Following in the footsteps of pop-up maestro Carl Clarke (who opened oriental-influenced chicken spot Chick’n’Sours earlier this year) chef Brett Redman has launched a new yakitori restaurant on Dalston’s Kingsland Road. Jidori – a 40-cover venture named after premium-grade Japanese poultry ‒ opened on Friday 4 December with a 50% off food soft launch (dinner only). Specialising in […]
London’s top 20 private dining rooms Hi Karen Whether you’re planning a Christmas family get-together, business lunch or maybe even an intimate wedding, London has a staggering number of fabulous private dining rooms to choose from. We’ve rounded-up what we consider to be 20 of the best private rooms the city’s restaurants have to offer. […]
Greg and Marie Marchand, the husband and wife team behind Parisian restaurant brand Frenchie, are to open a London outpost in Covent Garden next year. The duo already run Frenchie, Frenchie Wine Bar, Frenchie to Go and a wine shop in the French capital but will traverse the Channel with their new venture, coming to Henrietta […]
Paul Welburn, who made his name working for the likes of Gary Rhodes and Richard Corrigan in London before moving onto an exec chef position with Searcys, has left the big smoke for rural Surrey. He’s taking his talents to the The Leconfield restaurant in Petworth where, as head chef, he’ll be cooking up ‘gently […]
To celebrate the upcoming launch of their latest and largest site in the heart of Covent Garden, Flat Iron is holding a soft opening that carnivores surely won’t want to miss. For three nights (30 November, 1-2 December) the restaurant is offering free a flat iron steak and side dish to diners from 6 pm onwards. […]
The Ivy WC2 Menus from £54 pp Richard Caring’s famous Theatreland idol – now the original of a fast expanding brand – emerged from a massive overhaul too late to be rated (just before the survey closed). Too often a let down in recent years, a handful of first-days reports say its “beautiful refurb” is “superb in every detail” […]
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. Trending Restaurants 19-25 Nov […]
Spectacular Victorian Circus @ The Gun, Docklands From 10 November Roll up, roll up, the circus is coming to town this winter! The Gun, Docklands, has teamed up with the delightfully curious Hendrick’s, to transform its riverside marquee into a spectacular Victorian big top. Prepare for weird and wonderful circus delights including vintage carnival games, […]
Mushrooming dude food chain MEATLiquor – once memorably described by a Harden’s reporter as being “like a cross between a divey biker bar and a branch of Hollisters” – is to open a branch at Boxpark Croydon next year. Like Shoreditch’s Boxpark (a mix of retail outlets and restaurants), Croydon’s will be set within disused […]
We kick off this week’s review of the reviews with a corker. Everyone should read Marina O’Laughlin’s scathing dissection of NYC interloper Hotel Chantelle in the Guardian, if only to hear the phrase ‘le wanquerie’, from the woman who brought us ‘Mayfair Wankpits’. From the food, to the service, to the very reason behind the […]
