All’onda owners close risotto restaurant due to ‘unforeseen circumstances’

Risotto restaurant All’onda has closed after less than two months of trading due to the owners’ “unforeseen personal circumstances”.

Head chef Andrea Granzarolo and founder Cordula Schulz opened All’onda, meaning ‘on the wave’, a type of risotto-making technique, in London’s Fitzrovia in May.

Lombardy-born Granzarolo had previously worked for Hélène Darroze for six years. Prior to that, he was at the Greenhouse in London’s Mayfair and the Square in London’s St James’s.  

Meanwhile, general manager Marco Montalbano had joined from Muse by Tom Aikens in London’s Belgravia to oversee front of house at the 42-cover restaurant, which featured dark wood surfaces, warm lighting and a bespoke sculpture of a grain of rice, commissioned from Japan.

Dishes included spring green risotto primavera, lobster and tarragon risotto, and risotto alla Milanese.

Jay Rayner wrote in his review for The Observer this week: “We learned of its closure when our request to visit to take pictures which would illustrate my rave of a review was declined. They had closed just two working days after my lunch there. It’s a crying shame.

“Chef Andrea Granzarolo’s risottos were as delicious as they were eye-poppingly beautiful and the £39 lunch menu was a steal for food of this quality.”

A message on All’onda’s website reads: “We regret to inform you that due to unforeseen personal circumstances of the owners, All’onda will be closing down permanently as of Tuesday 18.6.2024.”

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