Lita is a Mediterranean restaurant at 7–9 Paddington Street in Marylebone, open since spring 2024. Its name is drawn from the Spanish word abuelita, reflecting a sense of generosity and familiarity within an otherwise carefully composed dining room.
Open fire cooking guides much of the menu, adding smoke, char and direct heat to seasonal meat, fish and vegetables. The kitchen takes inspiration from across the Mediterranean rather than limiting itself to a single national tradition.
Sharing plates allow a table to move naturally from snacks and vegetable dishes to larger centrepieces. An open layout and chef’s counter keep the work of the kitchen visible, giving the technically assured cooking an immediate and convivial quality.
The wine list focuses on considered, often family run producers and is designed to match the evolving food. Lita’s Michelin star recognises the precision behind the experience, while its warm service and neighbourhood setting prevent the meal from feeling overly formal.
Address: 7–9 Paddington Street, Marylebone, London W1U 5QH, England
Lita Bistro Menu
Starters
Culatello & harissa rosti
Grilled St. Austell mussels & tomato rosti
Devon smoked eel rosti
Smoked Basque sardine, grilled foccacia, horseradish, gremolata
Kaluga Caviar, avocado, focaccia toast
Dressed Cornish lobster & tomato rosti
Wildfarmed sourdough, cultured butter
Cecina de Wagyu 25g
Salads
Heirloom courgette salad, stracciatella, pine nut, citrus
Provençal tomato salad, peach, avocado
Chopped Hereford beef, cured egg yolk, Gordal olives, game chips
Fuentes Bluefin tuna, corno peppers, coriander, capers
Hamachi crudo, apricot, tomato, hazelnut
Cornish crab salad, basil, tomato dressing
Pasta
Mafaldine, Trombetta courgette, pine nuts, stracciatella
Strozzapreti, Aylesbury duck ragu, Parmesan
Preserved Perigord truffle bucatini, aged parmesan
Mains
Cornish mackerel, carrot escabeche, fennel, mussel
Grilled Orkney scallop, pumpkin, lobster sauce
Beef short rib, carrot, peach, olives
Native Scottish lobster baked rice, cuttlefish, aioli
Grilled monkfish, clam & crab beurre blanc, fennel salad
Cornish cod, courgette, lardo & tomato beurre blanc
Whole Cornish turbot 1.2kg/1.4kg
Herdwick lamb saddle, grilled peas, maitake mushrooms, cucumber raita
Norfolk black chicken, confit leg, violet artichoke, Madeira sauce
Dry aged Devon duck, Medjool dates, foie gras, kampot peppercorn sauce
Grassfed Shorthorn sirloin 800g
Lake District farmers Côte de boeuf 1kg
Sides
Seasonal bitter leaf salad
Ratte potatoes
Roasted Italian red peppers
Salad of tomatoes
Desserts
Yoghurt mousse, oat crumble, pineapple, Epping honey
Riesling poached peach, almond crumble, brown butter
Gariguette strawberry, olive oil biscuit, Madagascan vanilla cream
Chocolate tart, coffee crumble, hazelnuts, blackcurrant sorbet
Fior di latte, Maldon sea salt, Sicilian olive oil
Affogato, Madagascan vanilla ice cream, Lita espresso
Chocolate sorbet
Apricot sorbet
Melon sorbet
Blackcurrant sorbet
La Mancha, Epping honeycomb, quince
Sweet & Fortified
2022 Riesling Spatlese 'Zeltinger Sonnenuhr' J.J. Prum
2024 Moscato Rosa 'Schweizer' Franz Haas
2016 Tokaji Aszu '3 Puttonyos' Oremus
2010 Sauternes Château Suduiraut
2022 Recioto della Valpolicella Corte Lenguin
2023 Malvasia delle Lipari Tenuta Castellaro
2023 Passito di Pantelleria 'Ben Rye' Donnafugata
2022 Icewine Riesling 'Niagara' Inniskillin
2021 Riesling Spatlese 'Scharzhofberger' Egon Muller
2010 Sauternes Château d'Yquem
NV Ratafia Champenois 'Solera' Adrien Renoir
NV Ratafia Champenois 'L'Exaltant' Sebastien Mouzon
20y Tawny Port Sandeman (poured from a 4.5L bottle)
2018 LBV Port Taylor's
2001 Vintage Port 'Quinta do Panascal' Fonseca
NV Jerez Pedro Ximenez Romate Reservas
Digestifs
NV Barolo Chinato Capellano
Amaro Nonino Quintessentia
Lita Limoncello
Grappa di Moscato Après 5yr
Adriatico Amaretto
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