Harden's says
From the husband and wife team behind Shoreditch's turkey-focused Strut & Cluck comes a new Levantine venture in Marylebone. Alongside an on-trend vegetable-led menu is a list of Lebanese wines and cocktails using Middle Eastern spicing.
Harden's survey result
Summary
“Really interesting food combinations from the Levant” make self-taught chef Limor Chen and husband Amir’s stripped-down Shoreditch and Marylebone venues worthwhile additions to London’s “Middle East-with-a-twist” dining scene. It’s “another of the small-plate trends with the now-familiar land, sea, earth menu – but packed with flavour”. A natural choice for veggies and vegans, too.
Summary
“Part of the new craze for ‘modern-Israeli-style’ cuisine” – self-taught chef, Limor Chen (with the help of partner Amir) provides “a different take on the ubiquitous Ottolenghi or Palomar approach” at this low-key restaurant near the Wigmore Hall – a kind of “British Middle Eastern food”, which “features lots of vegetables, like the spicy okra tempura and charred cauliflower, which are delicious (and I don’t normally go for veg’!)”. “Nice people run the place” too, which is decked out with the “on-trend, stripped-back, filament-lightbulb look”. Its “buzzing and fun” E1 spin-off inspires less feedback, but gets an equally good rep.
Summary
“Part of the new craze for ‘modern-Israeli-style’ cuisine” – self-taught chef, Limor Chen (with the help of partner Amir) provides “a different take on the ubiquitous Ottolenghi or Palomar approach” at this low-key restaurant near the Wigmore Hall – a kind of “British Middle Eastern food”, which “features lots of vegetables, like the spicy okra tempura and charred cauliflower, which are delicious (and I don’t normally go for veg’!)”. “Nice people run the place” too, which is decked out with the “on-trend, stripped-back, filament-lightbulb look”. Its “buzzing and fun” E1 spin-off inspires less feedback, but gets an equally good rep.
Summary
“Fresh Middle Eastern flavours with lots of good spice” are found on the “fairly short but tempting menu (with lots of vegetable options, but fish and meat too)” at this Marylebone venue – “a fantastic new opening” that inspires rave reviews. Its the second venture from Amir and Limor Chen who run Shoreditch’s Strut & Cluck – now re-branded ‘Delamina East’, and likewise praised (if only slightly less effusively) for its “consistently excellent and healthy” Levantine dishes.
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Delamina Restaurant Diner Reviews
"Excellent plant based small plates / starters with a Middle Eastern influence. Impressive what they can do to spice up a cauliflower. "
Opening hours
| Monday | 12 pm‑9:30 pm |
| Tuesday | 12 pm‑10 pm |
| Wednesday | 12 pm‑10 pm |
| Thursday | 12 pm‑10 pm |
| Friday | 12:30 pm‑10:30 pm |
| Saturday | 10:30 am‑10:30 pm |
| Sunday | 10:30 am‑9 pm |
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