[title]
After just 15 months in business, Time Out favourite Whyte’s is closing.
The London Fields eatery was the first bricks and mortar restaurant from chef Whyte Rushen and will be open for just seven more weeks before shutting up shop.
We gave the place a glowing five-star review when we visited last year, calling it ‘a simple east London space with one of the city’s hottest chefs in charge’ and praising its ever-changing menu, which ran the gamut of ‘whatever Whyte Rushen wants to serve you – cooked oysters one day, San Sebastian-style Basque cookery the next’. It secured a place in both our best restaurants in Hackney list and our best new restaurants in London list.
But all is not lost. Whyte’s will be taking the restaurant on the road. ‘We’re going on a little world tour aren’t we, hopping from city to city, hosting residencies in the maddest places,’ read an announcement on Instagram. Whyte’s will be hosting a series of pop-ups across the globe and partnering with a string of other restaurants. Exact locations will be revealed at the end of February. ‘Thank you all for the endless love. Catch you in China?’ the post added.
This sees a return to Whyte Rushen’s roots, when he hosted a series of pop-ups and residencies after the pandemic, which served up his near-legendary smash-burgers and Monster Munch-coated oysters.
Any maybe, just maybe, Whyte’s will return to London one day…
The hottest new openings, the tastiest tips, the spiciest reviews: we’re serving it all on our London restaurants WhatsApp channel. Follow us now to tuck in.
Stay in the loop: sign up to our free Time Out London newsletter for the best of the city, straight to your inbox.