restaurant of the same name see quo vadis new york restaurant . quo vadis restaurant information established 1926 ; 90 years ago 1926 current owner s sam and eddie hart food type modern british dress code none street address dean street soho city london w1 country united kingdom other information nearest station tottenham court road website quovadissoho.co.uk quo vadis is a restaurant and private club in soho london . it primarily serves modern british food . 1 it was founded in 1926 by an italian named pepino leoni and has passed through numerous owners since then including celebrity chef marco pierre white and is currently owned by sam and eddie hart also the owners of barrafina . 2 the restaurant is named after the latin phrase quo vadis meaning where are you going 3 contents 1 history 1.1 building 1.2 restaurant 2 critical reception 3 references 4 external links history edit building edit blue plaque commemorating karl marx s residency at 28 dean street the restaurant occupies numbers 26 29 dean street . nos. 26 8 form a uniform group built in c. 1734 by the carpenter john nolloth of st james s and no. 29 was built in c. 1692 . 4 the sculptor joseph nollekens was born in the latter house in 1737 ; a later resident was the composer fran ois hippolyte barth l mon. 4 karl marx and his family lived in two small rooms at no. 28 described as an old hovel between 1851 and 1856 ; 4 his residency is commemorated by a london county council blue plaque . 5 it was due to the association with marx that numbers 26 28 were made a grade i listed building on 14 january 1970 . 5 restaurant edit the restaurant was founded in 1926 by pepino leoni . 6 when leoni originally opened quo vadis in 1926 it only occupied no. 27 . he purchased the property with the aid of a bank loan for 800 . its moniker was alighted on after leoni saw a billboard in leicester square advertising a film of the same name . quo vadis is latin for where art you going . the cinamatic epic adapted from henryk sienkiewicz s classic 1896 novel quo vadis was the highest grossing film in 1951 . 7 in 1996 the restaurant was bought by marco pierre white and damien hirst and featured paintings by the artist as well as a bar designed by him . the pair later parted company after a public falling out following which white replaced hirst s paintings with some of his own . 8 9 in november 2007 head chef and owner marco pierre white sold the restaurant along with two others to restaurant group conduit street . quo vadis was then sold on again to sam and eddie hart who immediately closed it down . both white and the hart brothers endured criticism as christmas bookings were cancelled . 10 11 the hart brothers re opened the restaurant in 2008 with head chef jean philippe patruno previously at fino following extensive restoration work and in 2009 it won tatler magazine s restaurant of the year award . 12 in july 2008 celebrity chef gordon ramsay named quo vadis as his favourite restaurant describing the hart brothers as restaurateurs in the fullest sense of the word . the evening standard characterised this praise as a thinly veiled attack on marco pierre white with whom ramsay has an antipathetic relationship . 13 on the front right of the restaurant is curious sight of a human nose . while rumors of connections to ancient roman legends of traitors having their noses cut off and fed to animals have sprung up it is one of several london noses . in january 2012 jeremy lee formerly of london s blueprint caf joined sam & eddie hart as chef and partner at quo vadis . upon jeremy s arrival the restaurant underwent some cosmetic changes and the long standing collaboration with artist john broadley began starting with the distinctive illustrated menus . in september 2012 the qv bakery was launched and a month later in october 2012 quo vadis began offering breakfast . chef jeremy lee s menu of early morning favourites is inspired by the iconic restaurant s british and seasonal fare . 14 in critical reception edit quo vadis under its current ownership has received generally positive reviews . tatler has listed it as one of its top 20 restaurants 15 in july 2008 the times reviewer giles coren gave the restaurant a score of 9 out of 10 describing the food as all done beautifully 16 and in june 2008 the telegraph s reviewer jasper gerard gave it 8 out of 10 and said that visitors would adore the cooking . 17 tracey macleod of the independent was less positive giving the restaurant 2 out of 5 for ambience and service although 4 out of 5 for food . she described the waiters as skittish and said that the hart brothers were not natural hosts . 18 in january 2012 fay maschler of the evening standard gave quo vadis four out of five stars stating the combination of lovely jeremy lee the hard working hart brothers and spitz is the dream team of which my nights are made . 19 in february 2013 giles coren reviewed quo vadis in the the times magazine describing the menu as simple perfect the smoked eel and horseradish sandwich as a must have and the squid and fennel salad clean and dainty 20 also in february 2012 nick lander wrote a review of quo vadis in the financial times calling the cooking exciting vibrant and fresh . 21 references edit gill aa 29 june 2008 . restaurant review aa gill at quo vadis . the times . norman matthew 16 august 2008 . restaurant review quo vadis . the guardian . rose day christian 30 november 2009 . quo vadis . retrieved 20 january 2011 . a b c f. h. w. sheppard general editor 1966 . dean street area portland estate dean street . survey of london volumes 33 and 34 st anne soho . institute of historical research . retrieved 17 october 2013 . a b historic england . quo vadis restaurant 1290584 . national heritage list for england . retrieved 3 april 2015 . about . quo vadis . cheryl clarke . quo vadis soho . nights out life in cosmopolitan london by judith walkowitz . london history . retrieved 19 june 2013 . spicer kate 8 june 2008 . eddie and sam hart and rollo gabb of quo vadis . the times . blackhurst chris 4 june 2008 . restoring status at quo vadis . evening standard . mpw roasted over quo vadis closure . the first post . 27 november 2007 . nugent helen 28 november 2007 . new owners ruin christmas meals at quo vadis . the times . shaw lucky 21 january 2009 . quo vadis scoops top tatler award . decanter.com . widdup ellen 9 july 2008 . gordon ramsey fires new salvo at marco pierre white . evening standard . breakfast quo vadis lunch is for wimps . the handbook . oct 15 2012 . external link in work help quo vadis . tatler . coren giles 12 july 2008 . restaurant review giles coren at quo vadis . the times . gerard jasper 6 june 2008 . restaurant review quo vadis . the telegraph . macleod tracey 5 july 2008 . lost in soho quo vadis . the independent . fay maschler reviews quo vadis . evening standard . retrieved 2015 10 12 . giles coren reviews quo vadis the times . the times . retrieved 2015 10 12 . lander nicholas 2012 02 03 . soho by the mediterranean . financial times . issn 0307 1766 . retrieved 2015 10 12 . external links edit media related to quo vadis restaurant at wikimedia commons official website coordinates 51 30 50 n 0 07 58 w 51.51401 n 0.13264 w 51.51401 ; 0.13264 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title quo vadis restaurant & oldid 734052198 categories 1926 establishments in englandrestaurants in londonsoho londonrestaurants established in 1926grade i listed buildings in the city of westminsterhidden categories cs1 errors external linkscommons category with local link same as on wikidatacoordinates on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links 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