Bocca di Lupo Menu

Bocca di Lupo is a family run Italian restaurant at 12 Archer Street in Soho. Chef patron Jacob Kenedy and Victor Hugo opened it in November 2008 with the aim of exploring food from all twenty Italian regions. The lively room includes a chef’s counter facing the open kitchen as well as conventional tables.

The menu is updated twice a day to respond to seasons and available ingredients. Dishes are offered in different sizes, encouraging diners to move between regions and share several contrasting preparations. Pasta, seafood, meat and vegetable courses sit together without reducing Italian cooking to a single regional style.

Much of the supporting craft stays in house, including gelati, breads, sausages, salame, pickles, mostarda and pasta. Ingredients that cannot be made on site are carefully sourced from Italy. A monthly lunch and pre theatre menu is particularly useful in this West End location, while a children’s menu and private dining broaden the occasions the restaurant can serve.

The wine list follows the same regional curiosity as the food, with cocktails, beer and spirits also available. Seats are kept for walk in customers, although reservations are wise at busy times. Bocca di Lupo combines the informality of a trattoria with detailed cooking and a restless interest in the less familiar corners of Italy’s culinary map.

Address: 12 Archer Street, London W1D 7BB, United Kingdom