Hoxton, Peruvian Restaurant Guide

Hip import from Booklyn, which is the latest incumbent on the gorgeously decorated rooftop of Shoreditch’s ‘Hoxton Hotel’, where the city-fringe viewscape is of The Barbican and Square Mile. The press have by-and-large raved since it touched down in autumn 2023, with The Evening Standard’s Jimi Famurewa hailing the “thrilling new context” given to its Peruvian dishes, and The Telegraph’s William Sitwell branding it “the best thing to come out of Peru since Paddington”. But our annual survey is less impressed, noting that – especially at the price – its Nikkei/Latino dishes can seem “disappointing”: “a great social media campaign doesn’t make a great restaurant!”