New week sees the opening of a trio of statement Italian restaurants in London – two offering roof-top dining (one each to the east and west of the capital) and one that is simply BIG. First to open on Monday (12 October) is Torino, on Paddington Square outside the station, with a bakery on the […]
An East European chophouse will open next month in the crypt of St George’s Church in Hanover Square, a troubled site in Mayfair that has seen the departure of two previous restaurants in the past year. Elezar, which takes its name from the Hebrew eleazar meaning “God has helped”, is from a trio who share […]
Dishoom is to open its largest branch yet next week on the edge of Borough Market, having taken over two storeys in the west wing of the Hop Exchange, an extravagant Victorian edifice built as a hub for the brewing industry. Open for breakfast from 8am during the week (9am art weekends) until late, the […]
Chef Andrew Sheridan opens his latest venue today – a New York-inspired restaurant and cocktail bar in Liverpool’s Ropewalks area named Manhattan-style after the corner it sits on, Seel & Slater. The launch follows an astonishingly quick transformation of Gary Usher’s Wreck Bistro, which served its final meals last Sunday, having been acquired by Andrew’s Open […]
Actor Daniel Craig has teamed up with a pair of hospitality heavyweights, Soho House founder Nick Jones (left) and Flat Iron founder Charlie Carroll (right), to take over a pub called The Horseshoe in Clerkenwell. Best-known for his role as James Bond in five films, the actor has beer in his veins: “I grew up […]
Important updates are released this week to the world’s leading sustainability assessment for the hospitality sector, the Food Made Good Standard London, 5th October 2026: The Sustainable Restaurant Association (The SRA) is delighted to announce the launch of a new edition of the Food Made Good Standard, its flagship sustainability certification for hospitality. The new edition […]
Jeremy Lee, chef-patron of Quo Vadis in Soho, has published a wonderful new book called Kitchening, in which he interweaves 150 of his favourite recipes with anecdotes and reminiscences of his life – mostly in the kitchen. Jeremy kindly agreed to a grilling from Harden’s, responding in his trademark inimitable style. HARDEN’S: In Kitchening, you describe […]
Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 4th October 2026 The Guardian Dante Mayfair, Claridge’s Grace Dent managed to find nice things to say about the New York import permanently installed in the main restaurant space at this grand hotel, going against the flow of reviewers who […]
The team behind the much-praised Silver Birch in Chiswick, west London, which closed down after five years in March, has reopened the site as an all-day neighbourhood spot called Brook & Green (pictured). Owner Tim Price says the new project, which draws on Mediterranean, Asian and British influences, is “built for consistency and repeat use […]
Covent Garden institution Christopher’s (pictured) has closed after 35 years, with Adam Byatt’s Bistro Union, Malaysian specialist Laksamania and Indian restaurant Black Salt in East Sheen also calling time at the end of September. In further closures, recent weeks have seen the company behind Belgravia’s 19 Motcomb Street placed in a creditors’ voluntary liquidation with […]
