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Inside London’s Most Absurd Fine Dining Ritual: A 300-Kilo Tuna, A Grocery Store, And £195 Entry

Every Saturday night, an unassuming grocery store in Notting Hill transforms into one of London’s most surreal dining experiences. A 300-kilo Atlantic bluefin tuna, flown in from Spain, is butchered live before guests who pay £195 to watch and taste it fresh. Captured in a viral reel by creator EatingWithTodd, this underground supper club is part seafood ritual, part theatre, and entirely unlike anything else in the city.

by Mahi Adlakha
Inside London’s Most Absurd Fine Dining Ritual: A 300-Kilo Tuna, A Grocery Store, And £195 Entry

In the opening shot of @EatingWithTodd’s reel, he can be seen standing inside a regular looking grocery store, but what unfolds is far from ordinary. Between the store’s transformation into a tuna club to the reveal of a massive bluefin tuna, the reel blurs the line between dining and performance. The creator, known for documenting London’s more unconventional culinary spaces, describes this grocery store-turned-tuna club as “London’s craziest dining experience.”

The London Grocery Store That Transforms Into A Tuna Fight Club

 

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The reel opens in Notting Hill; more specifically, in a grocery store. It looks like any other grocery store at first glance, with the standard aisles, fridges humming, bulk produce stacked by the door. But come Saturday evening and it reinvents itself into a tuna fight club. Yes, tables are cleared, sharp blades are laid out, and a 300-kilogram Atlantic bluefin tuna flown in directly from Spain, takes centre stage. From that point forward, the experience moves somewhere between spectacle and ceremony.

The experience is raw, unfiltered, and all shades of iconic. A single chef methodically dissects a £13,000 (₹15,14,975) fish in front of a live audience. Then, guests are handed spoons and invited to taste what was just cut. This raw taste is pure magic but you may also wrap it in seaweed or add soy sauce, if you’d like. Grated black truffle gives it an earthy note, and we’re all for it. 

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Tuna Tasting Theatre Experience

The whole experience costs £195 (₹22,738) and has to be booked in advance online. That price buys you a seat, a spectacle, and a tasting menu that builds around the tuna but doesn’t stop there. Expect pristine seafood, plated within arm’s reach of where the butchery just happened. 

It helps, of course, that the tuna is remarkable. It is fatty, clean, and shockingly delicate for something so physically imposing. But this is not just about the taste; it’s about the experience. At this joint, every slice is both food and choreography.

When: 7:30 PM sharp every Saturday evening
Where: 126 Holland Park Avenue, Notting Hill, London
Cost: £195 (₹22,738)

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What EatingWithTodd captured in his reel is something increasingly rare in London’s dining landscape: a culinary experience that resists classic repetition. It exists because of its place, its timing, and its sheer and unapologetic excess. 

Cove Image Courtesy: eatingwithtod/Instagram

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First Published: July 25, 2025 4:13 PM