London’s Londrino restaurant in Bermondsey to close

Portuguese restaurant Londrino is expected to close later this month, barely a year after opening, with its head chef Leandro Carreira said to be moving onto a new project.

Londrino’s signature octopus with red pepper miso and kohlrabi

Located on Snowfields in London Bridge, Londrino serves an ever-evolving menu of sharing plates that interpret Portuguese cuisine through a London lens, including bowls of Madeira-laced red prawns and ‘toffee’ mayo with spears of white and green asparagus.

One of its best known dishes is octopus with red pepper miso and kohlrabi (pictured). However, as reported by Eater, the restaurant is expected to serve its last plates on 28 February.

Carreira cut his teeth in Lisbon before moving to the two Michelin star Mugaritz in the Basque Country to work under Andoni Aduriz.

Moving to London, Carreira went on to become head chef at Nuno Mendes’ experimental modern Portuguese restaurant, Viajante, at the Town Hall Hotel in Bethnal Green, and later worked at hipster foodie favourite Lyle’s in Shoreditch.

His debut restaurant was one of the most hotly anticipated restaurant openings of 2018.

Londrino’s wine list was also highly prized, with our Wine List Confidential editor Douglas Blyde praising its sommelier/manager, Cameron Dewar, who curated a detailed list of ‘organically farmed, biodynamic or minimal intervention, low-to-no added sulphur’ wines bringing “added sapidity to Londrino’s impeccably fresh fare”.

The reason for its closure is not clear, however Eater reports that Carrerira already has his next venture lined up.

Read our db Eats review of Londrino here.