temper Covent Garden - Steak, Tacos & BBQ Restaurant

The Ride-Along Report: First Takes From Last Night’s Dinner - London - The Infatuation

"What It Is: A third restaurant from The Temper people focussed on fake pasta and amazing pizza Perfect For: Literally Everyone, Fun Date Night, Girls And Boys Night Out, This new spot from the crew behind Temper City and Temper Soho is a little bit the same, but also quite a bit different from those other outposts. It’s the same in that it’s got a similar air of excitement about it, like a party could break out at any moment. But it’s different in that it specialises in pizzas rather than the meats on offer at those other restaurants. In typically iconoclastic fashion, the pizzas come with weird toppings, some of which were wonderful, like the cheeseburger and kimchi Detroit-style pies. Elsewhere on the menu, something called ‘not-pasta’ features batshit inventions like lardo carbonara, where the lardo stands in for pasta. It’s every bit as filthy as it sounds. The Verdict: We like this place a lot. It’s fun, it gives zero f*cks, and serves cool, slightly ridiculous food that we’ve never had anywhere else. We’ve added it to our Hit List." - sam collins, oliver feldman, heidi lauth beasley, jake missing, eileen twum