By Angela Green:
Restaurant News is sponsored by Newbridge Software
Noci has opened in Shoreditch, located in The Bower next to the Old Street roundabout. Offering diners fresh, handmade pastas, Sicilian street-food inspired snacks, seasonal Italian small plates, and cocktails.
In 2021, Noci hosted a successful pop up at Mortimer House before opening its first site in Islington Green. Having built a loyal following, the venue settled into its first neighbourhood, before opening a new site earlier this year in Battersea Power Station.
The new Shoreditch venue is the third and is based in The Bower, a creative and tech community beside Old Street roundabout and boasts 100 covers inside and a further 30 on the outdoor terrace.
Noci Shoreditch, like its sister locations, serves a variety of small plates and pasta dishes taking inspiration from different, lesser-known regions of Italy, as well as more classic dishes.
Dishes change with the seasons, with a couple of Noci signatures staying put throughout the year.
Signature dishes include the umami-rich Brown butter Cacio e Pepe, a modern take on the Italian staple, as well as Veal and pork Genovese ragu, Monk’s Head cheese, paccheri.
For the Autumn 2023 season, dishes such as Brown shrimp & ricotta raviolo, spring onions, cayenne pepper & lemon butter sauce and Porcini & shimeji mushroom tagliatelle, baby balsamic onions & mascarpone have been added.
The Noci drinks list has been carefully curated to match the menu, with a selection of Italian wines from independent producers with an emphasis on low-intervention methods.
Noci also offers a signature spritz menu, including new favourite, the Yuzu & Rhubarb Spritz and the fruity Nectaretto Spritz.
The compact dessert menu includes Coffee & tequila cheesecake, amaretti and Plant-based chocolate mousse, olive oil, Maldon Sea salt toasted Marcona almond.