Harden's says
Opened in mid-September 2023 - Adejoké Bakare has found a new, larger site near Oxford Circus. Good news for her long term fans who have followed her since she won the Brixton Kitchen competition in 2019, and the year after when Adejoké ‘Joké’ Bakare's supperclub Chishuru became a permanent restaurant, featuring West African flavours using British produce.
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Summary
“A fascinating culinary experience” – Adejoké Bakare’s 50-seat Chishuru vn2.0 opened in Fitzrovia in September 2023 and is a follow-up to the Brixton venture where she first made her name by channelling tastes she encountered in her Nigerian childhood into a culinary mashup suited to the capital. The result is “distinctive food that’s boldly spiced and flavoured” and “soooooo tasty” – to the extent it won many reporters’ nominations as their best meal of this year. But while nearly all feedback says it’s “deserving of its good reviews and its Michelin star”, ratings here are not quite off-the-charts; and the slightly left-field award by the tyre men may unhelpfully distort some people’s expectations, especially as the interior itself is no great shakes (“having been to the original, it was lovely to see the ‘grown-up’ version, but the room still has that ‘pop-up’ feeling… and not in a good way. Still, I hope it does well as there aren’t many places like this. I’m sure the Michelin star will help its longevity”).
Summary
Adejoké ‘Joké’ Bakare moved in September 2023 to this new, 50-cover Fitzrovia location, having closed the SW9 site where she won the Brixton Kitchen competition in 2019 for her original supper club, offering the dishes of her Nigerian childhood but ‘given a London sensibility’. Open-fire cooking will be a feature as well as an extended pastry selection. It has been very highly PR’d though, so let’s hope it lives up to all the coverage – even in the former location there was the odd review along the lines of: “nice people, but disappointing after the hype”.
Summary
“Wow! Wasn’t sure what to expect of the African food, but it was mind-blowing” – Adejoke Bakara’s “bold and beautiful” dishes win many converts to her “simple, warm and inviting” two-year-old in Brixton, where she channels her Nigerian heritage into contemporary West African cooking washed down with cocktails and funky wines. But does it risk over-exposure? A couple of diners this year judged it “overpriced for food that’s good but not exceptional”.
Summary
“Wow! What amazing, punchy and exciting food” – ‘contemporary West African cuisine with a foundation of age-old recipes and techniques’, using British ingredients, is the promise at Nigerian-born Adejoké ‘Joké’ Bakare’s August 2020 newcomer in Brixton’s Market Row. It’s the new forever home of her supperclub, which won the Brixton Kitchen competition in 2019. Early feedback says it’s “highly recommended: the tiny room is very basic, but that means nothing gets in the way of enjoying the wonderful hospitality of the owner and her team!”.
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3 Great Titchfield Street, London, W1W 8AX
Restaurant details
Chishuru Restaurant Diner Reviews
"Michelin Star. Well deserved. Very interesting and delicious food, rice cake, a lot of chilli sauce, with rhubarb, with clementine, all delicious. The most amazing millet and sorghum pasta. Smoked Eel. delicate dessert. Attenntive service. "
"Wonderful lunch here. We were not sure from looking at the menu but took (great) comfort from the Michelin Star! In fact, it is brilliant and rather good value these days. The food first course consists of two contrasting dishes which have different textures. Indeed much of the food has unusual texture, seemingly like polenta for example but not. Even desserts. The food is mostly spiced but unlike an Indian, the space does not overwhelm but stays at a nice level. And after you leave all gone. The sorghum and millet pasta is amazing and worth a visit; it looks like thin pasta but isn't. Even the rice is tasty. Owner is on hand to guide and kitchen team pop out too. Go while you can get a table - upstairs better than below"
"Visited after this restaurant won a Michelin star. The food fell short of being anything special. "
"Really great African food. Very nice rooms. "
Prices
| Availability | 2 courses | 3 courses |  |
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| Lunch | £50.00 |  |
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| Dinner | £75.00 | |
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| Wine per bottle | £25.00 |
| Filter Coffee | £3.00 |
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| Bread | £0.00 |
| Service | 12.50% |
3 Great Titchfield Street, London, W1W 8AX
Opening hours
| Monday | 12 pm‑9:30 pm |
| Tuesday | 12 pm‑9:30 pm |
| Wednesday | 12 pm‑9:30 pm |
| Thursday | 12 pm‑9:30 pm |
| Friday | 12 pm‑9:30 pm |
| Saturday | CLOSED |
| Sunday | CLOSED |
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