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Harden's says

Opening in February in Shaftesbury Avenue, a showcase restaurant for specialist ingredients from Singapore, which are also available to buy retail. Restaurateur Ellen Chew, who also runs Chinatown's Rasa Sayang, started out selling hawker-style street food in Singapore, so expect authentic Straits cuisine.

survey result

Summary

£46
   ££
3
Good
3
Good
2
Average
* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

In prime Theatreland – on the corner of Shaftesbury Avenue and Wardour Street – Ellen Chew’s February 2024 newcomer (she also owns Rasa Sayang in nearby Chinatown) aims to showcase specialist ingredients from Singapore (also available to buy retail). It’s rated on limited but highly positive initial feedback: “the food is authentic from a shortish menu with the usual hawker favourites – it was good, even if like everywhere else in London, they still can’t get the fish balls right!”.

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53 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, W1D 6LB

What the Newspaper Critics are saying

Evening Standard

Jimi Famurewa was frustrated by Ellen Chew’s new venture, where an “otherwise perfectly serviceable opening” was marred by a sense of “not quite delivering on its advertised promise” to showcase the best of Singaporean ingredients and cuisine.


The signature laksa, for instance, had a “transcendent, complex broth”, but
it was let down by a measly sprinkling of “(not especially delicate)
prawns”.

Perhaps, Jimi suggested, “things had gone awry in the flailing rush to
open”, leaving plenty of “room to improve”.

Jimi Famurewa - 2024-03-10

Prices

Traditional European menu

Starter Main Pudding
£10.50 £15.90 £3.95
Drinks  
Wine per bottle £21.95
Filter Coffee £0.00
Extras  
Bread £0.00
Service 12.50%
53 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, W1D 6LB
Opening hours
Monday12 pm‑2:45 pm, 5 pm‑9 pm
Tuesday12 pm‑2:45 pm, 5 pm‑9 pm
Wednesday12 pm‑2:45 pm, 5 pm‑9 pm
Thursday12 pm‑2:45 pm, 5 pm‑10 pm
Friday12 pm‑2:45 pm, 5 pm‑10 pm
Saturday12 pm‑10 pm
Sunday12 pm‑9 pm

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