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Bloomsbury Street Kitchen has reopened its doors for the first time this year. Better late than never, we suppose. The new restaurant describes itself as both a Mediterranean and a Japanese restaurant, and between Thursday to Saturday will serve a selection of small plates, as well as a collection of fine wines, sake and signature […]
Top Cuvée founders Brodie Meah and Max Venning have announced another new venture following their lockdown success at Shop Cuvée. With almost 200,000 bottles sold in the last year, a new site in Bethnal Green will open later this summer, featuring both a second bottle shop and a downstairs bar. Shop Cuvée in Bethnal Green will stock all […]
Chef James Knappett and Sandia Chang will reopen their Fitzrovia restaurant Kitchen Table on July 20, having undergone an extensive refurbishment to “expand and elevate” the site. Founded in 2012, Kitchen Table has long been loved by reporters, who describe it as “phenomenal”, “one of a kind”, and say it takes “gastronomy to a new […]
This summer, the chef Rohit Ghai (of Kutir fame, and who won a Michelin star for Jamavar within 8 months of opening) will return to Mayfair to launch Manthan, a new Indian restaurant specialising in “innovative sharing plates and cocktails”. So, there is room for more high-end Indian restaurants, then. Even on Maddox Street. Manthan, […]
The chef Adriana Cavita will open her first solo project in the UK this November, a traditional Mexican restaurant named Cavita in the heart of Marylebone Village. The team said Cavita will “encompass food traditions from all over Mexico, from the capital, where Adriana was born, across to Oaxaca and the Yucatan.” The 70-cover restaurant has an open […]
Here is our weekly round-up of what the national and local restaurant critics were writing about in the week ending 27 June 2021. ***** The Sunday Times “Oh goody, more men playing with fire, more white boys cooking Thai food,” thought our intrepid Marina O’Loughlin when viewing the restaurant’s website ahead of this week’s review, […]
Julia and Nick Nairn are opening a new restaurant with a focus on outdoor dining at the Cook School in Stirlingshire, Scotland. A new format at the cookery school will also launch later this year. The aestaurant will offer a daily changing, seasonal menu overseen by Nairn, with seafood from fishmonger Willie Little in nearby […]
The team behind The Hawk’s Nest in Shepherd’s Bush has announced its next venture, The Phoenix, at Westfield nearby. This is the second site from Frazer Timmerman and Wil Fuller, who have promised a “vibrant green English garden to the vast space providing the ideal area for all-day-dining and post-shopping pick-me-ups.” The Phoenix will have […]
July 1 will see the launch of Junsei, a Yakitori specialist restaurant in Marylebone, and the first venture from Chef Aman Lakhiani. Yakitori (meaning ‘grilled bird’) “pairs fine-tuned butchery skills and an intimate understanding of grilling techniques to deliver unparalleled umami flavour that honours every part of the animal”, the team chimed. Junsei (meaning ‘pure’ in […]
A new restaurant has been announced at the Randolph hotel by Graduate Hotels in Oxford. Chris Emery, the former executive sous chef at Jason Atherton’s Michelin-starred Pollen Street Social, has been appointed executive chef, where he will oversee a modern British restaurant centred on all-day dining. The opening summer menu at The Alice will be […]
