malledorus with cuttlefish, courgette tempura *****, turbot head, not too fiddly lots of meat, brown shrimp sauce, fab ***** (£92 but only 5% tax at the moment)"
"Saturday lunch. You can eat outside on the expanded sidewalk which would be nice on a fine day. It was not too busy and we well treated; even gave us a little birthday treat! Food is advertised as "sharing plates" as is now common which we did anyway. The aubergine side dish is terrific and there is plenty of vegetarian or non-meat options. We ordered Turbot which at lunchtime was a "head", not so pretty but plenty of fish and a sauce to die for! Modest well executed desserts. Wine by the glass is expensive for the small portions"
Prices
 Drinks |
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| Wine per bottle | £31.00 |
| Filter Coffee | £4.00 |
 Extras |
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| Service | 12.50% |
22 Charlotte Street, London, W1T 2NB
Opening hours
| Monday | 12 pm‑2:30 pm, 5:30 pm‑9:30 pm |
| Tuesday | 12 pm‑2:30 pm, 5:30 pm‑9:30 pm |
| Wednesday | 12 pm‑2:30 pm, 5:30 pm‑9:30 pm |
| Thursday | 12 pm‑2:30 pm, 5:30 pm‑9:30 pm |
| Friday | 12 pm‑2:30 pm, 5:30 pm‑9:30 pm |
| Saturday | 12 pm‑2:30 pm, 5:30 pm‑9:30 pm |
| Sunday | CLOSED |
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