Nammos London: The New Address for Mediterranean Glamour
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Some restaurants you discover; others you remember. Nammos, for me, has always belonged to the latter category. I first experienced the original on Psarou Beach in Mykonos, where its particular alchemy of sun, seafood, music and unabashed celebration has made it something of a global institution. So, when I heard that Nammos was opening in London, I was intrigued, and, if I’m honest, more than a little excited. The expectations were high.
Now open on Berkeley Street, Nammos London is the brand’s first metropolitan outpost and a significant new chapter for a name synonymous with the luxury Mediterranean lifestyle. Following Mykonos, Dubai, Cannes, Sardinia and Limassol, London feels like a natural, if ambitious, next step: bringing the spirit of Psarou Beach to the heart of Mayfair.
The setting is unmistakably Nammos, but with an urban polish. Spread across two floors, the restaurant has been conceived by Elastic Architects as a light-filled interpretation of Mediterranean elegance, with warm whites, sandy beiges, soft arches, organic forms and natural textures. Signature broken-tile details nod to the Mykonos original, while the overall effect is more a sophisticated city retreat than a beach club transplant.
Downstairs, the atmosphere is elegant and relatively composed, with a handsome dining room and its own bar. Upstairs, however, is where the energy gathers. The elevated views across Mayfair are a bonus, but it is the sense of occasion that makes this level particularly compelling. If you’re visiting for the full Nammos experience, my tip is to book for a Friday or Saturday and ask to sit upstairs. This is where the party atmosphere really takes hold as the evening progresses – the music rises, the cocktails start flowing, and dinner edges ever closer to dancing.
And then there is the food.The menu draws on the culinary traditions of Greece and the wider Mediterranean, with seafood naturally occupying centre stage. There is a dedicated raw bar, freshly baked bread made daily, premium meats, seasonal vegetables and dishes designed around exceptional produce and meticulous sourcing.
Our meal began with a suitably generous introduction to the Nammos philosophy: a Mediterranean spread platter, followed by a classic Greek salad, its freshness providing a welcome counterpoint to the richer dishes that followed. There was also a nigiri and sashimi platter, reflecting the restaurant’s broader international sensibility, alongside the baked spicy crab maki, a particularly indulgent take on the familiar Japanese favourite.
Next came fried zucchini, crisp and moreish, before the arrival of one of the dishes I had been most keen to try: Nammos’ famous Aubergine Mille-Feuille with feta mousse. Beautifully presented and considerably more sophisticated than its humble ingredients might suggest, it manages to turn aubergine into something genuinely luxurious, with layers of texture and the salty creaminess of feta providing the perfect foil.
For the main course, we chose the veal cheek rigatoni, with the veal cheek slow-cooked for 24 hours until wonderfully tender. Rich, comforting and deeply savoury, it was the sort of dish that rewards lingering over rather than rushing through, although, by this point, the table was already beginning to wonder whether we had left sufficient room for dessert.
Thankfully, we had. Dessert brought the Nammos chocolate mousse, an all-time classic and exactly the kind of unapologetically decadent finale the evening called for. Silky, rich and intensely chocolatey, it provided the perfect full stop to a meal that had moved effortlessly from light Mediterranean flavours to serious indulgence.
What makes the menu particularly successful is this sense of abundance. Nammos does not ask you to choose between a refined Mediterranean meal and the theatrical pleasure of a night out; it gives you both. There is seafood, sushi, Greek classics and indulgent desserts, all designed to encourage the kind of generous, shared dining that feels inherently celebratory.
The drinks list follows the same Mediterranean sensibility. Greek wines are given a particularly welcome spotlight alongside established and emerging producers from across the region, while international wines and premium sake broaden the choice. For cocktails, the Nammos Spritz is an obvious contender for those wanting to lean fully into the holiday mood, while the Mediterranean Martini offers something rather more polished.
Music, as anyone familiar with Nammos will know, is not an afterthought. Live singers and DJs are woven into the experience daily, allowing the restaurant to shift effortlessly from leisurely daytime dining to a considerably more animated evening. It is this sense of theatre – the feeling that dinner might become something else entirely – that remains one of the brand’s greatest strengths.
What impressed me most is that Nammos London understands that it is not simply opening another Greek restaurant in Mayfair. It is selling a mood, a memory and a particular version of Mediterranean glamour. The challenge, of course, is bringing the magic of Mykonos to a London street without making it feel like an imitation. Here, the balance is surprisingly convincing.
More than two decades after that first opening on Psarou Beach, Nammos has evolved from a destination people travelled to into a global dining name that is now travelling to them. London is perhaps its most telling test yet. Fortunately, for those of us who remember the original, there is enough of that familiar Nammos energy here to make the journey feel worthwhile.
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