NoMad boutique hotel in Covent Garden relaunches its main restaurant today under a new name as Twenty8 NoMad – a New York-style bistro, reflecting the brand’s Manhattan origin.
The hotel opened four years ago after a slick modern conversion of the former Bow Street Magistrates’ Court, with a spectacular restaurant in a glass-roofed courtyard called The Atrium. But despite a setting hailed as “beautiful” and “atmospheric” in the 2025 Harden’s guide, the food has been consistently “underwhelming”.
The new Twenty8 takes its name from the coincidence of two addresses: 28 Bow Street in London, and 28th Street in New York’s NoMad (Madison Square North) district.
The bistro is pitching an atmosphere of ‘moody playful charm’, with a menu that takes in a raw bar, a seafood tower, signature NoMad chicken with black truffles and foie gras, and dry-aged, fire-roasted Galician Blond steak. From the bar, the new Twenty8 martini menu includes a house martini finished with a smoked olive and blue cheese garnish.
