Mortimer House Kitchen

Mortimer House Kitchen brings an elegant slice of Italy to Fitzrovia. Its menu charts a leisurely path from cicchetti through antipasti and primi to generous secondi and dolci, stitching together northern comforts and coastal brightness. This is confident cooking, designed for sharing and a little lingering.

Begin with the simple pleasures: warm homemade focaccia to tear, and mushroom arancini with a lick of grana padano mayo. A burrata duet with figs, radicchio tardivo and pomegranate offers creamy richness against a pleasing bite, while wafer-thin beef carpaccio, rocket and a Venetian dressing keep things light on their feet.

Primi moves from silk-edged pumpkin ravioli with chestnut and sage to calamarata threaded with prawns, cherry tomato and chilli. For secondi, Nonna’s beef and oregano meatballs meet grana padano polenta and a sprinkle of pangrattato, while seabass al cartoccio arrives perfumed with mussels, prawns, cherry tomato and olives.

Cavolo nero with garlic and chilli or roast potatoes with rosemary salt make fine companions, before a spoon dives into tiramisu studded with caramelised pecans, or perhaps a scoop of gelato or sorbet. Settle in, savour the rhythm of the Italian table, and let Mortimer House Kitchen do the talking - book in and make a meal of it.