Chotto Matte Soho

Walking into Chotto Matte on Frith Street, you're stepping into something genuinely different from the usual Soho theatre-goer crowd. The open kitchen dominates the room—all flames and precision—and there's an electric energy that comes from watching skilled hands work the robata grill right in front of you. You'll find yourself ordering things you didn't plan on, partly because the menu's genuinely exciting, partly because your neighbours' plates look too good to ignore. The Peruvian-Japanese thing isn't a gimmick here; it's woven through everything, from the ceviche that tastes like it actually travelled, to the yakitori that's been reimagined without losing its soul.