A historic Soho restaurant and members’ club
Formerly a brothel and a home to Karl Marx, the Great Dame of Dean Street continues to draw an eclectic and epicurean crowd, attracted to the good things in life. The restaurants – ground floor is open to everyone and first floor is members only – serve seasonal, regional British fare, with a menu conjured up monthly by Chef Proprietor, Jeremy Lee and team. With an exuberant private members’ club upstairs, Quo Vadis also boasts three handsome private dining rooms, both beautifully appointed and very well attended to.
We’re hosting a mighty blowout for Pride, with the roguish and fabulous @gurd_loyal as our party host.
Gurd has dreamed up numerous naughty activities, from a feather boa throwing contest to ‘pin the smoked eel on Barbra Streisand’, also inviting @thefivemadonnas to help us get into the groove. @lexii.london will return to the decks and we’ve gathered some wicked prizes for a raffle, in aid of @thtorguk.
This event is open to members and their guests, please RSVP by emailing reception@qvsoho.co.uk 💛💜💙🩵💚❤️
Many thanks to @twotribesbrew, a local London independent brewery, for sponsoring and fuelling us with their amazing excellent beers.
The port city of Odesa, Ukraine, is an innovative culinary hub where historic food markets, like the bustling Privoz bazaar, and modern stylish bistros live together in anachronistic harmony.
Recent events have placed an unimaginable strain on the city, its people and the blooming hospitality industry, so now more than ever it is vital to celebrate their local culinary talent and traditions. We are therefore honoured to welcome one of Odesa’s most exciting up-and-coming chefs, @nikalozovska, who will come all the way to Soho to cook with us in July for a special international dinner. Nika promises to celebrate the richness of the sea with her pescatarian menu, featuring mussels, cod cheeks and roe.
Nika received classical training from the world-renowned Ferrandi cookery school in Paris, and a laudable apprentissage at Hotel George V by Four Seasons. Returning home, she honed her own style of seasonal modern Ukranian cookery, which took fruit at her small but extremely chic bistro @dizyngoff, and at @decole.cafe, the café at the heart of the Odesa Museum of Fine Arts.
To find and purchase tickets to the event, seek out the ‘Reservations and Events’ button on our website.
We so appreciate the versatility of skate wing, a beautiful cut of fish with a distinctive flavour and firm texture that stands up proudly to many sauces or ways of serving.
On our June menu, you will see a sunny presentation of skate wing with almond and bread crumb, a sorrel and nettle sauce that sings with garlic, and fresh lemon to squeeze liberally over the lot.
We were thrilled to be joined this week by @hector.henderson and @celestekdoig, who blew us away with an array of Trinidadian treats. The geera oxtail blood cake gave us rich, intensely savoury indulgence, set off nicely by the tang of Linley Farm chow. After palate-cleansing cockles, we greedily mopped up curry duck with fine, flaky roti and found chocolatey bliss in rum-packed st emilion.
Huge thanks to both for bringing a world of flavour to our kitchen, and for curating a very merry evening indeed.
Each month, on the day a menu is launched, we send up all the dishes to our front of house crew to try. The whole kitchen team gets involved, and our sous chef Hugo describes each dish with meticulous detail.
Thorough tasting sessions allow our dining room crews to talk you through our menus with confidence and precision, and happen to be a very jolly way to spend a Monday afternoon.
Show Us Your Member: Suzi Sendama
In this month’s members’ Bugle, we hear from @bettercallsuze, seasoned pro on all things QV. Here’s to many more margarita-fuelled adventures on Dean Street this summer.
For the full mini-interview, check your inboxes. 💌
#ShowUsYourMember
Hold your horses and grab your diaries, here’s the line-up we’ve all been waiting for. We are thrilled to announce the sparkling case of players for our upcoming soirées.
For the second half of 2024, QV will play host to visitors and flavours from far and wide. We will welcome one of Odesa’s most exciting up-and-coming chefs, bask in the blazing success of hot London grill restaurants, bring a San Francisco institution across the pond and savour Michelin-starred seafood from Isle of Skye’s finest chef.
Huge thanks to our wonderful sponsors, @ginmare @journeysendwines and @everleafdrinks.
It’s that time of the week again…
Dirty or dry, vodka or gin, olive or twist, we don’t discriminate. However you take your martinis, you will find them for £6 in the QV members’ club this evening between the very happy hours of 6-8pm. 🍸
One for the diaries, folks.
On Saturday 29th June, we will be holding a Pride extravaganza for our members and their guests. The marvellous @gurd_loyal will be our host for the day, regaling us with a themed quiz, a raffle with proceeds going to @thtorguk, activities and challenges ranging from amusing to bizarre.
More information to come, but be sure to save the date. 🌈
It’s that time of year when we transition to outdoor rhubarb, served here in a salad-style starter with beetroot and silvery slivers of mackerel, pickled with shavings of assorted crunchy vegetables. To give it a kick, the dish is finished with a generous grating of fresh horseradish.
On a less flavourful topic, please note that we will be closed on Monday for the bank holiday.
Yesterday, we had the honour of welcoming the formidable and divine @cookinboots for an evening filled with vibrant colour and flavour.
All began with an exoticised classic - a curry leaf crumpet, consumed rapidly as lime pickle butter seeped into the pores. The kale chaat then exploded with flavour and crunch, while the mango and golden coin curry thali provided sweet, spiced decadence, accompanied by featherlight dhokla which we dipped eagerly in bright coriander chutney.
The pudding defies description - a wonderfully camp tour de force. Huge thanks to Ravinder, Zoe and Rhys, we simply adore you.
The joyful confluence of British Sandwich Week and terrace season. There’s only one thing for it.
Our Brands
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Formerly a brothel and a home to Karl Marx, the Great Dame of Dean Street continues to draw an eclectic and epicurean crowd, attracted to the good things in life.
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