If you’ve spent any time in the London food scene, you’ve definitely heard two restaurants on everyone’s lips: Fallow and FOWL. And if you spend any time on social media (which – who doesn’t?) you’ve likely seen the hugely viral videos of the chefs behind these two London restaurants, Will Murray and Jack Croft, sharing cooking tips and tricks, and behind-the-scenes looks at their restaurants. Needless to say, the chef duo has been making quite a splash! And now, they’re set to open yet another London restaurant – this time in Canary Wharf. Welcome to the dining stage, Roe.
The two chefs, along with Chairman James Robson, will open their new restaurant this month, on April 22, and it’s set to be a pretty grand affair. Specifics are still pretty thin on the ground, but we do know some details.
Inside Roe
The site will stretch across three floors, with enough space for 350 diners at a time. Special features of the restaurant will include a chef’s table, a mezzanine private dining room, and a terrace that overlooks the South Dock canal.
The decor, meanwhile, comprises “the first known plant-based and compostable 3D printed interiors”. These will include a tree in the middle of the restaurant, eco-friendly materials, and a “bespoke aeroponic green wall system”. Allow us to translate that into English for you. That means a living wall of plants where the restaurant will grow herbs and greens for use in their dishes. They will even have a full-time, on-site gardener whose job is to tend the vegetable wall.
What to expect from the food
Roe will follow in the example set by Fallow St James’s and FOWL, with an emphasis on considered, low-waste cooking. Just like the other two restaurants, Roe will follow a nose-to-tail and root-to-stem ethos that will see them binning as little produce as possible.
With Roe, chefs Murray and Croft are also hoping to highlight underused and underappreciated produce. This means restaurant guests can expect rare breed meats, carefully sourced fish, and regenerative crops to feature heavily on the menu.
They’re promising an extensive a la carte menu ranging from nibbles and sides to flatbreads, skewers, and grilled dishes, as well as large plates suitable for sharing. You can enjoy everything from Smoked Lemon Chicken with hazelnut satay, and Monkfish with Lemon and Chorizo skewers, to snail ‘Vindaloo’. Clearly, the team hasn’t lost any of its daring and experimentation in the kitchen!
Among the other menu items are a Maitake Cornish Pasty and “a new take on the humble Baked Potato” served with Lincolnshire Poacher cheese sauce, nori-seasoned shoestring fries and kombu ketchup. And one of the signature dishes will be the Roe Mixed Grill. This will feature underused cuts from the eponymous venison breed, cooked three different ways.
But wait, there’s more…
Good news for fans of the vaunted FALLOW Sunday Roast: they’ll be bringing the special offering to this new restaurant too, with all the trappings fans would expect. As if that wasn’t enough, they’ll also be bringing breakfast to ROE. The signature Fallow Royale (the savoury, filled croissant roll) is set to make a starring appearance on the menu. But you’ll have to wait a bit, as they want to settle into the site before they start knocking out breakfast, too.
All in all, a meal at Roe sounds like it’s set to be a roe-llicking good time.
Bookings are already available. Head here to secure yourself a table at what’s sure to be London’s hottest new restaurant!
📍 Roe Restaurant, Five Park Drive, Wood Wharf, London E14 9GG. The nearest station is Canary Wharf.