Knightsbridge, Mediterranean Restaurant Guide

Barry & Patricia Hilton’s “buzzing and deservedly popular” trio thrive on their “interesting” and “reasonably priced” small plates from an “evolved eastern Mediterranean menu” of “very tasty and well flavoured dishes, which show that simple combinations of good fresh ingredients are all you need”; and it’s accompanied by an “eclectic and unusual list of wines” from the same region. The original South Kensington venue opened 10 years ago, followed by branches in Queensway and, last year, Farringdon. Top Menu Tip – “the apple, mint and pomegranate salad is especially effective”.

2024 Review: Mykonos, it is promised, will come to Knightsridge in autumn 2023, with the opening of this self-consciously glam newcomer – a spin-off from the celeb-filled Greek island original, which is jetting into the Harrods hinterland via Cannes and Dubai to create ‘a new dining concept with a relaxed neighbourhood atmosphere’. It’s on a site that was for decades Montpeliano, and – with its reservations-only (no walk-ins) policy – seems to be aiming to capture the same supercar-driving set as its predecessor did in its heyday. If the advance visuals are any guide, the bright interior will be rather gorgeous, in which to enjoy a sharing plates menu of Med-inspired surf ’n’ turf.

“Chef Yohei Furuhashi is to be congratulated at this great newcomer”, coo early reports on this much-fêted arrival, which opened in March 2025 (in the middle of our annual diners’ poll). Opposite the Natural History Museum, it occupies a “beautiful old building befitting the artist Sir John Lavery” whose home it once was, which provides “fabulous surroundings, complete with parquet floors and distressed mirrors”. Chef Furuhashi is ex-River Café, and the focus is on Mediterranean dishes reflecting the seasons. The press reviewers have also raved: in their April 2025 reviews, The Times’s Giles Coren and The Guardian’s Grace Dent were both highly impressed: for the former it’s “gorgeous.. just wow…”, serving “quiet” flavours that are “precise and sexy”; while for the latter this “dreamily restored Grade II-listed Georgian townhouse” is “one of London’s loveliest new places to eat”; indeed “by no small margin the new emperor” of the Mediterranean small-plates style that has become ubiquitous in recent years. Top Menu Tips – (from a reporter) “We dined on a starter of scallops followed by trout with wild garlic and followed by the best ice creams ever eaten (one of almond and one coffee)”.