TANGRA

TANGRA opened on Frith Street in November 2025, taking over the old Soho Ceviche site and turning it into a late-night home for Indo-Chinese cooking. The name nods to the Tangra district of Kolkata, London's clearest link to the Hakka Chinese community that gave India its own bold, wok-charred version of Chinese food, with further notes drawn from Tibet and Nepal.

Billed by executive chef Nikesh Sawant, formerly development chef at Mildreds, as food with fire and attitude, it is one of the few places to seek out an Indo-Chinese restaurant in Soho. The roughly sixty-seat room leans on sharing plates with a strong vegetarian streak, and the kitchen stays open late, running to around 1.30am for post-theatre and after-work crowds.

What to expect from this Indo-Chinese restaurant in Soho

The menu is built for sharing: momos either wok-seared or in a tomato and lemongrass broth, a Sadeko chick'n kati roll, Frankie mogo fries with a zingy garlic mayo, honey chilli waffle aloo, Manchurian kofta, chilli paneer, Hakka noodles and schezwan fried rice. Drinks run to cocktails such as the Pina Kolkata alongside low and no-alcohol options, keeping the late licence lively.

The chef and the setting

Sawant brings experience across India, Dubai and Australia to a menu that treats Indo-Chinese food as a cuisine in its own right rather than a novelty. The room, designed by Quadrant Design, sits in the middle of Frith Street's dense run of kitchens, near Sichuan specialist Barshu, with more of the street's tables in our Soho restaurants listings.

How a visit works

TANGRA serves sharing plates for dinner and late-night dining on Frith Street, staying open to around 1.30am. Booking is sensible at weekends, though the bar suits a walk-in and a cocktail. Current menus and reservations are on its official site, and the opening was covered by Hot Dinners.