Based in Fitzrovia, Chishuru is a West African restaurant with an intimate private dining offering for groups looking to enjoy a unique and vibrant meal for their next special occasion.
The restaurant is led by chef Adejoké Bakare, whose path to Chishuru was gradual and self-built. After moving to the UK 25 years ago, Bakare worked across several industries before returning to food in southeast London. Chishuru began life as a three-month pop-up in Brixton Village in 2020, became permanent after strong critical attention, then moved through a series of London residencies before settling in Fitzrovia in 2023. In 2024, it was awarded a Michelin star, marking Bakare as the first black female chef in the UK to run a Michelin-starred restaurant.
For private dining, the set-up is intentionally intimate. The largest single table seats eight guests. Groups of nine to 14 are seated across two tables in the same room, and from 17 March 2026, Chishuru will be able to seat groups of up to 18 on one table, with a dedicated group menu and deposit. Full venue hire is available for groups of 33 to 40 guests, seated across both the ground floor and basement.
Menus are served in set format and reflect Bakare’s style: layered, confident cooking rooted in North and West African traditions. Dishes might include fermented rice cake with poached corn-fed chicken and onion mustard sauce, bean cake with wild mushrooms and squid-ink shitto, or guineafowl with Jerusalem artichoke, tardivo and smoked mussel sauce.
Front of house is run by Matt Paice, Bakare’s business partner since 2021. Paice previously worked as a television channel controller and executive producer before moving into food, later becoming operations director for an Italian restaurant group in the City. At Chishuru, he oversees service and the wine offering, bringing structure and calm to a room led by the kitchen.