LONDON Nautilus NW6 £41 “The matzo meal batter is so light and the fish always so über fresh” that it’s inevitably a delight to visit this “truly excellent” – if “basic and functional” – West Hampstead chippy. Golden Hind W1 £26 “A joy for lovers of fish ’n’ chips” – this “very basic” Marylebone institution’s […]

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Australian-raised Italian brothers Gabriel and Marcello Bernardi bring an Antipodean approach to their motherland’s cuisine to London with Bernardi’s, now open in Marylebone. The 120-cover all-day restaurant and bar on the corner of Seymour Street and Seymour Place, occupies two floors of a restored Victorian property in Portman Village. As well as an open plan dining […]

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From the indomitable Jason Atherton stable comes a new wine shop offering counter and table service tapas, opening today (9 June). Probably this country’s most consistent celebrity chef – from Pollen Street Social to City Social – Atherton’s restaurants are always a safe bet for “flavour popping” cuisine and “incredibly attentive” service, as far as our 2015 survey reporters are […]

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Famed late-night NYC hotspot Hotel Chantelle (popular with starlets and Hollywood types) will open its first international outpost in London, a stone’s throw from Selfridges. The restaurant will reportedly offer French-American fusion fare that combines ‘molecular gastronomy, comfort food and haute cuisine’. Sounds rather trend-chasing to us but perhaps they will be able to pull it off? […]

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