Westminster’s iconic Regency Cafe, the most famous ‘greasy-spoon’ in London, has reopened under new owners who plan to launch it as an international British brand across Europe and the Middle East. Opened in 1946 and little changed since, the Regency has become a familiar backdrop in British films and a site of retro pilgrimage, drawing […]
Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 20th July 2025 London Standard Canal, Westbourne Park David Ellis was pretty impressed by the latest opening from Dominic Hamdy, the “savvy operator” behind three Crispins and Bistro Freddie, which serves what “might be called London Mediterranean” – plus an “incongruous burger” […]
A pair of former regulars at a pub in Queens Park have taken it over and “re-imagined” the venue, with an ambitious dining room that opened this week. The new co-owners of The Salusbury are Gareth Cooper and Alex Payne, who both have backgrounds in the music industry – so impromptu events are to be expected. […]
A ‘neo Nikkei omakase’ promising an original new take on Japanese/Peruvian cuisine called Fan has opened in Notting Hill, adding Chinese and other global influences to its culinary mix. A trio of childhood friends from Lima – Romania Parra, Jorge Sasaki and Santiago Wong – have developed their style over several years in their home city, […]
Chef Tim Allen and his wife Mag are closing their Lancashire restaurant So-lo for three months this summer to allow for a complete refurb, including the addition of a chef’s table. They opened the restaurant – Tim’s first venture as chef-patron – four years ago in the village of Aughton, 12 miles north of Liverpool, and quickly […]
Victor Garvey at the Midland Grand shut down without warning this week, just five months after its heavily publicised launch, with the chef saying the closure was “due to circumstances beyond our control“. The dining room of the Victorian Gothic former railway hotel, now run as the St Pancras Renaissance Hotel, is regarded as one […]
An ambitious independently owned gastropub, restaurant and cocktail bar opens next week in the Surrey market town of Farnham, following a conversion project that has transformed the interior of the Lutyens-designed Liberal Club. The Third Monkey will feature high-end cooking from executive chef Adam Fisher, who trained under Adam Smith at Coworth Park in Ascot […]
Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 12th July 2025 London Standard Singburi, Shoreditch David Ellis visited the new, modernised incarnation of a Thai canteen that won cult status as a “national treasure” for ultra-cheap and tasty cooking at its former Leytonstone address. David, who never visited […]
Belgian gourmet chip shop Frites Atelier is to open a branch in London, in the former Balans Soho premises in Old Compton Street. Frites Atelier was launched in 2016 by Sergio Herman, the chef behind world-famous restaurant Old Sluis, which he closed three years earlier to focus on several different projects. There are currently three […]
New-wave Shoreditch wine bar Oranj is moving into larger new premises next week, with an outdoor kitchen and dining terrace. The new venue, in pedestrianised Dray Walk, is five minutes’ walk from the original site in Bacon Street near Brick Lane – which the current Harden’s guide notes is “very buzzy” and “usually packed”, but where […]
