Jackson Boxer’s revamped Notting Hill restaurant is here
In somewhat of a surprise move at the end of last year, Jackson Boxer announced that he was closing Orasay, which he’d been running for the last five years. Though the restaurant was booked and busy, its focus on fish and seafood, “a fragile and elusive product with a miniscule shelf life that needs a great deal of labour to prepare”, meant that he was struggling to make the economics of the operation work, so he decided to “imagine a bold new future for ourselves in quite another direction.”
That new direction is Dove, which looks very similar to its previous incarnation but has replaced (most of) the seafood with a menu of elevated comfort food, inspired by the things Jackson wants to cook and eat right now. That’s a concept we can very much get behind.
Eat This
It really is a delightful menu, so ordering is a struggle but thin slices of raw scallop finished with chicken salt and yuzu on crunchy little potato cakes and squares of deep-fried taleggio and truffle lasagna should not be missed.
We’d also recommend rounds of winter tomatoes daubed with chilli crisp on sour cream and plump ricotta dumplings in a rich lobster cream, with lime leaf oil nudging the sauce gently into Thai curry territory. Grapes and cauliflower is a new one for us but the combo of roast romanesco with green grapes, spiked with mint and a hazelnut crumb, is a winner. A perfectly cooked bavette, dressed with morels, bone marrow and a rib-sticking sauce (order the duck fat fries to mop this up) might be more familiar but is no less satisfying.
It’s worth keeping an eye on the specials board as there’s a burger available in limited numbers – such is the appeal of the menu that we couldn’t find something we wanted to swap it for but it sounds pretty mega. One for next time, along with everything else we didn’t have room for.


Of course, there’s always room for dessert, especially when it’s a swirl of fior di latte soft serve drizzled with early harvest olive oil and served with oatmeal biscuits warm from the oven, like an extremely sophisticated take on milk and cookies.
Drink This
The wine list is tight but varied and includes some very reasonable by-the-glass options, like a Falanghina and a Gamay served from kegs. There are also a handful of softs and aperitifs – the Honey Margarita slips down a treat.
Why Go
The menu alone should be enough to tempt you to Dove and if you’ve eaten Jackson’s food before, either at Orasay or at one of his other restaurants, you’ll know how much he delivers on flavour.
Key Information
Address | 31 Kensington Park Road, London, W11 2EU
For more information | dove.london