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18 September 2023: the restaurant has closed suddenly, with Imogen Davis and Ivan Tisdall-Downes citing "rising energy prices and "unexpected" rent increases making it difficult for the restaurant to continue sustainably, but the couple promise that their "nomadic concept" will return, and that "there were plans for a new permanent restaurant to open in 2024".

Harden's says

Having escaped Borough for Osea Island last year, Imogen Davis and Ivan Tisdall-Downes are returning to London to set up a Native restaurant in the new Browns Brook Street store. It will continue to uphold the zero-waste, ethical, sustainable, seasonal cuisine of the original, and is offering dine at home kits until restaurants re-open.

survey result

Summary

£78
 ££££
5
Exceptional
4
Very Good
4
Very Good
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

“Everything on the menu is a triumph!” at Imogen Davis and Ivan Tisdall-Downes’s “charming” yearling, in Mayfair’s fashionable Browns store. “It has a cool vibe, having entered through the store” and the food can “far exceed expectations”“wonderful, innovative dishes that will stick in the memory (for instance, the fudgy bone marrow crème brûlée, which got meatier as we got closer to the bone”). “It’s not too expensive either, given the location”. Top Tip – in summer, it has a 40-seat courtyard.

Summary

£75
 ££££
5
Exceptional
4
Very Good
3
Good
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

“An absolute find in the middle of Mayfair!” Having just escaped Borough for Osea Island last year, Imogen Davis and Ivan Tisdall-Downes returned to London in April 2021 to set up this newcomer in the fashionable Browns store on Brook Street. Good move, as it’s had utter raves from all and sundry for its “really brilliant food, with original food combinations” upholding the couple’s zero-waste, ethical ethos featuring hyper-seasonal, freshly foraged dishes (“Ivan must spend every waking moment conjuring up new creations”). It helps that “Imogen is a terrific front of house” and that it has the benefit of a 40-seater courtyard (lovely for this bit of town and “a gift during semi-lockdown”).

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Browns, 39 Brook Street, London, W1K 4JE

Restaurant details

No dress code

Prices

  Cost Availability Courses
Menu1 72.00 Always available 7

Traditional European menu

Starter Main Veggies Pudding
£17.00 £18.50 £6.00 £6.00
Drinks  
Wine per bottle £38.00
Filter Coffee £3.00
Extras  
Service 12.50%
Browns, 39 Brook Street, London, W1K 4JE
Opening hours
Monday5 pm‑9 pm
Tuesday12 pm‑2:30 pm, 5 pm‑9 pm
Wednesday12 pm‑2:30 pm, 5 pm‑9 pm
Thursday12 pm‑2:30 pm, 5 pm‑9 pm
Friday12 pm‑2:30 pm, 5 pm‑9 pm
Saturday12 pm‑2:30 pm, 5 pm‑9 pm
SundayCLOSED

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