Rick Stein is to open a seafood restaurant in landlocked Winchester. The 70-cover establishment, expected to open its doors this autumn, will focus on ‘fresh fish, simply cooked.’ Stein’s first UK opening outside Cornwall appears to be something of a family project. Stein’s business partner is his former wife Jill, and the pair’s three sons […]
Shoreditch’s Vietnamese restaurant and takeaway, Kêu, will open its second London site in Soho on 15 September. The street food bar, serving up banh mi (filled baguettes), noodle bowls and buns, will take over 9 Poland Street, once home to the Burlington Café. The menu includes classic banh mi like mortadella, pork floss, house chicken liver […]
Globally popular ramen bar, Ippudo – which already has sites in Japan, Sydney, Singapore, Hong Kong and New York – is finally to open its first European outpost. No prizes for guessing where they’ve decided to launch this new flagship restaurant – London (obvs). Ippudo St Giles will offer Londoners signature dishes like Shiromaru Classic, a traditional white […]
The Goodman group recently received much press about its latest prix fixe restaurant Beast (pictured) – a decadent affair charging £75 a head for king crab and steak – a concept you probably won’t find outside of London. Their lower profile, but no less successful brand, Burger & Lobster on the other hand seems tailor-made […]
London’s oldest fish and chip shop (they claim) – Rock & Sole Plaice – has its sights set on major expansion with three new London sites planned and outposts being considered in Manchester, Birmingham and even the Middle East. Four shops are expected over the next five years, initially in Soho, London Bridge and St […]
New Tom’s – the successor to Tom Conran’s long-standing Notting Hill deli – has launched an evening bar and bistro. Head chef Tom Straker intends to make use of some ultramodern techniques (presumably picked up during his time at Heston’s Dinner) to create the new dinner menu. Dishes include: spiced hake, split beans, white peach and […]
Tom Kerridge is to open a second gastroboozer in the picturesque Buckinghamshire town of Marlow this November. His new venture, to be named The Coach, will apparently be a ‘pared-down’ counterpart to his much-lauded Hand & Flowers (pictured). It will be an all-day dining affair with a much more affordable menu than his original gastropub (well, […]
In May we brought you the news that, after its sell-out run of pop-ups across London, United Ramen was considering putting down roots. Now Harden’s can reveal that the noodle bar’s permanent home in Islington will be offering a soft launch period ahead of its opening on 1 September. Diners visiting the restaurant between 22-30 August […]
Marcus Wareing will open his new, stand-alone restaurant Tredwell’s, in Seven Dials, next month. This is the first time Marcus Wareing Restaurants has opened an establishment not backed by a hotel. The group’s other sites, the Gilbert Scott and Marcus, are in the Renaissance Hotel at St Pancras and the Berkeley in Knightsbridge respectively. Tredwell’s, apparently […]
Earl’s Court institution Mr Wing has closed, after 28 years. Once regarded as perhaps London’s premiere upmarket Chinese restaurant, and a top spot for parties and romance, it had attracted relatively few survey reports in recent years. Many people seemed to feel that the old place simply hadn’t been the same since since its long-time […]
