Gordon Ramsay is to open a self-named venue in a prominent site on London’s South Bank next Tuesday (1 September), having taken over the restaurant in Sea Containers luxury hotel. It is his first new launch since the widely publicised opening of his 100th restaurant earlier this summer – but has attracted surprisingly little attention. Sea […]
A new boutique hotel opens in Mayfair next week called The Shepherd, with a modern all-day brasserie called Fayre. The 82-room hotel replaces the former Park Lane Mews Hotel, in a refurbished block of townhouses above a ‘secret wartime bunker’ from the 1940s, near cute Shepherd Market. Fayre offers a menu of classic European dishes using […]
Former Mangal II chef Sertaç Dirik is opening a new restaurant in Soho next week called Kid, in partnership with David Carter, the restaurateur behind a string of hits from Smokestak and Manteca in Shoreditch to Oma and Agora in Borough Market. Sertaç started out in the kitchen at his family’s Turkish grill in Dalston […]
Chef Dom Chapman (left in photo) and restaurateur Nigel Sutcliffe, who worked together at the Fat Duck 25 years ago, have joined forces to revive the Jack O’Newbury in the Berkshire village of Binfield, which reopens next Wednesday. ‘The Jack’ is a former village inn close to both Windsor and Ascot that has been transformed […]
Former Pahli Hill head chef Avinash Shashidhara is opening his first pub next week – the Talli Queen, formerly known as the Queen Adelaide, on the Uxbridge Road in Shepherd’s Bush. Taking inspiration from “Kerala’s toddy shops, Bangalore’s neighbourhood pubs and bars, the military canteens of southern India and the chai stalls and kebab joints of Lucknow”, […]
Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 23rd August 2026 The Times & Sunday Times Keller, Whitstable Giles Coren enjoyed his meal at a “loose, affordable and fantastic” new wine-bar/restaurant from chef Daniel Smith and sommelier Elliott Ashton-Konig of the Fordwich Arms in Canterbury. If every […]
Barbecue chain Bodeans has closed its three remaining branches in Soho, Camden Town and Tower Hill, which may signify the end of the brand after 24 years. A message on its website reads: “We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience this may cause and would like to thank you for your continued support and loyalty. We […]
High-achieving Korean chef Woongchul Park has opened a Korean fried chicken joint called Papa Dak at Flat Iron Square, near Borough Market in Southwark. Woongchul and his partner Bomee Ki are the team behind nearby Sollip, which sits at number 23 on the current Harden’s 100 list of the UK’s top restaurants. It was also […]
A smart new steakhouse called Cordelia’s is to open in Mayfair next week, taking over the site in Clarges Street previously occupied by L’Atelier de Joel Robuchon. Cordelia’s promises a selection of steaks headed by 45-day dry-aged British rib-eye but also featuring interesting cuts from heritage and rare breeds around the world. Galician beef will […]
A funky American-inspired barbecue using sustainable locally sourced ingredients opens next week in a 17th-century village pub on the northern fringe of the Cotswolds. Ember at The Chandlers Arms is in the hamlet of Epwell, between Chipping Norton and Banbury in north Oxfordshire, and combines the expertise of two old friends, chef Harry Flockhart (left […]
