Harden’s, the country’s most authoritative restaurant guide, today (31 March) launched its 25th annual survey of diners. Our London pocket guide and companion volume, Harden’s UK Restaurants, are based on one of the most detailed annual surveys of restaurant-goers in the UK. Over 6,250 people took part last year, contributing some 65,000 reports on more than 3,000 restaurants across […]
Is Peruvian food London’s latest hot craze? The last few months have seen Lima launch Lima Floral in Covent Garden and Pachamama open in Marylebone, followed by Señor Ceviche in Carnaby Street and Amaru in St Katherine Docks. Hot on their heels comes Martin Morales’s eastern outpost of his “vibrant” and “distinctive” Soho restaurant Ceviche, which opened on […]
Many of our reporters feel that it’s time for “a complete overhaul” at old Theatreland favourite, The Ivy. However that once-idolised restaurant’s name still carries sufficient cachet for Caprice Holdings to aim to expand the brand across London. Late last year saw the launch of The Ivy Market Grill, a stone’s throw from the original in Covent Garden, […]
Tickets are now on sale for what will no doubt be the foodie-hipster event of the year. Auction Against Hunger, a fundraising evening benefitting Action Against Hunger, will be held on 21 May in collaboration with Dalston’s Street Feast and boasts a starry line-up of guest chefs. The event kicks off at 6.30pm in Dalston […]
From its inauspicious roots as a Brixton Market pizzeria, Franco Manca – as famous for its queues as it is for its sourdough crust – has built an enviable restaurant empire. So enviable in fact that David Page’s Fulham Shore wants to buy it. The restaurant group behind The Real Greek (which saw an uptick in positive […]
“Foodie hipster heaven” The Clove Club will become the first UK restaurant to charge diners who cancel their reservations less than 24 hours in advance or fail to show up at all. From April restaurant-goers who make bookings at the old Shoreditch Town Hall dining room will be required to register their debit or credit […]
Polarising comedian, gobby Essex lad, author, political activist – whatever you think of Russell Brand it’s hard to avoid the man these days. Now the one-time BBC radio host is stepping into the restaurant industry, opening a cafe on Hackney’s New Era Estate. Brand campaigned to keep the east London estate out of the hands […]
We’ve teamed up with the good people of Twizoo to announce the top 5 trending restaurants on Twitter each week in London. Twizoo is an app that gives restaurant recommendations based on what people are saying on Twitter, and analyses over 50,000 incoming tweets per week to determine which restaurants are attracting the most buzz. […]
