Updated 26/6/25
It's a busy old year for Spanish restaurant folk Camino who have just spent the last few months buying up several of London's Iberica restaurants out of administration (the Farringdon and Victoria Iberica are now both Caminos as a result). But they're also working on something brand new - a pintxo bar in Covent Garden.
Pintxito will be a pretty intimate kind of place, with space for just 30 diners inside (and enough room for 10 more on the terrace), serving up a range of Basque-inspired pintxos. The designers are hoping to make coming here feel just like entering a bar somewhere in Bilbao or San Sebastian. So you can expect to find the traditional counter displaying a range of 15-20 pintxos. Think baby squid in squid ink and gildas, or maybe king oyster mushrooms with piquillo and salsa verde.
As this is a Basque bar, the drinks list will reflect that with white, rose and sparkling txacoli, Rioja Alavesa, beer, cider and gin.
They're promising it will be informal and fun and somewhere to entice Londoners back into the mainly tourist area that the central part of Covent Garden has become. Pintxito will only take bookings for small groups in the banquette seating at the back of the bar, so if you're in the West End feeling peckish and haven't booked anywhere, this could be a very useful place to know about.
More about Pintxito
Where is it? Covent Garden Piazza, London WC2E 7BB
When does it open? 21 July 2025
Find out more: Follow them on Instagram @pintxitolondon
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