The Mayfair Pizza Company

The advent of the internet and the smartphone has meant that very little is unknown, or that very little cannot be found with a few taps on a screen. Small, hidden out of the way places have their own website, Twitter presence and Instagram account. It is very easy to find somewhere that is niche, fleeting and uber-cool. Is there anywhere that one can find oneself alone, hidden away and left with the sensation of feeling your heartbeat lightly pushing against your chest, this being the only sensation you’re aware of in the entirety of the universe? Probably not, this is London after all.

But a place that offers a peculiar form of isolation is Lancashire Court in Mayfair. I say Mayfair but this has to be the furthest outpost of that particular borough. It is curious because although it is just a couple of minutes’ walk from Oxford Street and only a curious poke of the head away from New Bond Street.

Enter the small courtyard and you’ll find a part of London that is teeming with all manner of hidden places. In one small avenue fitting into 60 metres, I counted four restaurants, two bars and a spa. Fighting past the crowds, my companion and I dipped into the Mayfair Pizza Company.

The restaurant is bright and spacious, with a very relaxed atmosphere. For starters, my companion and I ventured for the salt and pepper squid and the Crab ‘n’ Mac. My companion was pleased with his squid, which wasn’t overbearingly seasoned. The interesting take on the staple of Mac n’ Cheese was less successful, removing the richness that the cheese normally provides and replacing it with the very slight taste that comes with crab.

Moving on to main course and the pizzas, I chose the smoked chicken with caramelised onion whilst my companion picked the diavola, which was composed of mozzarella, spicy sausage and fresh chilli. Both were excellently put together creations with very generously applied toppings and dough that didn’t instantly begin clogging up the stomach as some offerings from pizzerias can do.

For dessert, we intrigued to go for the some of the lighter items but we were captivated by the possibility of pizza for dessert. In the same way that we used to, as kids, teenagers and last Wednesday morning, want chocolate cake for breakfast. We took it on.

The thought that has gone into mimicking a mozzarella pizza is impressive. Strawberry sauce has replaced the tomato sauce and white chocolate has replaced the cheese. But accomplished as it was, it was rather too much after a full pizza for main course. If you want to get the most out of a consummate dessert, I would recommend plumping for one of the other choices for main.

A meal at the Mayfair Pizza Company is a perfectly charming way to spend an evening with the chance to enjoy a drink somewhere else after the meal.

The Mayfair Pizza Company
4 Lancashire Court
Mayfair
W1S 1EY