Milk Beach founder to launch Japanese quick service restaurant in Soho

The team behind Milk Beach coffee and brunch café are to open quick-service restaurant Saltwater in London’s Soho this summer.

Saltwater will be inspired by the takeaway sushi bars of Sydney and Los Angeles, with a menu designed by former Endo at the Rotunda sushi chef Shaulan Steenson and executive chef Tom Cajone.

The menu will include a selection of handrolls, nigiri and hot donburi bowls, which will be served from a counter where customers select individual pieces to purchase.

Founder Elliot Milne said: “London needs better takeaway sushi and Saltwater is here to deliver it. Too often, sushi is piled into plastic trays and lacks freshness or personality.

“With Saltwater, we want to bring restaurant-quality sushi into a more accessible format, giving guests the freedom to choose from a wide range of freshly made handrolls, nigiri and hot rice bowls. We are extremely happy to have found a site with Shaftesbury Capital on Berwick Street, right in the heart of Soho’s food scene and just a few blocks away from Milk Beach.”