Two new bars have opened off Carnaby Street in Soho as the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has rejected a call from the Soho Society for a moratorium on new venues in the area. Vagabond, the wine bar group backed by Majestic wines, has opened its biggest bar yet, with 120 wines available by the […]
The latest phase of the six-year, £1.4billion revamp of Olympia in west London opened for business this week – Canopy, a rooftop dining and drinking space between the two main halls, incorporating four different venues. Canopy is named after its 22-metre-high vaulted glass roof made from 520 separate panels, and has direct access via stairs and […]
The ground-floor restaurant at Soho House founder Nick Jones’s new-build luxury hotel St Clement opened formally this week, overlooking the Thames at Temple. Café Clement offers an all-day Franco-Italian menu, from a kitchen run by ex-River Cafe chef Danny Bohan. It has a riverside terrace as well as garden seating. Ahead of its opening to […]
Asma Khan’s Darjeeling Express is moving to much larger new premises in Soho next week – the fourth permanent address for an all-female venture that started out as a supperclub. After three years in Kingly Court, it has taken over the former Hovarda site in Rupert Street, which will allow it to accommodate 130 guests on […]
Yorkshire chef Liz Cottam opened her new restaurant Byre this week – an old dairy farm in Wharfedale overlooking Bolton Abbey, and her first rural venue after a decade in Leeds. She says the setting and the ingredients she now has on her doorstep are changing the way she works. A former corporate high-flyer who […]
Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 14th June 2026 The Guardian Oudh 1722, Borough Grace Dent tipped the London debut from Birmingham-based chef Aktar Islam as “one of the restaurant openings of 2026”, serving 300-year-old Awadhi cooking from the royal courts of Lucknow in a “charmingly […]
A female-led wine bar and bistro which celebrates wines made by women producers opens this weekend in the heritage Menier Chocolate Factory building opposite Borough Market. Launched by Parisienne wine expert Carole Bryon, Lady of the Grapes focuses on organic, biodynamic and natural wines on a 400-strong list. It follows the smaller wine bar of […]
A modern Moroccan venture called Tagine & Grill has this week taken up long-term residency at The Sun and 13 Cantons, the Soho pub well-known as a launch-pad for interesting new restaurants. Founder Yassir Chair grew up in Morocco and moved to London at the age of 20, initially to study. He is also the […]
Former Le Manoir and Clove Club sommelier Bert Blaize (left in photo) has opened his first restaurant – Chandlery, overlooking the harbour at Well-next-the-Sea in North Norfolk. Meanwhile, sisters Siobhan and Caitriona Peyton have taken over a 300-year-old pub just a mile away, the Three Horseshoes at Warham. Bert landed by the harbour in Wells two […]
New York’s Caffè Dante has become a permanent fixture in Claridge’s as Dante Mayfair, following a successful residency last summer which was extended to the end of the year. It serves an all-day Italian-American menu including grills, seafood and cocktails in what was latterly the more formal Claridge’s Restaurant, operated most famously in recent times […]
