Team behind Fallow to open Roe restaurant this spring

The trio behind London's innovative Fallow restaurant will open Roe in London’s Canary Wharf this spring, three years after the launch of their first permanent restaurant.

Chefs Will Murray and Jack Croft, both 2021 Acorn Award winners, started Fallow as a 12-week pop-up at 10 Heddon Street in March 2020 with chairman James Robson.

It received a Bib Gourmand in the 2021 Michelin Guide Great Britain and Ireland and also won the Newcomer Award at the 2022 Cateys following the launch of its 150-cover restaurant in St James’s.

The team opened a pop-up “beak-to-feet” chicken restaurant, Fowl, in October last year.

The 350-cover Roe in Wood Wharf, named after the native deer of the British Isles, will follow the same nose-to-tail and root-to-stem ethos that brought both Fallow restaurants to fame.

The a la carte menu will be divided into nibbles, flatbreads, skewers, grilled options, larger plates and sides, with typical dishes such as Maitake Cornish pasty with shiitake mushrooms and fresh thyme; baked potato cooked in kombu stock served with walnut and truffle ketchup with crispy seaweed; and the Roe mixed grill, which will offer underused cuts of venison.

Rare breed meats, carefully sourced fish and regenerative crops will also play a large part in the menu.

The restaurant will be set across three floors and feature a chef’s table, mezzanine private dining rooms and a terrace overlooking South Dock canal.

Roe is set to feature plant-based and compostable 3D printed interiors, including a coral-inspired tree and counters, as well as a bespoke aeroponic green wall system for growing peas, Padron peppers and chillies on-site.