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Tucked above the timeless elegance of One Aldwych’s lobby, Indigo is the kind of place that deftly toes the line between style and substance. In the hubbub of the piazza at the heart of Covent Garden, Indigo is a haven amongst the hustle and bustle, where food is stripped back to what actually matters.
Executive chef Dominic Teague has done something quietly radical here. Every dish on Indigo’s menu is both gluten and dairy free – a detail you almost forget while eating, which is exactly the point. There’s no sense of substitution, no culinary caveats. Just confident, flavour-first food that doesn't compromise on quality.
The menu is a love letter to incredible British produce. Dinner opens with dishes like roast Orkney scallop with silky lobster reduction, courgette puree and basil, and classic ham hock terrine with pea mousse, parsley and preserved wild garlic. For main courses, Cornish lamb is given a Mediterranean twist with grilled kofte, charred aubergine, confit tomato and olive jus, while the classic fish and chips are brought up a level.
Sunday Style Brunch at Indigo
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Teague’s team work directly with British farmers and producers, regularly foraging for seasonal ingredients and crafting menus that reflect seasonal produce from across the British Isles.
The restaurant's gluten and dairy-free ethos perhaps seems most mind-boggling at the end of the meal. Even the strongest sweet tooth can find all the hallmarks of a good dessert menu here – vanilla cream, crumble, cake and more – yet none of it containing cow's milk or wheat flour. It seems to sum up the essence of Indigo best, where what could be difficult dietary requirements are inherently included, and through invention and innovation, restriction has bred creativity.
Nowhere is this more apparent than with the restaurant's brand-new Sunday Style Brunch. Bloody Marys mixed tableside, flights of Champagne Bollinger, a live DJ setting the weekend mood and incredible food make this the only way to spend a Sunday in Covent Garden.
Discover more at onealdwych.com.
