From the team behind Wahaca, the bright and buzzy Mexican street food chain, comes an all new venture to Brick Lane’s Old Truman Brewery. Well, we say all new, the concept is still very much centred on Mexican food, but with a (now commonplace) American twist. The US influences at DF/Mexico, which opened on 24 […]
To mark the beginning of the native oyster season in September, Harden’s has teamed up with Bentley’s Oyster Bar & Grill to offer you the chance to win an oyster masterclass for two.Throughout the day you will get to shuck and eat your way through British and Irish oysters, followed by a refreshing glass of […]
What better way to dine out this summer than in a traditional country house hotel? Three of the finest in Britain are the ‘Historic House Hotels‘, now owned and maintained by the National Trust. The hotel restaurants have long been lauded by our reporters and now you can receive exclusive savings on your bill with […]
Harden’s newsletter is going on its holidays next week and won’t be back until 29 August. But before we head off to the beach, we wanted to make sure that readers were covered should they find themselves in the tourist hotspots of London and in need of refreshment, or perhaps just a welcome spot of […]
The Editors’ review of L’Anima Café Some of the food is of very high quality but there’s scope for greater consistency here. Opso? More like Oops Fay Maschler doesn’t enjoy her trip to Marylebone’s new Greek restaurant. Canvas to take over Le Cercle Restaurant ups sticks from Marylebone to Sloane Square. Kurobuta […]
Could it be that, at long last, Wimbledon may be graced with a decent place to dine out? Over the years our reporters have bemoaned the general lack of good restaurants in SW19, but now we hear that Argentine-style steakhouse Cau is to open there this autumn. The restaurant group – which already has restaurants […]
Fans of tapioca and fruity drinks rejoice – 6 August will see the opening of Biju Bubble Tea Room in Soho.The brainchild of Nick Phan (the entrepreneur, not the acclaimed tenor), Biju will serve up a flavourful range of the Taiwanese cold tea drink, with toppings including traditional tapioca pearls and fruit jellies.Amongst the myriad […]
Near the grand City-fringe Italian of the same name, a large contemporary-style café-pizzeria-trattoria; some of the food is of very high quality, and some of the prices are very reasonable too – both fronts, though, offer some scope for greater consistency. How quickly we forget. When L’Anima opened back in 2008, it seemed remarkable that […]
With its Cornhill location, Silk & Grain – which has launched on the former site of The Door – could prove a handy hang-out for City types. The menu remains very steak-focused (although now more British than Argentinean), but the owners have gone all-out on the bar and cocktail menu, hoping to make the bar as […]
Well, the weather seems pretty appropriate. This week, Londoners can celebrate National Tequila Day in a restaurant named after a psychedelic cactus found in the Chihuahuan desert. On 24 July, visitors to Mayfair’s Peyote can salute Mexico’s most famous export with a flight of Casa Ambar tequilas and a masterclass from the company’s founder, Isis E Ramirez. […]
