Food writer and cook Ravinder Bhogal's debut restaurant in Marylebone....

Jikoni, meaning ‘kitchen’ in Swahili, features a menu focusing on cuisines from Britain, East Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. Bhogal (a former protégé of Gordon Ramsay) has partnered with Ratnesh Bagdai (Mark Hix's longtime business partner) and Sat Ghuman (of Barrio Bars) to open Jikoni.

The restaurant draws on award winning food writer and cook Ravinder’s mixed heritage and travels, with flavours and culinary traditions - and the restaurant is dedicated to ‘the maternal figures who made my world safe with their food’. The menu of "simply the kind of food I love to cook and eat with friends and family at home" is split into ‘Snacks’, ‘Small Plates’, ‘Big Plates’ and Desserts (see Signature Dishes). 

The space has been designed in a collaboration lead by London studio, Creative Family, and takes inspiration from the maternal kitchens of Ravinder’s childhood. Jikoni became the first carbon neutral independent restaurant in the UK - the restaurant has been powered by solar power, wind power and carbon neutral ‘green gases’ and have partnered with non-profit organisation Climate Neutral.

Ideal For

Spice mix, kitchen suppers

Signature Dishes

Ravinder’s scotch eggs take pride of place on the menu, with unusual takes including a Prawn Toast quail scotch egg with Banana ketchup and pickled cucumber, and Goan inspired pork scotch egg served with tomato and ginger chutney and a spiky carrot achaar. Small plates’ include an Indian take on the American ‘sloppy joe’ made with Herdwick Mutton Keema, pickled onions and mint chutney, and crisp Soft shell crab to be served with Ravinder’s take on a peanut sauce. ‘Big plates’ include comfort food dishes such as a spiced up Shepherd’s Pie and home ground Ras Hal Hanout Lamb served with Mujadarra.