National Coffee Week is coming up (16-22 April). For those looking for a caffeine injection before work, wanting a break from the shops or looking for a neighbourhood hideaway, we’ve rounded up London’s top 25 coffee pitstops… Bageriet WC2 “A little piece of Swedish heaven”, “tucked away” down an alleyway in Covent Garden – […]
Sam and Sam Clark of Moro and Morito are launching a brand new bespoke outside catering company, Casa Moro, and new private dining room space in Hackney Wick, open in May this year. Sam and Sam Clark opened their epic Exmouth Market “institution” 20 years ago, with its “scrumptious” little sister restaurant opening in 2010 and […]
This week sees three near-identical reviews of Brat from Tom Parker Bowles, Keith Miller and Fay Maschler (despite Fay saying last week she’d wait until a restaurant settled in to visit!), not including Grace Dent, who appeared to go with TPB… Jay Rayner in The Observer apologises in advance for loving The Dining Room at Beaverbrook […]
Later this month, Italian luxury lifestyle brand Chucs will open a fourth “cozy and calm” London café at the Serpentine Sackler Gallery in the middle of Hyde Park. The Mayfair original, adjoining a Chucs store in Dover Street, opened in 2015, followed by a restaurant at the brand’s Chelsea shop and an outpost in Harrods in 2016 and 2017 […]
Family-owned Crystal Palace institution Joanna’s celebrates its 40th birthday this weekend by welcoming back an array of “vintage specials”, showcasing some of the most beloved classic dishes from the neighbourhood favourite’s heritage. Available from Friday 23 March to Sunday 22 April to allow friends old and new plenty of opportunity to sample these returning signature specialities, […]
This weekend (31 March) Tom Sellers closes his “modernist culinary temple” Restaurant Story ahead of an extensive month- long interior renovation, the first since its launch in 2013. Re-opening on 8 May, the redesign will not only transform the look and feel of the restaurant, but will coincide with a new menu concept and a […]
Marylebone’s revolving creative hub, Carousel, has announced its upcoming roster of guest chef residencies. This spring the restaurant will host an unprecedented range of global chefs working alongside Ollie Templeton and his team to prepare a four or five-course dinner menu that showcases their signature style, using seasonal produce from the British Isles. Among the highlights, […]
Ostrich Egg Huevos Rotos @ Tapas Brindisa Shoreditch EC2 Available Easter weekend and through-out April Bringing a taste of Spain to this year’s Easter celebrations, Brindisa have created a line-up of seasonal dishes that are traditionally enjoyed in Spain during the festivities. Exclusively at Brindisa Shoreditch, founder Monika Linton and Group Head Chef Leo Riviera have created […]
Alain Roux, chef-patron of Bray’s “glorious” Waterside Inn, and his father, the legendary chef and restaurateur Michel Roux, are set to launch a new restaurant in Edinburgh at The Balmoral during May. Alain will take up the position of signature chef at the brasserie and bar, which replaces Hadrian’s Brasserie and The Balmoral Bar. He currently retains […]
The Principal London – a new 334-room hotel occupying the former Hotel Russell, a dramatic listed building on the eastern flank of Russell Square – opens next month, vaunting a restaurant c0-created by Brett Redman (Elliot’s, Jidori). Overlooking the iconic Bloomsbury square and clad in Royal Doulton thé-au-lait terracotta, the grande dame was originally designed by […]
