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Wagamama has opened its new Noodle Lab at the Great Marlborough Street restaurant, marking its return to Soho.
The UK. Noodle Lab will act as the ‘chef’s playground’, a space for recipe and idea testing.
The Noodle Lab menu will be 50% plant-based and will feature Wagamama dishes such as the katsu curry, yaki soba and crispy chilli mushrooms. Along with new vegan additions like k-dogs, ‘pork’ tonkatsu, and ‘pork’ buns.
The new restaurant has over 120 covers and is open 7 days a week.
In the coming months, Noodle Lab will also host a series of collaborations with some of the country’s food innovators.
Wagamama old street will remain as a regular Wagamama following the move of Noodle Lab to Great Marlborough Street.
Steve Mangleshot, global executive chef, said: “We are so excited to welcome guests to the benches of Noodle Lab Great Marlborough street. Our chefs’ can’t wait to showcase their skills and play with the weird and wonderful to create innovative and groundbreaking dishes.
“My team are taking on the challenge to cement Noodle Lab at the centre of the UK food landscape by serving relevant, sustainable and creative dishes. Our fantastic team has been working hard to ensure we can bring our much-loved Wagamama experience to guests.”
