Kingly Court: a gourmet's paradise

Among the many cool things to do in Soho, there's the food court that is Kingly Court.

This unique culinary center features 25 top international restaurants, bars and cafés in a covered, open-air courtyard.

Kingly Court restaurants are exclusive to London.

Let's discover some of the best.

How to get to Kingly Court

Getting to Kingly Court is easy. It's just a two-minute walk from :

Oxford Circus
Piccadilly

A wide choice of restaurants

Kingly Court is one of a number of food courts that have sprung up in London, including :

Shoreditch Boxpark
Pop Brixton
Vinegar Yard
Mayfair Mercato
Flat Iron Square

You can find many restaurants covering most of the world's cuisines.

Kingly Court: Stax Diner

Stax Diner is an American-style restaurant located in Kingly Court, founded by American chef Bea Vo.

Enjoy traditional homemade southern specialties, such as :

Their famous chicken and waffle
Succulent beef and chicken burgers
Popcorn shrimp
Triple-cooked home fries

Stax offers a wide selection of drinks, including unique alcoholic and non-alcoholic cocktails and milkshakes, to help quench your thirst.

Be sure to make a reservation to enjoy desserts such as The Dough-Bro fried brownie and The Duffin Sundae.

Pilgrim Pizza

Pizza Pilgrims offers you hot pizzas, cold beers and much more!

Neapolitan dishes of all kinds await you. Enjoy specialties such as :

Marinara
Margarita
Nduja

Save room for Pizza Pilgrims' Nutella Pizza Ring or Nutellamisu, a Nutella-infused tiramisu.

Pizza Pilgrims' Pococello drinks, craft beers and wines, as well as Thom's Neapolitan Amari and digestif, are available at the bar.

Kingly Court: The Good Egg

Tel Aviv has inspired the flavors of this establishment located in the heart of Soho.

The Good Egg serves breakfast through dinner. Brunch includes:

shakshuka
babka French toast
du Sabich
Reuben corned beef
ZFC (Za'atar fried chicken)
Eggplant shawarmas
Cauliflower in a clay oven
Orange and juniper octopus

The green menu offers vegetarian cuisine, vegan and gluten-free.

Last but not least, happy hour runs Monday to Friday from 4pm to 7pm. Order during these hours, all cocktails cost £6.

The goddess of life

La Déesse de la Vie offers Mediterranean cuisine in Carnaby. The restaurant serves homemade Greek cuisine, prepared using authentic products and traditional methods.

Moussaka, plaki Gigantes and tomato and caper salad are featured. Sun-ripened fruit, local pork, chicken and fish are used to make the dishes.

The grocery section gives you access to almost 300 Greek vegetarian dishes. On site, I suggest you turn to to wild truffle carpaccio and organic mandarin marmalade. A true delight.

Marsha

The Marsha team is concerned about food waste.

Using the skin, liver and heart, every part of the animal is preserved in the dishes prepared at this establishment.

The Soanes family farm in Yorkshire has been raising free-range, high-welfare hens for centuries. This is where Marsha sources its raw materials.

Kingly Court: The Detox Kitchen

Detox Kitchen is where healthy meets delicious.

Carnaby's Detox Kitchen serves wheat-free, dairy-free and processed sugar-free meals. Breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks are served every day of the week.

Here you can order :

Smoothies
Fruit juices
Teas
Coffee shops

Detox Kitchen serves meat-free cuisine. Here you can enjoy a healthy, balanced diet, rich in natural ingredients. and lean proteins.

Shoryu Carnaby

Shoryu Carnaby serves Hakata tonkatsu ramen from Fukuoka, executive chef Kanji Furukawa and director Tak Tokumine.

Shoryu rolls, pan-fried gyozas and soft-shell crab tempura are served on the side. Matcha and yuzu citrus are desserts.

Seasonal sake cocktails, craft beer, wine and shochu are served to quench your thirst.

Kingly Court: Crumbs & Doilies

Crumbs & Doilies is a two-storey bakery and store in Kingly Court, serving unique cakes and cupcakes made from the finest ingredients, cooked to order in store.

The bakeries on the second floor offer daily and seasonal dishes. Popular cupcakes include :

Vanilla Rose
Red Velvet
Jamaican Ginger
Lemon & Poppyseed
Salted Caramel

The Cahoots

Cahoots transports guests back to the 1940s in an abandoned subway station, where they can enjoy craft cocktails and rationed specialties.

At your party, you'll meet stars of stage and screen from the 1940s.

Cocktails are served in flasks, milk bottles and cans. Wooden stairs lead up to a stationmaster who sells "day tickets". If you wish to return, you can buy a season ticket.

Kingly Court is full of wonderful restaurants. During your stay in London, I recommend that you to enjoy the English culinary scene to the full.

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