Vori

Run by three brothers – the Greek street food pioneers behind the much-missed Hungry Donkey in Spitalfields – Vori is an all-day modern taverna that celebrates all that is special about Greek food, drink, and hospitality.

Opened a year ago, Vori has quickly become a firm favourite with Holland Park locals and visitors who flock here to enjoy lovingly prepared and authentic dishes, many cooked over charcoal and all created using seasonal Greek and local ingredients of the highest provenance.

The Vori experience symbolises all that the Greek table is celebrated for: connecting with friends and family, recounting stories, and sharing dishes, whether that’s generous rustic roasts or plates piled high with mouthwatering delicacies such as Keftedakia (succulent Greek meatballs) and deep-fried Mastello cheese with chilli thyme honey. All washed down with indigenous wines together with beers from award-winning Greek microbreweries.  Vori is open from Tuesday through Sunday for breakfast, brunch (weekends only), lunch, and dinner.

  • Vori

Q&A

3 things to try when you’re there

From the menu:

  1. Magula (Cycladic homemade pasta, slow-cooked red-wine ox cheeks)
  2. Day Boat Catch like Fagri (red sea bream) or Lavraki (sea bass) grilled
    the Greek way and dressed with ladolemono sauce (olive oil & lemon
    dressing)
  3. Manitaria (seasonal grilled mushrooms, petimezi & pine
    nuts).

You might not know but..

120 Holland Park Avenue has been a restaurant for decades, yet Vori was bold in tearing it back and opening it all up. They found five layers of the restaurant going back to the 1960s during renovation. The interior was designed by Block 1 Design, who took the vibrant colours of Greece as their inspiration. The two gold pendants represent the early afternoon Greek summer sun, the crimson red is the summer sunset, the olive hues are a homage to the olive trees, the mosaic floor was a staple of 1950s & 1960s Greek homes and the dining space connects seamlessly with the kitchen akin to how a traditional Greek home would.