Soho · Wood-fired · 48-hour dough

STRICTabout the DOUGH. WILDabout the REST.

A real Naples pizzeria in Soho. Ninety seconds in a 485°C fire — then it’s yours. Tap a topping and build it right here.

The base — always on

Wild about the rest — +£2.50 each

£11.50 Your pie: Margherita — the honest classic.
Your build-a-slice pizza

01 — The idea

Strict about the dough.
Wild about the rest.

One tension runs the whole room. The discipline of the Vera Pizza law — San Marzano DOP, fior di latte, a 48-hour ferment, ninety seconds at 485°C, not one shortcut — held against the joy of a real Naples pizzeria: loud, red, blistered, basil torn over the top.

The discipline

Three real ingredients, a dough left two days, a fire we never rush. The method is law.

The joy

Then we let go — leopard char, molten mozzarella, basil, plates that land loud.

A Neapolitan Margherita fresh from the wood-fired oven: bright San Marzano base, molten fior di latte, leopard-charred puffy crust and torn basil
Ninety seconds, and the Margherita’s done

The method

The numbers we don’t bend.

No fake awards, no invented reviews — just the four rules the kitchen runs on.

48 hrs
Dough ferment, minimum
485 °C
Floor heat in the oven
90 sec
In the fire, start to finish
3 things
Flour, tomato, mozzarella. DOP.

Strict about the dough. Wild about the rest.

Grab a table

02 — Love your space

The oven is the loudest thing in the room. On purpose.

Red tiles, live flame, and the whole place built around the fire so you can watch your pie go in and come out ninety seconds later. Louder and more generous than anywhere near it — and we built this page to put you in it before you ever book.

The Forno Rosso dining room: a red-tiled wood-fired oven glowing at the centre, warm brick walls, Edison bulbs, full tables and a flour-dusted counter
Frith Street — the fire runs all night
The red-tiled wood-fired oven glowing with live flame at the heart of Forno Rosso
485°C, lit from noon

03 — The oven

The fire is the fast half.

The flavour is made in the two days before the pie ever sees the flame — a slow ferment, three real ingredients, and a fire we keep at temperature all night.

48 hrs

The dough rises slow

Flour, water, salt, a whisper of yeast — left two days so it’s light, digestible and blisters properly.

DOP

Three real ingredients

San Marzano DOP tomatoes, fior di latte, extra-virgin olive oil. Named suppliers, no shortcuts.

90 sec

Ninety seconds in the fire

485°C on the oven floor. Leopard char, molten centre, straight to your table — the loud, fast finish.

Reserve

Grab a table — the oven’s lit.

Pick a moment and we’ll hold the table on the drawer that follows. Always one tap away, from anywhere on this page.

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Free to cancel up to 24h · usually confirmed within the hour.

HoursTue–Thu 17:00–23:00Fri–Sat 12:00–24:00 · Sun 12:00–21:00 · Mon closed
Find us28 Frith Street, SohoLondon W1D · 3 min from Tottenham Court Road
Call020 7946 0132Or ask the concierge, bottom-right
Good to knowGluten-free bases & vegan fior di latte by requestWalk-ins at the counter · big tables for 8+ — just call
The oven’s litTables from 17:00 Reserve