£10 plates of fresh pasta.
That’s the pitch at 27 Old Compton Street, a new restaurant about to open on (if you can believe it) Old Compton Street. It comes to us from restauranteur Nima Safaei, who already owns & runs two other restaurants in Soho – 40 Dean Street & 64 Old Compton Street – and is turning the neighbourhood into his own Monopoly board with one simple rule: if he can remember the address, so can you.
As with his other restaurants, the idea is to sling relatively affordable Italian food, but he’s taking things to another level – everything’s going to be priced between £10-£15, it’s going to be walk-ins only, and it’s going to have a fast, casual, pre-or-post-something-or-other kind of vibe. On the menu we can expect the likes of:
- Rigatoni amatriciana with pancetta & chillies
- Pumpkin, ricotta & sage ravioli
- Gnocchi with cavolo nero & pesto
- Paccheri puttanesca with tiger prawns
- Pea risotto with broad beans & asparagus
Then, to wash it all down, there’ll be cocktails (including an Italian-style Bloody Mary, and a citrussey martini) as well as plenty of all-Italian wines by the glass. And they start at just £7.
Probably an address worth remembering.
NOTE: 27 Old Compton Street is set to open on 24th March. We’ll be back then with the full scoop. In the meantime, you can find out more at their Insta page.
27 Old Compton Street | 27 Old Compton Street, W1D 5JP
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