kitchen bar seats were the best! i enjoyed watching Eliseo (in our line of site) carefully prepare each dish. Karin was amazingly attentive and willing to help me find just the wine i wanted as well as packing up our take away food as we tend to over order. Fernando was the perfect person to welcome us and get us a drink while we waited (we were early). the pork chops, hummus, yummy bread with tahini,chicken and more (you literally cannot order wrong) were all delicious. a wonderful experience watching the chefs prepare our food and of course enjoying the fruits of their labor. btw, i didn't name each dish correctly because i am happily full and tired from traveling so you will have to read between the lines. hope to revisit The Palomar again one day.

Michelin quality food and experience. Super casual (we sat at the bar, and that was amazing). Every bite was amazing.

The Palomar is a wonderful Mediterranean and dining experience in London. It comes with excellent dining service and highly recommend that you get a reservation. A really great experience and is quite unique if you sit at the bar as you can see right into the kitchen and get the feel of the dynamic with the chefs and staff. You will regularly have conversations with the staff and they are more than willing to share their experiences and backstory about the food and menu. Everything is served a la carte and can be enjoyed family style. Portion sizes are a little small but the craft and the quality of the dishes more than makes up for it. This will really expand your horizons on your middle eastern food and cuisine. Everything we had was incredibly delicious and one of our best dining experiences in London.

During a recent London downpour, I took shelter in The Palomar (with a pre-planned reservation). It was a really great Middle Eastern/Mediterranean meal; with starting with the fluffy and filling kubaneh together with the labneh. The sesame chicken schnitzel followed, leading up to the tarka octopus. Flavors on everything were outstanding, as was the presentation. Service was really good as well, and it was set up nicely for a single diner. The meal closed with an ice cream sandwich which had me really excited, as the "cookies" are baklava. Unfortunately, the baklava was a bit plain, and didn't deliver much sweetness. I also thought the price point was on the higher end for a Bib Gourmand, given the smallness of the plates. Still, The Palomar greatly expanded my horizons of Middle Eastern food, and I'd gladly return.

Loved this place. So small and different from any other Mediterranean type restaurant in the best way possible. All the dishes were amazing and incredibly delicious. We split everything per our waitstaff's recommendation. If in London, get a reservation ( required) and go here. You will be so pleased

Whenever we find ourselves in London The Palomar is an absolute must go to for dinner - and it never fails. All the dips and bread, ribeye, the beet salad was phenomenal with mint, orange and horseradish BUT the show stopper this time was the chicken main entree. We are not ones to regularly order chicken when we're out to dinner but our lovely server recommended it and we thankfully took her advice. Sit at the counter and enjoy the interaction and show. You will never be disappointed.

The Palomar was a last minute dining to decision for us, and boy are we glad we 1) were able to get a reservation, and 2) able to find this hidden gem! The restaurant is on the smaller side, and while we have only been there once, I can imagine the place is usually pretty packed as it was the night we went for dinner during our travels in London. After we were initially looking to go elsewhere for dinner but were turned away because we didn't have a reservation, we found this place and a last minute reservation (the only one left for the night; must've been a late cancellation) that we were able to slide into. So grateful we did! The server we had really made the experience. I cannot remember his name, but he was a kind gentlemen who walked us through the menu, made drink and food recommendations, and was attentive throughout our time there. The drinks list was creative and I enjoyed each of the two cocktails I tried. The food itself was incredible. I highly recommend doing what my fiancé and I did - sharing a few appetizers and small plates together, vs. the traditional order separate entrees. I will particularly call out the breads and dips our server recommended (especially the white one, which I think was a feta cheese based dip). The steak was also incrediblely flavorful and cooked to perfection. If we ever get the chance to come back, we certainly would!

Absolutely brilliant!! If I lived in London, I'd be at The Palomar weekly. We enjoyed such a lovely dinner here. Everything about this place is 5 STAR. The energy is intoxicating in the best way. The vibes were spot on from the moment we stepped through the door until the second we left. High frequency bustling energy = my fav type of energy. I usually don't comment on staff appearances but this team is smokin' hot! I dare you not to notice. We didn't have a booking and stopped in a bit after 21:30 on a Thursday evening. We were seated within ten minutes. Make a booking to be safe, we just lucked out. My bestie and I both took note of the menu and loved how they listed everyone's names down the center. This spoke to us before food or drinks even hit the table. It's such a thoughtful shout out to the people who put the work in to create such a wonderful experience. We didn't sit at the kitchen bar but I can see how that would be a fun spot too, not a bad seat in the place. I had the spicy Paloma. It was so good, I could have had two! This bourbon girl also LOVES tequila. The spiced fig old fashioned was calling my name, I'll have to have it next time. We shared the Chicken Schnitzel, Kubaneh, Labneh, Hummus and Ribeye. We had ordered the carrots but somehow they didn't make it out to us, which was no problem at all. We'd just flown in from France and had chicken with carrots for lunch, so we were not carrot deficient ;) We were plenty satisfied with our selections. Everything was mouth watering delish. We had a couple desserts on the house which was very sweet of them. The sorbet and ice cream sandwiches. We also shared a port, and two additional brownie bites arrived. I'd fly back to London this week just to dine at Palomar, it's that perfect. Highly recommend.

We entered into a mostly empty restaurant @ 12:30; by the time we left it was hopping. 3 types of bread. The Kubaneh was too cakey, but the pita was warm, freshly baked and unique. We opted for the humus and "spicy experience". The seabass tartare was fresh and had a zing. Mackerel was savory. For dessert we opted for the Tahini tart. The friendly & helpful staff helped to select our options. The combo was fabulous. I would def return.

One of the tips I got before my London trip was that I should get some Middle Eastern food here. I'm staying in Covent Garden and found Palomar in the Michelin Guide. I came here for lunch on a Friday afternoon and was nicely seated at the counter in front of the grill. The server recommended that I try the trio of dips (labneh, hummus and babaganush) and the kubaneh to start. The kubaneh was just amazing - it's an airy Yemeni bread that paired really well with all of the dips. I was torn between the lamb and the octopus but decided to go with octopus. It was really nice and tender and all the sauces in the plate just blended well. For dessert, I ordered the lemon and arak sorbet since it was hot and humid outside. I had the sirocco for my non-alcoholic pairing and that was great as well. This was just the perfect lunch on a vacation trip and cost £67. The counter seats at the restaurant were the best and I really enjoyed the music playing in the background. Highly recommended if you are in the area and just craving some good Middle Eastern food.