64 Goodge Street
Stuart Andrew opened Portland in 2015 and has cooked for the same group ever since, and at 64 Goodge Street he spends that experience on sauces: bisque poured over crab ravioli, sea bass with mussels in saffron, partridge with boudin blanc and quince (Good Food Guide).
Why go
The restaurant opened in August 2023 as the Woodhead Restaurant Group's third Fitzrovia room, after Portland and Clipstone, and took a Michelin star in the 2025 Great Britain and Ireland selection announced that February (MICHELIN Guide). The cooking is French bistro repertoire held to a much higher tolerance than the format usually gets, which shows in the small things: the Good Food Guide's inspector counted tiny carrot and courgette brunoise, bites of green bean, poached fresh coco beans
in a single soupe au pistou. Tables sit close together with an open kitchen behind them, and the wine list starts at £8 a glass (Good Food Guide). Grace Dent reviewed it in the Guardian within weeks of opening (Guardian).
Order this / avoid
- Order: the soupe au pistou when it is on, the escargot, which Time Out described as
aristocratic Scotch eggs,
and the tarte au citron with bergamot Chantilly to close (Time Out, Good Food Guide). - Avoid: the aligot. Time Out's reviewer found it "lacked its signature elasticity," and a mash whipped with young cheese either pulls into ropes or there is no reason to order it.
What locals & experts say
- Time Out London (Joe Mackertich, 4 stars, 12 February 2024):
An elegant bistro bringing French fine dining back to Fitzrovia.
1 - The Good Food Guide: rated Very Good, with staff who are knowledgeable and warm and avoid
a cold feeling of being processed.
2 - The Guardian (Grace Dent, 25 August 2023): reviewed under the headline
You can imagine a Helena Bonham Carter character lunching here.
3 - MICHELIN Guide (2025 selection): one star, awarded February 2025.4
Good to know
- Timing: lunch and dinner. Service days are not confirmed here; check when booking.
- Booking: essential since the star. There is a private dining room, and you leave a card to hold the table.
- Dietary: no allergen, vegetarian or vegan statement could be retrieved; the restaurant's site blocks automated access. Call ahead.
- Location: 64 Goodge Street W1T 4NF, two minutes from Goodge Street station.
Jeff's take (his words)
- Note: "New resto from insta, an emerging French bistro." REAL. It has held a Michelin star since February 2025.
Verdict
should-visit — Stuart Andrew has been cooking in the Woodhead group since Portland opened in 2015, and 64 Goodge Street is him doing French classics with the saucing taken seriously: bisque under crab ravioli, sea bass with mussels in saffron, partridge with boudin blanc and quince. A Michelin star followed in the 2025 selection, eighteen months after opening. It is a very good version of a familiar thing rather than a category of one, which is where the rung stops.