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Pour one out for Sesta, a relatively new – and extremely great – London Fields restaurant which has just announced it’ll be closing at the end of the year.
Sesta opened on Wilton Way in September 2024, in a space previously occupied by Michelin-star tasting menu restaurant Pidgin. It immediately made the leap to Time Out’s 50 Best Restaurants in London list. Our five-star review praised head chef Drew Snaith’s imaginative menu, which included such dishes as nduja-scotched olives, coastal cheddar and cider scones, and prawn and stone bass dolma with ouzo butter.
‘Every dish is simultaneously maximalist and minimalist; a triumph of having a laugh in the kitchen, and keeping that energy alive on the plate without it verging into parody. Pidgin is dead – long live Sesta,’ we wrote.
Sesta revealed plans to close on Instagram, writing: ‘It’s with a heavy heart that we announce Sesta will not be reopening in the new year. While we’ve loved every minute of bringing this little restaurant to life, sadly times are just too hard to make ends meet.’
Sesta isn’t the only new London restaurant to announce its closure in recent days. Hello JoJo in Camberwell shut its doors after only six months in business.
The final service at Sesta will be on December 20.
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