Located in The Bower next to the Old Street roundabout, the new venue joins the brand’s existing sites in Islington Green and Battersea Power Station. It has space for 100 covers inside as well as a further 30 on its outdoor terrace.
The restaurant serve a menu that focuses on handmade pastas, Sicilian street-food inspired snacks, seasonal Italian small plates, and cocktails.
Signature dishes include the brown butter cacio e pepe; and veal and pork Genovese ragu with Monk’s Head cheese, paccheri while seasonal menu items include brown shrimp and ricotta raviolo, spring onions, cayenne pepper and lemon butter sauce; and porcini and shimeji mushroom tagliatelle, baby balsamic onions and mascarpone.
Noci, which translates to walnut in Italian, is owned by the Hugh Osmond-backed Various Eateries group and launched its first site in Islington early last year.
It opened its second restaurant earlier this year at Battersea Power Station.