What Happened to Fino After Best Restaurant? (London, UK)
Current status
As of October 2026, Fino has closed — confirmed via thecaterer.com, May 19, 2015.
Last verified
What the source shows: The Caterer reported on 2015-05-19 that Fino would close on 2015-06-11, and on 2016-03-08 that the 33 Charlotte Street site was due to become a different restaurant.
- Season / episode Season 1, Episode 8
- Original air date
- Address 33 Charlotte Street, London W1T 1RR
Address
33 Charlotte Street, London W1T 1RR
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What happened after Ramsay's Best Restaurant?
Fino, a Spanish tapas restaurant at 33 Charlotte Street in London's Fitzrovia, met El Pirata Detapas in the Spanish category of Ramsay's Best Restaurant (Channel 4), in the double-length episode "Spanish Restaurants & The Semi Finals, Pt. 1" aired 2010-11-02, which also held the first semi-final. The Caterer reported on 2015-05-19 that Fino, opened in 2003 as brothers Sam and Eddie Hart's first restaurant, would serve its last day on 2015-06-11 so the owners could focus on new projects; it listed ham croquetas and milk-fed lamb among the dishes. Time Out's review page for Fino carries the same 2015-06-11 end date and a closed label. The Caterer reported on 2016-03-08 that the former Fino site was due to become an Uzbek restaurant called Samarkand, run by Sanjar Nabiev.
Featured on Ramsay's Best Restaurant
- Original air date
- Episode title
- Spanish Restaurants & The Semi Finals, Pt. 1
- What was featured
- Spanish tapas in the Spanish category heat against El Pirata Detapas
- Role
- Featured restaurant
- Name on the broadcast
- Fino
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- Venue type
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- Official website
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Sources
- thecaterer.com — https://www.thecaterer.com/news/sam-and-eddie-hart-close-fino
- timeout.com — https://www.timeout.com/london/restaurants/fino-closed
- thecaterer.com — https://thecaterer.com/all-content/former-fino-site-to-become-uzbeki-restaurant
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