FRANCIS

Not all guests love when a whole fish arrives. To us, it’s a joy!

Taking the delicate flesh from pearly bone brings a sense of theatre, forces engagement and instils togetherness amongst those around the dinner table.

Flashback to our grilled turbot in a pool of brown butter with pumpkin and black olive chershi.
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Homemade Jben, a soft creamy cheese loved by Moroccans is on the specials board this evening at west.

Topped with a salsa of eggplant, pickled peppers and urfa chilli. Bread essential 😉
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Recently added to the Soho menu.

Roasted scallop, turmeric buttermilk cream, tahdig
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It seems like the perfect day ☔️ for an extraordinary bottle.
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Every Tuesday, come for the wine and stay for the wine! We are pleased to announce all bottles over $800 are discounted 35%.

So whether you’re hunkering down on the original St Francis Street space or the newer Peel street, it would be a real shame not to sample a knockout alongside plates of delicious meze.

That’s right, drink better for less!
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Our May roundup: West lunch.
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1. house made laffa bread
2. hummus with red zhug
3. strawberry & basil gazoz
4. roasted eggplant ‘pkaila’
5. beef kabab with amba
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The detail in design.

One year ago we opened our second FRANCIS, this time finding culinary inspiration from the maghreb region.

provided the designers touch to 42 Peel Street, capturing a feel reminiscent to the courtyards of Morocco and intimate tapas bars of Southern Spain. 

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Hot cheese on a cold night 😋 Baked halloumi with pomegranate and oregano has been a stalwart since wan chai opened its doors in 2018.

This is our coffee martini 🍸

Cardamom infused vodka, coffee, vanilla, salted pistachio - perfect!

It is important for us to put as much love and time into our vegetarian options as our breads, meat and seafood dishes.

Using different cooking techniques allows these vegetables to express their truest flavours.

Hot in Soho this week….

1. Grilled cabbage, tahini yogurt, horseradish & pomegranate.

2. Smoked baby carrots tossed in honey and harissa.

3. Confit Jerusalem artichoke with a tomato cream & crispy vine leaf

Goodness on a plate!

From today, we'll be opening FRANCIS west for lunch every Friday!

We'll be serving an A La Carte menu featuring lots of beautiful autumn produce so you can get a taste of the very best this season has to offer.

Giving ourselves a well deserved break. Back in full swing tomorrow (Monday, August 28)

Kebabs in the making - minced, spiced, shaped and ready to hit a 🔥🔥 grill

You’ve probably heard the news already but we are now open for brunch at west. Steak and eggs is on the menu with grilled lamb rump and harissa potato.

House Spritz 🔥

Using the amphora from to produce our own orange wine vermouth, in this twist on the classic Italian aperitif. Finished with peel and candied kumquat.

Good food starts with good ingredients

Bread is as essential as your knife and fork in Middle Eastern cuisine. Mopping up all those wonderful dips and spreads, sandwiching roasted meats…..

At FRANCIS west, we understand the importance of bread. Our stone baked sourdough frena is the most comforting start to a meal and perfect while sipping a glass of orange wine.

Mussel “escabeche” for mezze

Smoked and pickled, topped on a burgul shell with tomato and fennel.

A crowd favourite among the less mainstream cuts and arguably as good as red meat gets!

This slow cooked short rib packs a flavour punch alongside a cucumber dill yogurt and tangy tomato salsa.

We value attitude over experience. We value a smile and passion over knowledge.

We pride ourselves in taking care of our team. Coming into work every day with optimism and excitement, and leaving with a sense of fulfilment.

Chraime is a popular Libyan fish stew. At FRANCIS west, spanner crab perfectly compliments the rich spicy tomato sauce.

Friends, meze and wine lovers….sometimes misfortune is opportunity. After the challenge of the last few years, we now feel it’s the right time to bring you another FRANCIS. Only this time we will specialise in dishes from the Maghreb, the region of North Africa bordering the beautiful Mediterranean Sea, which includes Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Morocco.

Maghreb is an Arabic term meaning “place where the sun sets” or “west”, hence

That’s all you’ll get from us for now but keep your eyes and ears ready for more alerts!

💥 Dinner for 4 Giveaway 💥

As part of the return of , we give you the chance to win dinner for 4 at FRANCIS or FRANCIS west.

⭐️ To enter the competition ⭐️

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👉🏾 Enter as many times as you like
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👉🏾 The winner will be randomly drawn on Friday 10 March

Good luck!!!

This weekend will be special. is back and we are so excited to be dishing up our loved hummus, shawarma and merguez.

Here it all starts with homemade bread. Our team of chefs are rolling thousands of Moroccan frena rolls to house the spiced meats.

So be sure to arrive hungry - you can find us beside the FWD stage. Treat yourself x

New dish at FRANCIS.

Marinda tomatoes are grown in Sicily during the winter months and harvested between February and May. The soil and water in this area give this variety a complex and unparalleled flavour consisting of salty, fruity, and tart notes with an acidic, umami finish.

Our home on St Francis Street is closed for a lunch event today.

We will be back from 17:30 - just in time for all you hummus and wine lovers!

We are in love 🧡🧡 with these labels. Some of the best we have seen this year!

Two different expressions of Malbec from Mendoza and both featuring on the specials board this week.

WINES OF THE WEEK 🍷

You are welcome to drink whatever you please but from tonight, Simone is recommending these Aussie beauties, all with a common theme….made with classic Italian varietals.

Our LAMB RIBS - glazed in a orange and rosemary marinade.

Tag someone who would love to share this meze with you!

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Off the hook delicious….manti dumplings are back on the menu.

Spiced beef filling by night or vegetarian with roasted eggplant and labneh at lunch.

Spicy lamb merguez sausage and mozzarella, stuffed into a pita and grilled until golden brown.

This Levantine street food is exclusively available