Rucola at The Conduit is a rooftop Northern Italian restaurant at 6 Langley Street in Covent Garden. Its dining room and terrace combine city views with a menu shaped by sustainability, careful sourcing and a strong preference for vegetables. Breakfast, lunch, aperitivo and dinner give the restaurant an all day rhythm during the week, with brunch and dinner available on Saturday.
Antipasti include burrata with caponata and toasted sourdough, heritage beetroot with plant based feta and pine nuts, and stone bass sashimi with citrus, truffle and chilli. A selection of fennel, Parma and venison salami introduces the cured meat tradition. These plates reflect the kitchen’s aim to deliver full flavour while using seasonal ingredients and limiting unnecessary waste.
Fresh pasta can take the form of shrimp linguine with chilli and garlic, orecchiette with kale pesto, gnocchi with peas, mint and courgette or paccheri with spicy vodka sauce, nduja and pecorino. Pizza ranges from Margherita to pepperoni with hot honey and a white pizza with wild mushrooms, Taleggio and truffle. The concise selection allows dough, pasta and produce to remain central.
Larger dishes include flat iron chicken with preserved lemon, hake with basil potato purée and mussel vinaigrette, and Iberico pork with wild garlic chimichurri. Romano pepper risotto offers a vegetable led alternative, while seasonal greens and courgettes complete the table. Desserts, natural wines and cocktails extend the meal, with the rooftop bar making aperitivo as important to Rucola’s identity as lunch or dinner.
Address: The Conduit, 6 Langley Street, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9JA, United Kingdom