This new Greek-Spanish fusion spot seems like a Mediterranean kiss on each cheeks

Lonsdale Street is Queen’s Park’s best-kept secret. The unassuming North West London thoroughfare, as soon as a steady block for Hackney carriages, is now stuffed with flavoursome eating choices and leisure. The latest opening of Don’t Inform Dad entices with its seamless day-to-night providing and hazelnut brown-butter croissants, and simply minutes away now sits Pyrá, a Greek and Spanish fusion spot led by head chef Mattia Caddeo, previously sous chef at The Arts Membership, Mayfair and Angela Hartnett’s Murano. As a result of why accept one delicacies when you possibly can have each Mediterranean favourites?

Wallpaper* dines at Pyrá, London

The temper: a kiss on each cheeks

Designed by the London-based studio Home of Dré, Pyrá’s inside favours heat, earthy tones that search to lure friends in with a lived-in attraction. The studio’s founder, Andreas N. Christodoulou, used texture as a metaphor for the passage of time, deciding on supplies that may embrace imperfection and inform their very own tales as they age. Therefore, the selection of terracotta tile flooring, which patinas gracefully. ‘One in all my favorite particulars is the little café curtain underneath the kitchen cross, hanging from an unlacquered brass rail that may slowly tarnish and develop character over time,’ Christodoulou notes.

A rendezvous at Pyrá doesn’t start and finish on the bottom ground – an inviting upstairs area contains a vinyl, wine and cocktail bar known as the Loft, out there for personal rent and DJ nights. ‘Flooded with pure mild, it’s a brilliant and lofty area designed with flexibility in thoughts,’ says Christodoulou. ‘You can host an engagement celebration one evening, then clear the furnishings for a yoga class the subsequent.’

The meals: sharing is caring…or is it?

If there’s one factor the Greeks and Spaniards know learn how to do, it’s bringing individuals collectively over meals. That’s precisely the spirit of Pyrá. The tapas-style sharing menu celebrates the perfect of Mediterranean delicacies and elements. This strategy, mixed with the heat of fire-grilled specialities and the masterful use of spices and fragrant herbs, delights the palate – with out the price of a aircraft ticket.

Whereas home specials embrace complete sea bass baked in salt crust and a 1kg Galician rib-eye on the bone, you’re greater than allowed to indulge within the deconstructed gyros: slow-cooked lamb leg with flatbread, chips, chili dip, tzatziki, onion, and tomato salad. Ask for the cocktail of the day for the last word vacation refresher, and don’t skip the crème catalane with blood orange for dessert.

Pyra is positioned at 6A-8A, Lonsdale Rd, London NW6 6RD; pyralondon.com