Chotto Matte London

Chotto Matte is on Frith Street. It serves Nikkei cuisine, a hybrid of Japanese and Peruvian traditions, in a room that runs smart.

The restaurant is a study in friction. Where its neighbors on Frith Street lean toward cramped layouts, the floor here is cavernous and industrial. Most dining rooms in this part of town rely on pub-like intimacy to define the room. This venue instead treats the meal as a performance, centered on the contrast between the sharp heat of a grill and the precision of sashimi. This is for those who prefer their dinner with the scale and volume of a high-energy lounge.