Live-fire cooking, British beef, bottomless weekend feasts, GREAT sauces, charming service and the city’s most exciting open kitchens — temper sets the standard as one of London’s best steak restaurants.
temper continues to lead the charge in London’s dining scene with its signature live-fire cooking, ethically sourced rare-breed meats, and a menu that revolves unapologetically around bold flavour. Starting in 2016 as very much a pioneer in this space and known for its whole-animal approach, in-house butchery, and inventive dishes inspired by global barbecue cultures, temper delivers a fun dining experience where meat, fire, and tacos rule the flame.
With restaurants in Soho, Covent Garden, and the City, each location features a dramatic open kitchen built around a central fire pit, allowing us all to witness the theatre of live-fire grilling. The open kitchen in the middle of the restaurants allows diners to observe the chefs prepare, butcher, and cook the food right in front of them and over the fire. From thick-cut rib-eyes to sizzling home-made tacos and beef-fat flatbreads, every dish is crafted with flair and fired with intention.
At the heart of temper’s offering is its uncompromising commitment to provenance and quality. All meat is butchered in-house and sourced from third-generation Yorkshire farmer and butcher Charles Ashbridge, renowned for his ethically raised, rare-breed beef. The steaks are halal and the team uses the whole animal, celebrating every cut while reducing waste and maximising flavour.
temper’s fire-led menu of bold flavours and smoky indulgence features a series of must-try dishes. Think 28-day dry-aged steak with chimichurri, soft-shell crab and Cochinita Pibil tacos, and a Triple Smash burger oozing with American cheese and house sauce. Picanha, Ribeye, and Porterhouse — it is both loud and unapologetically indulgent.
Weekends at temper are fab. Saturdays bring Bottomless Brunch to Covent Garden and Soho, pairing fire-cooked plates and punchy tacos with free-flowing drinks in a high-energy setting. Sundays, meanwhile, are all about the famed temper roast, complete with smoked meats, towering Yorkshires, silky gravy, and endless trimmings, ensuring no one leaves hungry.
The star of the Sunday menu is the Three Beast Feast, a sharer roast featuring aged beef, smoked lamb shoulder, and roast pork, served with all the trimmings. Paired with beef-fat roast potatoes, gigantic Yorkshire puddings, gravy cooked for 16 hours, and honey-glazed carrots, as well as the option to add a creamy and delicious cauliflower cheese. temper’s Beast Feast has already been named one of London’s best Sunday roasts for 2025, praised for both its flavour and scale.
temper’s distinctive identity — MEAT. FIRE. TACOS. — continues to resonate with us who seeking bold food, confident hospitality, and the theatre of live-fire cooking in a vibrant, social space. It is more than just your typical steakhouse, BBQ joint, or taco spot; it is a blend of all three combined with a sophisticated attitude and a lot of fire.
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