Ikoyi duo confirm move to 180 The Strand
Ikoyi’s final service within its original site will take place on 26 October with bookings for the new restaurant set to go live on 15 October.
Billed as a ‘home to London’s creative industries’ 180 The Strand incorporates exhibitions, events spaces, restaurants, a health club and co-working spaces.
In a short statement issued to announce the relocation, the pair said that the new and - presumably - much larger space will allow the team to “fully express our interpretation of seasonality through bold heat and intensify the techniques we have worked on for the past five years”.
“Nothing we have done would have been possible without the special relationships we have built over the years, including with our landlord, our former and current team members, our suppliers and above all, yourselves, our guests,” the statement continued.
The pair put their diminutive St James’s Market site on the market earlier this year. The space - which has a circa 40-cover dining room, limited back of house space and a single loo - was listed with Restaurant Property with an annual rent of £90,000.
Launched in 2017, Ikoyi is one of London’s most ambitious and creative restaurants with chef Chan melding very high-quality British produce with spices sourced from all over the world but with a focus on sub-Saharan West Africa (the restaurant takes its name from a district in the Nigerian capital Lagos).
The restaurant won a second star in the most recent Michelin listing and is currently ranked ninth in Restaurant by BigHospitality’s list of the top 100 places to eat in the UK.
Earlier this year Ikoyi made the World's 50 Best 51-100 long list having been named one to watch the previous year.
