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Impala
Egyptian Middle Eastern
The name comes not from the antelope but from a cherry-red 1964 Chevrolet the chef drove around Egypt as a kid, which tells you most of what you need to know about how personal this Soho restaurant is. Egyptian and North London cooking wind together across a menu that moves through wood-oven breads, grilled meats, pilaf, and pasta, with duck roasted in molasses and fig sauce as the dish people can't stop talking about. It landed at number 15 on the National Restaurant Awards list.
Three honors, in evidence:
The record strongest first
- National Restaurant Awards 2026 · Chef to Watch · The National Restaurant Awards · Meedu Saad
- National Restaurant Awards 2026 · #15 · The National Restaurant Awards
- The Infatuation The Hit List: New London Restaurants To Try Right Now
One number, weighted & current 89
How we score
Nearby in the record closest first
- The Soho Hotel, Firmdale Hotels Stay · 80
- Quo Vadis British Drink · 72
- Barrafina Spanish Eat · 74
- Zenna Bar Indian Drink · 57
- Aulis Creative British Eat · 86
- Aulis London Eat · 84
- Napoli on the Road Neapolitan Pizza Eat · 72
- The Soho Hotel Drink · 50
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