It comes hot on the heels of the Shoreditch restaurant, which only opened in March
Rik Campbell and Will Bowlby are men on a mission; the pair opened a Kricket restaurant and a second branch of cocktail bar SOMA in Canary Wharf towards the end of 2024, before establishing a fourth restaurant in Shoreditch this spring, which was also the first Kricket site to operate all-day with a breakfast offering. Now a fifth Kricket is on the way, opening in Neal’s Yard later this year.
Joining neighbours like The Barbary and Story Cellar, this Kricket take up residence in a 4000 sq ft space and have room for 130 covers. Like the Shoreditch site, the Covent Garden restaurant will also run all day and serve breakfast (dishes on the Shoreditch menu include eggs bhurji, bacon pao and kedgeree), alongside an a la carte selection of modern Indian plates. We don’t know exactly what will be on the menu yet but we’d expect to see signature dishes like the Keralan fried chicken, samphire pakoras, and claypot baked cod.
Speaking about the opening, Emma Matus, Head of Restaurant Leasing at Shaftesbury Capital said: “Covent Garden is already home to the city’s best dining concepts, and the addition of Kricket, with their take on Indian cuisine that blends Indian flavours with London’s culinary creativity, will complement this line-up. The signing is among the first of many new dining options set to be introduced to the destination this year, as we get ready to bolster Covent Garden’s high calibre offer with new, unique and diverse concepts.”
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Key Information
Opening date | late 2025
Address | Neal’s Yard, London, WC2H 9DP
For more information | kricket.co.uk
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