Ibai London

Awards

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Cuisine

Basque

Chef

Richard Foster

• 2025
• 2024

Dinner at Ibai

on 26 Nov 2025

by Richard Rees Lewis

Lunch at @ibai_london

Wow this place is incredible. The hype is definitely warranted!! The steaks are the best in london, all the food was incredible. What we ordered

☆ La Noir de Bigorre Ham & Crisps with smoked piparra peppers

☆Croque Ibai: carabinero, boudin noir and Tomme de Brebis.

☆ Pate Basque with truffle honey & grilled bread

☆ Galician Blond by Xose Portas in Pontevedra, Spain with Beef fat French fries and Anchovy & Herb Salsa

☆ Pain Perdu with... More

Lunch at @ibai_london

Wow this place is incredible. The hype is definitely warranted!! The steaks are the best in london, all the food was incredible. What we ordered

☆ La Noir de Bigorre Ham & Crisps with smoked piparra peppers

☆Croque Ibai: carabinero, boudin noir and Tomme de Brebis.

☆ Pate Basque with truffle honey & grilled bread

☆ Galician Blond by Xose Portas in Pontevedra, Spain with Beef fat French fries and Anchovy & Herb Salsa

☆ Pain Perdu with hazlenuts & rum

The croque ibai was one of the best things I've ever eaten!! The pate was delicious, amazing flavours. And the ham and crispy was so good, perfect snack with a nice glass if wine. But the star of the show is the Galician blond t-bone, so rare, so flavoursome and incredibly tender, the fat was just incredible. The wines menu is sensational, we got a tour of the the wine cellar, so many amazing wines. For dessert Pain Perdu with hazlenuts & rum ice cream, absolutely quality. You need to try this place its awesome

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Dinner at Ibai

on 20 Nov 2025

by Richard Rees Lewis

La Noir de Bigorre Ham & Crisps with smoked piparra peppers at @ibai_london wow!!!!!!!

#spanish #spanishfood #londonspanish

Dinner at Bartholomew Close EC1

on 17 Jun 2025

by Notorious Foodie

Proper Basque Cooking @ibai_london @richardfoster_cook @mr_txuleta 🔥🥩
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My favourite steakhouse in London without a doubt. It had been a while since I visited and things have gotten even better. The selection of meat is vast and they really push the dry-ageing limits here more than most other places in london. Open flame grilling and really raw approach to Basque cooking - lots of interesting seasonal plates on the menu. The jamón and crisps is my favourite.... More

Proper Basque Cooking @ibai_london @richardfoster_cook @mr_txuleta 🔥🥩
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My favourite steakhouse in London without a doubt. It had been a while since I visited and things have gotten even better. The selection of meat is vast and they really push the dry-ageing limits here more than most other places in london. Open flame grilling and really raw approach to Basque cooking - lots of interesting seasonal plates on the menu. The jamón and crisps is my favourite. So simple and so delicious with the wafer thin slices of Iberico melting over the salted crisps and the pickled peppers across the top. Their Croque Ibai is arguably the famous though - a crispy bite-sized Sando of carabinero prawns and melted mellow cheese. Off the menu, Richard sent out a test version of their new lunch time special tortilla. A dream of a bite. Perfectly cooked and addictive with the crisps tucked inside. Delicious. Now, for the beef, went for two cuts. The 120-day dry aged Galician Blond T-Bone and the dry-aged ribeye. Incredible stuff. All the steaks are very well tempered before being blasted on the grill. A lovely even cook on the beef with a beautiful Smokey crust. Tender, well rested and a little funky. You honestly only need sea salt on this beef but they had a special sauce of the day which was like a cowboy butter and it complemented very well. It’s a proper steakhouse with top quality beef and refined execution. For dessert, don’t hold back. Their Gateau Basque is my go-to, even over the basque cheesecake #notoriousfoodie 🙅🏽‍♂️ Less

Dinner at Ibai

on 10 Jul 2024

by Notorious Foodie

London’s best new opening.. @ibai_london @mr_txuleta @richardfoster_cook 🔥🥩
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From the team behind Lurra and ex-Chiltern head chef comes the all new Basque-inspired grill in the City, Ibai. What a place. Dark, moody interiors and a large, roaring grill in the main dining room. The menu here utilises ingredients sourced from hand-selected farms to bring you the very best seasonal produce. The beef is remarkable. You won’t find better Txuleta anywhere else... More

London’s best new opening.. @ibai_london @mr_txuleta @richardfoster_cook 🔥🥩
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From the team behind Lurra and ex-Chiltern head chef comes the all new Basque-inspired grill in the City, Ibai. What a place. Dark, moody interiors and a large, roaring grill in the main dining room. The menu here utilises ingredients sourced from hand-selected farms to bring you the very best seasonal produce. The beef is remarkable. You won’t find better Txuleta anywhere else in the UK. From the small plates, everything from truffled pâté Basque and Cantabrian anchovies, to their incredible carabinero tartare, beef tartare with esplette peppers and the iberico jamón with peppers and crisps. Flavour does all the talking here. Everything is so fresh and well put together. For main course, I hit the turbot chop, the king crab rice and a bone-in txuleta. The turbot was incredible - gelatinous, buttery and so delicious, the best I’ve had in London. It’s sauce made from the natural collagen of the fish, olive oil and lemon juice, just how it’s done in San Seb. King crab rice, sensational. An incredible paella pan of al dente rice cooked in the most complex sauce to absorb all the goodness. The grilled legs just on top. The beef though - just crazy. Miguel Vergara black Angus - yellow fat caps, solid marbling and the most robust flavour. Tender, Smokey, funky and rich. A well rounded profile that went so nicely with the La Dome 2015. Couldn’t recommend this place enough - but go with a group so you can really order the good stuff! Don’t forget to order their gateaux basque + the croque Ibai #notoriousfoodie 🙅🏽‍♂️
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