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Kitty Fisher's sits at 10 Shepherd Market in Mayfair, London, where the kitchen serves modern British food inside a Georgian townhouse. The restaurant holds 2 AA Rosettes for 2026.
Head chef Tom Fairbank runs a kitchen whose menu changes with the seasons. The cooking stays unfussy and relies on strong ingredients. The Good Food Guide lists the restaurant as Good for 2026 and notes that the wood grill is used sparingly, with simple preparations that let the meat carry the dish.
The menu opens with whipped cod's roe on toast or a Welsh rarebit. Larger plates include Tamworth pork chop with green bean vinaigrette, Shetland cod with crayfish and brown shrimp, and longhorn chateaubriand. The beef wing rib for two is limited each night and needs to be pre-ordered. Apple and almond tart fine with vanilla ice cream closes the savoury-to-sweet run.
The dining room spreads across two tiers linked by a narrow staircase, with rustic wooden furniture. In warmer months, pavement tables sit under an awning and large umbrellas. The wine list leans on Old World bottles, and the cocktail menu includes the house Bad Kitty.
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An animated local institution, this simple set of rooms has been a bright light in Shepherd Market since 2014. The two-tiered interior (linked by a narrow staircase) has a rustic, thrown-together look with clumping wood furniture, while diversion from basic comfort levels comes in the form of a regularly changing menu that plays obsessively off the seasons. The unfussy, purposeful cooking is all about first-class ingredients and big, bold flavours – the tone set immediately with starters of grilled fennel, pickles and mustard vinaigrette, silky cod’s roe with radishes and crackers, and a tangle of fresh peas and pea shoots atop soft, rich Graceburn cheese spread thickly on toast. The flavour of the wood grill is introduced judiciously, applying the sparest of preparations to a Belted Galloway wing rib (advertised for two but more than enough for three), nicely charred, deliciously fatty, seriously pink inside, smeared with a melting tarragon and green peppercorn butter and served with new potatoes and a watercress salad. A punchy side of grilled cauliflower and XO sauce provides the perfect accompaniment. Look out, too, for the whole grilled lemon sole and the pork chop served with salsa verde, pickled raisins and chicory. Finish with 'queen bee' parfait, boozy strawberries and pistachio. Plus points for the engaged staff, the pavement tables shaded by an awning and large umbrellas, and the modest but modern wine list, which starts at a remarkable (given the location) £5 a glass, £15 a carafe and £30 a bottle, with plenty of options below the £45 mark.
2 Rosette Award for Culinary Excellence
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