Wright Brothers Soho

Serving the very best & freshest seafood sourced from their own wholesale business and fisheries in the UK — trust in sustainability, flavour and quality.

Wright Brothers - The London Seafood Experts

http://www.thewrightbrothers.co.uk

Wright Brothers - The London Seafood Experts

Soho - Wright Brothers - Seafood Restaurant & Cocktail Bar

Here, our food is alive with the energy of Pan-Asian flavours.

Our head chef makes modern, colourful food, using only the best British ingredients and adding his unforgettable twist to everything.

Wright Brothers Soho | London | Restaurant Review | The Arbuturian

Wright Brothers is a specialist oyster and fish restaurant, so there was the added complication of me perhaps choking to death on a rogue fish bone, or dribbling oyster juice down my shirt, neither of which would impress madame.

Entering through the front door, this time on Kingly Street, I was pleased to find much calmer waters; the lighting was just right – not too bright, not too dark (I look my best in low lighting) – with lots of candles and stripped wood and old pictures and whatnot.

At this point I was feeling rather smug with the whole affair, and I was pretty certain that as Her Ladyship’s eyes twinkled above the glow of a dancing candle flame upon which I almost set alight to my shirt sleeve, things were in good order.

More wine was consumed and my monk fish, cooked so tenderly it almost brought a tear to my eye, disappeared down the old gullet a little faster than is perhaps gentlemanly, but needs must and all that sort of thing.

We set sail from the charming restaurant and made our way back onto the mean streets of Soho; Her Ladyship looped her arm around mine, looked me squarely in the eyes, and said in her melodic manner, “Thank you ever so much for a wonderful meal.”

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Ben Wright and Robin Hancock were both sick of their corporate jobs, and apres-ski oyster sessions turned out to be the perfect catalyst for them to sack it all in and open a shellfish farm in Cornwall.

Nine years later, they sell oysters to Scott’s, The Ivy, Le Caprice and The Wolseley as well as their own three restaurants in Falmouth, Borough Market and, most recently, Soho.

Like their other establishments, Wright Brothers Soho is far-removed from the stuffy atmosphere usually associated with oysters - and yet the food is worthy of any of the other restaurants they supply.

The selection of oysters changes regularly - with extra, daily, additions to the specials board.

My dad, who came with me to the restaurant, considers himself a bit of an oyster connoisseur (he has been married to my French mother for 30 years) but even he needed the help of our knowledgeable waitress over which variety to choose.

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Eating alone at this sort of oyster house is what the Jews call a mitzvah, a blessing.

The Wright Brothers Oyster & Porter House in London's Borough Market ticks all the boxes.

And its oysters are good – the owners have custodianship of stretches of water down in the southwest of England which produce some of the loveliest examples, not least the Duchy natives.

Likewise, while their native-oyster pricing is pretty much on par, what they don't have on their standard menu are any of the cheaper rock oysters.

The rest of the menu is a mixture of standards, like fish pie and whitebait, and more evolved dishes.

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It now has a new head chef as well as a new look.

Having previously worked at Eight over Eight head chef Sasha Ziverts has introduced a seafood menu featuring Asian twists.