Gauthier Soho presents a highly structured and precise approach to modern French cuisine, articulated through a fully plant-based tasting menu under the direction of chef Alexis Gauthier. Mentioned in the Michelin Guide, the restaurant marks a deliberate evolution from its classical roots toward a culinary language defined by discipline, clarity, and botanical complexity.The tasting menu is built on the principles of French haute cuisine — reduced sauces, layered textures, and balanced acidity — but realised exclusively through vegetables, legumes, herbs, and grains. This is not a conceptual shift, but a technical challenge, one that the kitchen meets with control and consistency. Each course is composed with intent, shaped to reveal flavour and form without referencing meat or dairy.Flavours are developed through fermentation, roasting, emulsification, and slow infusions. A single vegetable might appear in multiple forms across a plate — raw, puréed, pickled — with each preparation adding tone and tension. Seasonality is non-negotiable: the kitchen builds its rhythm around what is best at the time, often introducing unexpected ingredients that support depth and structure.Presentation is minimal and quietly elegant. Dishes arrive precisely plated, with visual restraint that reflects the confidence behind them. Nothing is added for effect — only for flavour, texture, or pacing. Each course contributes to a cumulative experience, designed not to imitate but to express.Located at 21 Romilly Street, London, W1D 5AF, United Kingdom, in the borough of Greater London, Gauthier Soho occupies a multi-level Georgian townhouse in the heart of Soho. The intimate dining rooms, candlelight and classic setting contrast gently with the forward-leaning direction of the menu — an interplay that reinforces the restaurant’s quiet sense of purpose.Its mention in the Michelin Guide recognises the technical assurance and commitment behind its fully plant-based offering. Gauthier Soho is not defined by novelty, but by refinement — an expression of how far a classical framework can evolve when reimagined through modern values and culinary restraint.At Gauthier Soho, every dish is an argument for precision over substitution — a dining experience that replaces nothing, and yet leaves little missing.
