Donia is the latest opening from the team behind Mamasons ice-cream shop. A modern Filipino restaurant on the top floor of Kingly Court, Donia reimagines street food classics like prawn and pork dumplings, and crispy roast pork with liver and peppercorn sauce. The team takes its inspiration from the flavours of co-founder Florence Mae Maglanoc’s childhood, recreating them through a modern lens: think white crab meat cooked in brown butter lime sauce and a dash of chilli oil; ceviche-style kinilaw, prepared by curing thinly sliced sea bream in citrus and vinegar; and salted duck egg with a fennel and tomato salad, seasoned with cured yolk.

Newly-opened Donia is London's restaurant de jour; its name and Filipino flavors are currently on the tip of every London-based food critic's tongue. Set up by The Maginhawa Group, founded by Ramo Ramen's Omar Shaw and Florence Mae Maglanoc, Donia has only been open a scan few months, but its popularity is proving to reflect the quality of the food coming out of the kitchen as well as the public's desire for more Filipino flavors and culinary representation. Start with adobo mushroom croquetas, the salted egg and tomato salad, or a sea bream kinilaw, a Filipino version of raw cured fish similar to ceviche.

Donia, tucked into the top floor of Kingly Court, was a hit within days of opening. It's worth battling the Carnaby Street crowds to nab a seat here and try Florence Mae Maglanoc's take on Filipino street food hits: think prawn and pork dumplings topped with white crab in brown butter, or crispy roast pork with liver peppercorn sauce. Donia is part of the buzzy group of Filipino eateries that includes Mamasons Dirty Ice Cream, and you can find some of the winning flavours – like ube and guyabano – on offer as a final treat.

The folks behind Kentish Town’s beloved (and bizarrely underrated) bakery Panadera have brought modern Filipino cuisine to the upper reaches of Kingly Court with Donia – and in frenziedly delicious fashion. There are open-topped shumai dumplings with crab and sea bream kinilaw (a Filipino ceviche), punchy plates of lamb shoulder Caldereta pie (with its Proustian school-dinner profile), and an Insta-baiting choux bun with violet-hued ube ice-cream. Bizarrely slept on it may be, but this is a bona fide instant classic.

Coming from the team behind Mamasons and Panadera, Donia is a restaurant in Kingly Court that draws inspiration from the rich culinary heritage of the Philippines. Despite only opening in late 2023, it quickly made a name for itself thanks to great reviews. Guests can look forward to a tasty selection of carefully crafted Filipino sharing dishes made with high-quality local ingredients, such as prawn and pork dumplings served with white crab and a brown butter lime sauce.

Florence Mae Maglanoc and Omar Shah are on a mission to put Filipino cuisine on the map. Their Maginhawa Group (behind some of London’s popular Filipino and Southeast Asian restaurants, including Mamasons Dirty Ice Cream) has grown exponentially in just six years. If world domination is their plan then we won’t stand in their way, especially when their latest venture, Donia, is serving some of the best food in London right now.

Now Open - Top Floor Of Kingly Court, Carnaby Street W1B 5PW. If you're already a fan of Mamasons Dirty Ice Cream (I mean, who isn't?), then Florence Mae Maglanoc and Omar Shah's Maginhawa Group have the hot new spot for you. Not only is Donia frequented by Filipino diners - a sure-fire way of telling the food is genuinely good - but the menu also sees Filipino street food and British cooking techniques come together.

The small, modern Filipino restaurant only recently opened (in Kingly Court, of all places) but is already wowing the critics – and our specialists – with its ambition and acuity. The highlights – which you’ll no doubt soon see plastered over Instagram – include prawn and pork dumplings swimming in a buttery lime sauce and a football-shaped lamb pie oozing with tomatoey gravy. Don’t miss the sea bream.

The already well-supplied dining hotspot that is Kingly Court added another restaurant to its repertoire recently. Donia is a Filipino restaurant serving a modern take on the country’s cooking. The team behind the venture are also the folks that run Panaderia Bakery, Mamasons and Bintang.

A welcome new addition to Kingly Court, Donia slings out modern Filipino food with assured confidence. We loved everything here, from the ‘adobo’ mushroom croquettes to giant ube ice cream choux bun.