A restaurant which mixes fast-food classics with high-end luxury ingredients opened this week within the Lowndes hotel in Belgravia. Billed as a ‘Bistrot Américain’, Avi is from the team behind The Prince Arthur nearby, a traditional pub now serving upmarket Basque seafood. Chef Joshua Conte, a former soldier who has worked at Heston Blumenthal’s pub […]
Aktar Islam started cooking the age of 13 at his father’s restaurant in Birmingham, and his widely acclaimed flagship Opheem is the highest-ranked Indian venue in the Harden’s 100 list. We caught up with him ahead of his London debut with Oudh 1722, which launches on 1st May next door to Borough Market. Hardens: Aktar, […]
Restaurants are finding clever ways to reposition circularity in ways that speak to luxury and opulence rather than deprivation and compromise, reducing food waste while adding to the overall guest experience. In this article from The Sustainable Restaurant Association, Alex Francis shares how his team at De Vie bar, Paris, constructs the right narrative to convey this. At Nén Danang, Vietnam, chef Summer Le (pictured) places some “chef’s bites” on the pass, ready to […]
Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 26th April 2026 The Guardian Impala, Soho Grace Dent was left “punch-drunk with memories” after a meal at this new venue from the all-conquering Super 8 group, where chef Meedu Saad has conjured up a “hazy blend of styles, […]
Restaurants the length and breadth of Britain raised £1.17 million last winter to help tackle homelessness through inviting diners to add a voluntary £1 per table to their bill. With rough sleeping reaching its highest recorded level – 4,793 people were recorded sleeping rough on a single night in 2025 – more than 650 restaurants joined the […]
Nottingham chef-entrepreneur Nichola Thompson is opening her second private dining venue, Chapter 2 – a follow-up to Table 47, which regularly has a four-month waiting time for bookings. Neither is a traditional restaurant for walk-in customers: instead, they offer pre-booked dining for parties of various sizes, with bespoke or tasting menus and open-kitchen cooking as […]
The team behind Shoreditch restaurant Nest will relaunch it next week as a ‘British bistro’ called Tavern, while Mayfair restaurateur Samyukta Nair has revived her Thai restaurant Koyn under the name Miko Mei Fair – as hospitality owners shuffle their packs in response to customer demand. Nest established the reputation of chef Johnnie Crowe with his […]
The duo behind British-Afghan barbecue Cue Point this week opened their first permanent site – in North Kensington, close to the project’s origins as a pop-in west London 10 years ago. Founders Joshua Moroney and Mursal Saiq have teamed up with the Garden Bar pub near Latimer Road tube station to create The Garden Bar Grill and […]
Gareth Ward’s restaurant Gwen is staying open after all – with Peter Sanchez-Iglesias of former Bristol superstar Casamia taking over as head chef at the end of May. The surprise announcement followed just a couple of weeks after the revelation that Gwen, in Machynlleth, was to close with the departure of chef Corrin Harrison and his […]
Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 19th April 2026 The Times Burro, Covent Garden Giles Coren hailed the new opening from chef Conor Gadd as “one for the ages”: a “great, rustic Italian in a beautiful airy space with plenty of easy West End glamour.” Long […]
