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Naughty Piglets
• Modern European• Brixton
About the restaurant
This quintessential South London bistro comes from Margaux Aubry and Joe Sharratt. The pair met at Adam Byatt’s Trinity in Clapham, where Sharratt was head chef and Aubry handled the wine list, while Aubry moved to Terroirs in East Dulwich before the two opened Naughty Piglets in 2015. They followed it up with spinoff The Other Naughty Piglet in Victoria in 2017.
Like its contemporary Noble Rot, the restaurant was one of a few in the mid-2010s to build an offering around independent wine producers sourced from some of the UK’s best importers. Naughty Piglets matches a strong wine list with Anglo-French sharing plates that are easy to like and show just a touch of eclectic influences from across Europe and Asia. You might find English asparagus with confit egg yolk and brown butter, but you could also tuck into XO linguine or Korean-spiced pork belly.
If its simple frontage didn’t give it away, the vibe in Naughty Piglets is deliberately unfussy and unpretentious, with friendly service from enthusiastic waiting staff and plates brought as and when they’re ready.
Reviews from the Web
Critic reviews
The Infatuation
Naughty Piglet serves sharing plates of creative French food paired with natural wines, and it’s the sort of food that will impress a date and make your mouth happy.
Standard
A young couple with complementary skills such as these should have an establishment of their own, so it is right and proper that in the next chapter of the story Joe’s parents lend them some money to invest in a business.
The Independent
Ignore the cries of gentrification - this affordable, delicious new venture could not be more Brixton if it tried
Time Out
A ‘natural’ wine bar with perfectly matched small-plates menu.
The Nudge
The set-up is relaxed, friendly and inviting. A wooden bar takes up most of the space, with the kitchen behind it. Counter seating makes it feel distinctly European in its style, as does the chalkboard menu on the wall at one end. It wouldn’t look out of place on a back street in Seville.
- 28 Brixton Water Ln
- SW2 1PE
- London
- Visit website
