Ikoyi in City of London, Westminster

Absolutely fantastic meal. Been to most Michelin Star places in London and this offered completely different flavours.

Horrible experience. The concierge from my hotel called the restaurant to cancel the reservation, which IKOYI confirmed the cancellation and they still charged me £650 p/ person. That is a horrible way to be making money.

One of our best experiences food wise and we have been visiting many Michelin stars restaurants around the world in the past 30 years !! Jeremy and his team are not only serving amazing food but the whole zen atmosphere of the restaurant and the service made us feel very relaxed. We will be back :))

Good food but extremely expensive wine menu, quite pretentious overall. The most shocking is that I was genuinely sick that day and the day before and we tried to postpone our reservation, which they categorically refused. For me not to lose 650£ I had to go eat that never ending dinner menu with shivers and fever, which was not a nice experience.

I first visited Ikoyi in 2020. Back then, they were located in St James and it was a fairly “normal” restaurant in terms of decor, serving an a la carte menu which was reasonably priced. What was not normal though was the food. It was an outstanding meal and I knew it wouldn’t be my last visit. Fast forward 4 years and they’ve really grown up to become a serious fine dining destination in London, and one that can somehow get away with charging far more money than the likes of Core, The Ledbury, etc. The high prices definitely pushed it into special occasion territory for me, and ultimately we decided to visited when my wife was celebrating a milestone birthday. The current location is a bit random, but once you step inside it has been really nicely set up with dark, earthy tones and a fully open kitchen that faces the dining room. There are only 10 tables in the restaurant and we were lucky to get one of the 3 tables in the “front row”, giving us a great view of Jeremy and his team in the kitchen. No menu was presented until the end of the meal, but there were roughly 4 snacks, 4 starters, a main course and then 2 desserts plus the petit fours which turned out to be another individual dessert. The food was excellent, an almost entirely different menu versus my prior visit, but the unusual flavours and combinations had been maintained and there were some nice hits of spice in a few dishes, which we really enjoyed. Since I raised the topic of value for money, I now have to backtrack a bit as the quantity of food served was far higher than typical fine dining venues, perhaps even 50% more, which basically explains away the price differential. I have a big appetite and I was quite full up by the end of the meal. No bread was on offer, and it definitely wasn’t needed either! Service was another stand out aspect of the meal. Staff were so genuine and friendly, it made for a very relaxed experience. But best of all, we were served perhaps half of our courses by Jeremy Chan himself! He was such a lovely, down to earth guy and we really enjoyed our interactions with him. The bill for our meal was a punchy £986, which comprised the 2 tasting menus (£320 each), a single wine pairing (priced at £180), a couple of extra drinks and a coffee, plus service. No doubt a very expensive meal but as mentioned the portions were generous, and combining this with the differentiated menu, excellent service and comfortable setting, it did add up to be one of my favourite fine dining experiences in London, and I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend it to others.

I was so excited about ikoyi London 2 Michelin star restaurant. I have been dining many Michelin star restaurants in the world but this was the first time I could not finish almost every course. African spices were so over powering the great ingredients and it was very disappointed. All the desserts were also not for me.

Il ristorante è una sorpresa. Ingresso poco appariscente che conduce a un percorso di degustazione di alta cucina. Luci soffuse per un ambiente elegante ma non eccessivamente formale che ben rappresenta il fascino silenzioso e discreto dello chef. E proprio Jeremy, per un attimo lascia la sua posizione di controllo in una cucina che è un’isola in sala, per servirci e presentarci personalmente alcune sue creazioni, con italiano perfetto che ne accentua la cortesia. Abbiamo avuto la fortuna di assaggiare per primi alcuni nuovi piatti. Che dire? Trovarne uno migliore tra gli 11 serviti e’ impossibile come scegliere tra mamma e papà.