SO Restaurant, London

SO Restaurant, London

SO Restaurant
Modern in its minimalist use of dark wood, clean lines and bare-as-a-baba’s-wotsit walls, Soho’s So looks every bit the contemporary Japanese restaurant. The airy ground floor bar, dining area and shop-of-sorts (Japanese crockery sits prettily in numerous display cabinets) leads down to a main dining room. The furniture there is still wooden but stained almost black. The cooking is consistently very good – creative without being fussy, and much of it using organic ingredients. Menu in hand, make a visual beeline for the tempura selections (gorgeous), and then Grilled list. These knockout dishes – most notably the Wagyu rump, and Iberico pork – are cooked in the open kitchen over a rather special yogan-yaki grill resulting in an unique flavour. Friendly staff will knowledgeably suggest dishes and drinks.

Average Price: £25 - £34

SO Restaurant Summary

Cuisine: Japanese

Opening Times: Mon - Thur 12pm - 11pm
Fri & Sat 12pm - midnight

Nearest Station: Piccadilly Circus

Payment Options: All major cards accepted

Average Price : £25 - £34

Restaurant Group Information

So’s ground floor has 60 covers, and space for 125 at a reception. Downstairs, the main dining room has 40 covers, 75 standing. Receptions of 30 to 50 guests can be held in the bar, which sells Ippodo tea from Kyoto’s most famous teahouse. Nice wine list – a section called The Finer Things in Life lists bottles starting in the £50s, rising to triple figures. Set and a la carte menus offered to groups of 30 maximum. After that, it’s canapés.

Room Types

• Main Restaurant
  Seating 1 - 30
  Standing 0 - 0
• Exclusive hire of the restaurant
  Seating 30 - 60
  Standing 75 - 125
• Bar
  Seating 0 - 0
  Standing 30 - 50

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