Fire-Dining Restaurant Serving Seafood in the Heart of Mayfair
The Sea as a Culinary Cornerstone
The coast shapes the IGNI menu construction from day to day. Chef Theo Clench spent his childhood by the sea, and fostered a lifelong connection with food through family fishing and foraging trips. It’s this early fluency with the water’s edge, knowing what to catch and when, that runs directly through the IGNI menu. Every seafood dish begins with a call to our trusted fishers, and ends only when the ingredient has been treated as well as it deserves.
The Seafood on the Menu
Open fire changes what fish and seafood can be; the crust a live flame puts on a piece of fish, the caramelisation it draws from a scallop, the smoke it lends to something that spent its life in cold water. At IGNI’s four-metre grill, fire is used as a precise instrument, where time is treated as an ingredient itself.
Sustainably Sourced, Seasonally Driven
The IGNI menu naturally shifts with the seasons, meaning that the seafood we offer reflects what is at its best right now. This is only possible because of the direct relationships we’ve nurtured with the fishers we trust: people who tell us what’s worth having this week, and what isn’t. From those conversations, the menu grows; and it’s all the more sensational for it.
The Seafood on the Menu
IGNI is built around tasting menus, and seafood finds its natural home in that format. A single piece of fish, given its own course and its own moment, can say something that a sharing plate never quite can. Across five or eight courses, or three at lunch time, the kitchen moves through texture and intensity, from the brightness of an oyster to the depth of a slow-worked monkfish. Each visit is different, so even returning diners experience something new.
Reserve your Table at IGNI
Lunch runs Monday to Saturday, 12–2pm, with dinner running Monday to Saturday, 5:30–9:30pm.
For private celebrations or corporate dining, our private dining room downstairs is available on request; contact us directly to discuss.
Book your table with us today, and enjoy a taste of the sea in Mayfair.
Our details
Find IGNI at 12 St. George Street, London W1S 2FB, within walking distance of Bond Street and Oxford Circus tube stops. Q-Park Cavendish Square is the nearest car park for diners that drive to us.
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