Step Into 2026 in Style: A New Year’s Eve to Remember at MOI and The Listening Room

There are New Year’s Eve plans, and then there is MOI. This year, the Soho favourite teams up with its subterranean sibling The Listening Room to deliver a night that feels less like a countdown and more like a full scale celebration of taste, sound, and atmosphere. The promise is simple. Big flavours. Big music moments. A welcome to 2026 that lingers long after the clock strikes midnight.

A Refined Start in the Dining Room

For those who want to mark the final evening of the year with intention, the early dinner seating from half past five offers a confident opening act. Guests are greeted with a drink, the first hint that MOI intends to set the tone early. What follows is a procession of seasonal plates that carry the kitchen’s signature mix of comfort and craft. Think warm buns and cods roe, prawn stuffed chicken wings, and delicate beef tongue skewers that set the table for dishes with real winter depth. Smoked eel arrives with ratte potatoes and yuzukosho, while sea bream crudo meets the brightness of umeboshi and citrus.The richness builds from there. Short rib finished with roscoff onions and pickled mushrooms. Pink fir potatoes elevated with miso butter and a hit of nori. Dessert comes as a gentle exhale, a blend of kaki and sake lees, followed by white truffle miso fudge and a hojicha canele to draw the curtain.

It is a composed, generous way to welcome the night, priced at one hundred and twenty five pounds including the opening drink.

Late Dinner and a Seamless Shift to Celebration

The late seating, from eight until nine, is crafted for those who prefer dinner to blend directly into the party. The menu sharpens its edges, stepping things up with the likes of crab and fried potato cake crowned with caviar, Wagyu skewers dusted with black truffle, and a lavish beef rib course that feels purpose built for an evening of indulgence.Guests seated in The Listening Room keep their tables as the space shifts from dining to dance floor. The lights turn, the sound deepens, and suddenly you are in the heart of a New Years Eve countdown, surrounded by rhythm rather than routine.

This elevated experience is priced at one hundred and seventy five pounds and includes access to the party from eleven.

Omakase for the Purists

Downstairs, in one of Soho’s most intimate corners, MOI offers a different kind of New Year’s Eve. The sushi counter hosts a twelve course Omakase at six or nine, guided by chefs who move with precision and a genuine sense of theatre. The menu unfolds at its own pace, drawing on seasonal Japanese influences and the craftsmanship that defines the space.At one hundred and sixty five pounds, it is a quieter celebration, but no less memorable. For some, it might just be the ideal way to close out a year and begin another.

The Listening Room Comes Alive

At eleven, The Listening Room becomes the pulse of the building. A sound system built for clarity and warmth, cocktails that encourage a long night, and a DJ lineup that charts a clear path through the countdown.Lewis G leads from eight until eleven, setting the tone before Granada takes the prime slot into the first ninety minutes of the new year. Jhumkaa closes the night, carrying the energy through until three.Party only tickets are seventy five pounds, including a fifty pound bar tab, and anyone dining after eight is automatically part of the celebration.

A Night Built Around Your Rhythm

MOI has crafted an evening where no two experiences need to look the same. Early dinner, late dinner, Omakase, or the full party. Guests can choose their pace, their flavour, their soundtrack. It is New Year’s Eve for people who want more than a countdown. It is New Year’s Eve for people who want a moment.

Reservations are limited across all experiences and advance booking is strongly advised.