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Sibarita | Modern Spanish Tapas and Wine from Encant's Victor ...
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Sibarita is a Spanish word meaning “a lover of luxury, an epicure, a gourmand“.
A whole 150 feet away from his first spot Encant, it’s a joint venture between Garvey and his old man, apparently an age-old dream for them.
As such, it bears all the hallmarks of traditional Spanish casual dining, serving up heaps of cheese and charcuterie, skilfully prepared tapas and an all-Spanish wine list to boot.
They’ve poached former Encant chef Krisztian Palinkas to head up the kitchen, where he’ll be sending out typical Catalan dishes to share.
You’ll follow up with dishes like the chicken chilindron (“stew”), with crispy serrano ham salpicon (er, “hodgepodge”), roasted pork belly with piquillo peppers, artisanal Spanish cheese platters laden with dried figs and green plum jelly, and desserts like Rioja-poached pear cobbler with tonka bean ice cream.
review of London Spanish tapas restaurant Sibarita by Andy Hayler ...
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Sibarita is the latest tapas restaurant venture by Victor Garvey, who also opened Encant (named Duende at the time) in spring 2016 a few doors down from here, and previously was the head chef at Bravas Tapas in Docklands.
The wine list at Sibarita was well chosen, with tasting notes for each wine, vintages properly listed and an emphasis on good value bottles.
For example La Palcios Herencia Remondo Vendimia was £5.90 for a glass and had a very good finish for a wine at this price point (it retails at £12 a bottle).
If you ate a more sensible volume of food than I did, laid off the pata negra and shared a modest bottle of wine, then a realistic cost per head might be around £45.
Sibarita is just what you want in a tapas bar, with good quality produce, careful cooking and a nicely chosen selection of wines.
Sibarita London | London Restaurant Review | DesignMyNight
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Chef Victor Garvey is the mastermind behind Sibarita, a new tapas restaurant in Covent Garden.
Having worked in some of the capital's best tapas kitchens, the Barcelonan will offer diners a menu of fresh cheese, Iberian ham and Spanish wine.
The restaurant is based on Maiden Street and hopes to target Londoners looking for a laid-back, relaxed dining experience.
On the menu, guests can find Picos de Valdeon Azul, Tetilla and La Serena cheeses on the menu, alongside legs of Iberian ham sourced from Spain.
To pair with the Spanish wine served behind the bar, guests can also enjoy authentic small plates of crispy calamari, oven-baked Torta Del Casar cheese, served with crudités and garlic bread, and a dark chicken stew.
Sibarita - London Restaurant Review
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Sibarita is Spanish chef Victor Garvey’s baby number two, opened moments away from the renowned Encant, on Maiden Lane in Covent Garden.
For Sibarita, Victor Garvey joined forces with his dad; a white-haired, bespeckled man, who stands watch in the restaurant, cheerfully suggesting plates and pointing people in the right direction.
If I only eat one thing for the rest of my life, let it be Baked Torta Del Casar Cheese (£11), a dish of melted ewe’s cheese, baked sourdough bread and Sylvanian Family sized carrots and radishes stuck on spikes.
A civilised dinner turned into me wrestling the pot away from my companion, as the sharp ewe’s cheese was given a richer, earthier taste with the garlic drenched sourdough or left to stand alone with the clean taste of the vegetables.
It seems unfair for any dish to follow a pot of melted cheese that I had been spooning into my mouth (JUDGE ME, I DARE YOU), but the rest of the tapas were worthy competitors.
Sibarita, Covent Garden: When it's legal to marry a restaurant, I'll be ...
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It’s not because these places aren’t any good – they’re often terrific – they’re just lacking something.
It’s a narrow corridor of wood and hanging plants and candles, a description which makes me realise we were lucky not to go up in flames, though that might have done the sluggy green sofa a bit of good.
The website sells Sibarita as a simple wine and cheese drop-in, but that does it a terrific injustice.
Admittedly, there is some beautiful cheese, a choice of five, including Tetilla, a bit buttery and a bit bitter; Idiazabal, its smoke reminding me of smelling next door's barbecue over the fence; and Garrotxa – thank God this goats cheese came back from the brink of death in the 80s.
Final flavour: Wine, cheese, a mix of Spanish and French, sharing plates and small bits At what cost: Small plates from £4.50, wine from £4.80 Visit if you like: Eating... Encant, Smoke & Salt
Sibarita | Restaurants in Covent Garden, London
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A tapas and wine bar from the crew behind nearby Encant.
Sibarita has pulled off a neat little trick.
Sibarita is a spin-off of Encant (a swisher spot a few doors down) and deals in charcuterie, cheese and a few tapas plates.
Worse still, a plate of (overcooked) octopus was chewy to the point of being inedible.
Welcome to Covent Garden, Sibarita.