Rick Stein creates new dishes for first London restaurant

Launching on 23 March, Rick Stein Barnes will serve a seafood-heavy menu featuring the chef’s classic dishes such as dover sole a la meunière, alongside meat, game and vegetarian options.

New dishes include a rabbit stew with caramelised onions, red wine, cinnamon and currants inspired by Stein’s travels to Greece; and duck confit with braised red cabbage and sautéed potatoes.

There will also be a Seafood Bar offering fresh oysters, langoustines and sashimi, as well as a set lunch menu.

Rick Stein Barnes occupies the former site of The Depot restaurant overlooking the Thames, which Stein bought late last year.​​

Originally constructed in 1901, the building once served as a coach house and steam engine shed for Barnes council depot.

Stein's ex-wife and business partner Jill Stein has refurbished the site to give the restaurant a subtle ‘industrial’ feel, with banquette seating and hanging greenery. It also features a huge conservatory with views over the river, as well as outside seating around an olive tree for the warmer weather,

“Up until a couple of years ago I didn’t think I would open a restaurant in London, but when I was shown The Depot it struck me how perfect a place it was: right on the river and close to London whilst also being part of a real village community,” says Stein.

The chef opened The Seafood Restaurant in Padstow, Cornwall back in 1975.

The business has since expanded to 10 restaurants, a pub, fish and chip shop and gin bar.