St Moritz

St Moritz has been serving Alpine comfort food on Wardour Street since 1974, making it one of Soho's true veterans and about the only place in central London built around a proper Swiss fondue. Cosy, chalet-styled and gloriously unchanging, it is the sort of restaurant regulars return to for decades.

For a bubbling pot of Swiss fondue in Soho, this is the address: melted cheese fondue for dipping, hot-stone and broth fondues for meat, plus raclette scraped over potatoes and a menu of rosti, sausages and other mountain staples. It is hearty, sociable and best tackled with a group and a bottle of Swiss wine.

What to expect from this Swiss restaurant in Soho

Expect the fondue in all its forms - classic cheese, meat fondues cooked at the table, and raclette - alongside Alpine mains and a short list of Swiss wines. The chalet fit-out leans into the theme without irony, and the whole thing is designed for lingering. It is a novelty for some and a decades-old ritual for others.

The fondue and the history

Half a century on Wardour Street has made St Moritz a genuine Soho institution, unbothered by trends. It sits among the street's long run of kitchens, near MOI, with more of the area's tables in our Soho restaurants listings.

How a visit works

St Moritz serves lunch and dinner on Wardour Street, with booking advised given its small size and loyal following. Menus are on its official site, with reviews on Yelp.