TOZI Grand Cafe: One of 2023’s most exciting new London restaurants

TOZI Grand Cafe is the third TOZI restaurant and second London restaurant from the TOZI team.

The food offering is led by Executive Head Chef, Lee Streeton (Rocco Forte Hotels, 45 Jermyn St, Daphne’s) – a member of the Royal Academy of Culinary Arts and two-time Hotel Chef of the Year nominee – in tandem with TOZI Victoria’s Head Chef Maurilio Molteni (Neal Street Restaurant, Prism, Soho House Group), whose cooking remains rooted in Northern Italian traditions, having overseen prestigious operations in Milan, Bergamo and Lake Como.

Streeton and Molteni have drawn from Europe’s famous cafés for this new London all-day dining concept. Breakfast features Italian takes on brunch such as baked eggs, spianata piccante, puttanesca and potatoes, whilst for Afternoon Tea from 3pm, “Pasticceria Mignon” is also on offer.

TOZI favourites include veal Milanese and TOZI’s signature lobster linguine, which delight at lunch and dinner. Sharing cicchetti, such as beef tartare, radish and pane carasau or baked scallop with nduja, is served all day alongside salads and antipasti.

The pasta dishes are especially delicious, with our personal favourite being the pappardelle with braised wild boar. Available as a small or large dish, this gives you the flexibility to sample other smaller plates or chow down on just this; either way, it’s a win win.

Oh, and save room for dessert because the whipped ricotta and chocolate cannoli is absolutely sublime!

TOZI Grand Cafe has been designed by award-winning Spanish artist and designer, Jaime Hayon, founder of Hayon studio, recognised by Wallpaper* magazine as one of the most influential creators of the past decade and lauded as a “visionary”, and one of the most creative icons by Times Magazine.

The double-height restaurant is dotted with hanging sculptural light fittings and a number of Hayon’s striking tapestries throughout the space, as part of an exhibition of one-off pieces.