Cometa is taking over the Carousel wine bar space
Carousel co-founders Ed and Ollie Templeton have always recruited a strong line-up of Mexican chefs to come and do residencies at the Fitzrovia venue – Tomás Bermúdez (La Docena), Thalía Barrios Garcia (Levadura de Olla), Santiago Muñoz (Maizajo) and Gerardo Vázquez Lugo (Nicos) have all cooked there. Now they’re taking things one step further and turning the Carousel wine bar space into a Mexican restaurant called Cometa.
Led by Ollie, José Lizarralde Serralde (ex-Relæ and Nicos) and Alejandra Juarez (ex-Estela and Máximo), Cometa will showcase British seafood through a Mexican lens, taking inspo from popular CDMX spot Contramar. As well as a range of raw plates, including ceviches and aguachiles, alongside dishes like crab chilpachole rice with brown butter and chive and lobster with chintextle and smoked butter sauce. The drinks list will feature tepache, agua fresca, spicy margs and mezcal Old Fashioneds.
Speaking about the Cometa opening, Carousel co-founder Ed Templeton says, “There’s been a Mexican heartbeat to our kitchen for several years now. These are the flavours that we keep going back to, so opening Cometa felt like the natural next step for us. Our guest chef programme isn’t going anywhere, but with this new restaurant we wanted to put our own style of cooking and our own personality, front and centre, where it deserves to be. Cometa marks an exciting new chapter for us, and we hope it will become a much-loved destination for diners in search of some of the best seafood in London”. The city’s Mexican wave continues.
Key Information
Opening date | February 2026
Address | 19-23 Charlotte Street, London, W1T 1RL
For more information | carousel-london.com
