Sucre London | Glamorous Argentinian Restaurant & Bar
Sucre has quite a story.
Ever since it opened in Buenos Aires back in 2001, it’s wandered in and out of the World’s 50 Best Latin American list, pocketing dozens of other accolades along the way, before opening up right here in London in 2021 to much fanfare and acclaim, and then Dubai shortly after. And now, as its latest trick, it has a great new summer menu to show off.
You’ll find it in the 310-year old building that was the London College of Music in Soho, which was already a huge and remarkably beautiful space to begin with. Probably something to do with acoustics. But either way, that lily has then been further gilded with chandeliers made from over a thousand cut glass decanters, and elegant leather seating backed by mismatched Latin American textile patterns. It’s what other London date spots dream about.
To avoid the two show runners – chef Fernando Trocca & cocktail man Renato “Tato” Giovannoni – stepping on each-other’s toes, it’s all been divided up into two distinct areas: a restaurant up top (Sucre) and a cocktail joint down below (Alma), which has its own entrance & menu. So let’s start, as you likely will, with the restaurant, and that new menu…
SUCRE LONDON
Sucre London has essentially been built around the kitchen, which has both a dramatic open fire pit, and a wood fired oven, all of which which sits at one end of the main dining area, as if overseeing everything.
Freshly scorched over that charcoal fire pit, you can now expect the likes of fresh sea bream ceviche with pickled red onions & jalapeno; wood-fired beef & chilli empanadas with cumin and paprika; a delicate rump milanesa with rocket & parmesan salad; and trout with samphire, mussels & a velvety lemon butter sauce. And to finish? There’s an absolutely delicious creme caramel with dulce de leche.
ALMA
Then there’s the cocktail bar below it all, Alma (meaning soul). Here you can get a cocktail list featuring the likes of a smokey Fuma (featuring mezcal, chilli liqueur and passionfruit); the complex Bayou (with whiskey, cognac and vermouth); and the refreshing Tokyo (with gin, yuzu liqueur, peach & sake). And of course there’s food too, which – like the decadent decor – takes its lead from the restaurant above. We’re talking empanadas, corn ribs, crispy squid, and tiger prawns with chimichurri.
They’re good for the soul.
NOTE: Sucre is open daily for lunch and dinner; Alma is open Weds-Sat. You can find out more, and make a booking at their website right HERE, or HERE for Alma.
Sucre London | 47 Great Marlborough Street, W1F 7JP
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