Padella

Padella brought its much-loved pasta bar to Soho in spring 2026, opening its third London site on the corner of Kingly Street. The work of Tim Siadatan and Jordan Frieda, the team behind Trullo and the original Borough Market Padella, it takes the same simple idea, fresh pasta made daily and priced to order often and generously, and gives it an 80-seat home across the ground floor and basement.

As a proper pasta bar in Soho, it keeps the format that made its name: an open kitchen with counter stools, a short menu that changes with the seasons, and pasta rolled and cut on site every day. There are tables out on Kingly Street, a private room for up to eight downstairs, and a walk-in policy backed by a virtual queue so you can wait with a drink nearby rather than in line.

What to expect from this pasta bar in Soho

The menu is all about the pasta: tagliarini, stracci, fettuccine, ravioli, the celebrated pici cacio e pepe and pappardelle with a slow-cooked ragu, alongside a handful of antipasti and puddings. Portions are designed for ordering a couple of plates, and the counter seats give a front-row view of the kitchen. It is quick, informal and built for a brilliant midweek dinner as much as a planned one.

The team and the format

Padella's Soho arrival was one of the more anticipated openings of the year, extending a formula that already draws queues at Borough and Shoreditch. It sits among Kingly Street's dense run of kitchens, near wine bar Bar Crispin, with more of the area's tables in our Soho restaurants listings.

How a visit works

Padella Soho serves lunch daily from noon and dinner into the evening, later on Thursday to Saturday, with counter seats and terrace tables kept for walk-ins and a virtual queue via the Dojo app. Current menus and the queue are on its official site, and the opening was covered by Time Out.