Franklin’s in East Dulwich, one of south London’s longest-serving neighbourhood restaurants, has been relaunched this week under its original name as The Victory – a dining pub run by local hospitality veterans Jamie Younger and his wife Rema Waterhouse. Former owner Rod Franklin bowed out last month after 26 years at the helm, saying “a small […]
Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 17th May 2026 London Standard Le Garrick, Covent Garden David Ellis revisited a 40-year-old classic French restaurant he has known since his teenage years and still relies on as a refuge, sanctuary or asylum – “depending on the crisis”. Then he […]
Two chefs who teamed up after meeting at Brockley Market in southeast London have now opened their first restaurant nearby – Cantinera, serving a mix of Spanish and Mexican-inspired dishes. Celia D’Ortiz and Jake Barwood have honed their approach while running residencies at Patio in Brighton and Joyce in Brockley under the moniker Codillos. Cantinera takes […]
Double-winning TV chef Nikita Pathakji (centre in picture) launches her debut restaurant next week – MAAI by Nikita in Clapham, south London, a family- and female-run business with her mother Rima (left) and sister Isha (right) at her side. Nikita, now 28, won MasterChef: The Professionalsin 2022 and followed that up by being crowned Great […]
Prolific chef Nick Molyviatis (right in picture) unveils his debut Greek taverna Zylia in London this week as the headline act at Covent Garden’s Arcade food hall – one of three new food halls opening this month as operators gear up for the summer. South of the Thames, Manchester’s Freight Island launched a southern outpost […]
Husband-and-wife team Matthew and Jennifer Price this week opened their debut restaurant – The Town House, a Grade II-listed property with four bedrooms opposite Arundel Castle in West Sussex, which they are launching without staff. Matthew is a former head chef at Steve Drake’s highly rated Sorrel in Dorking, where Jennifer – who grew up in […]
One of the most famous names in post-war London dining has bowed out with the closure of all five Spaghetti House venues, after the family company behind the brand was placed in administration. A Braccetto, the Earl’s Court trattoria opened two years ago by the second generation of the Lavarini family, has also ceased operation. […]
Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 10th May 2026 Daily Mail Impala, Soho Tom Parker Bowles joined the chorus of critical praise for the new restaurant from former Kiln head chef (and still co-owner) Meedu Saad, who “truly soars” given the opportunity to create his […]
The trio behind Highbury restaurant Lupa – restaurateur Ed Templeton, chef Naz Hassan and actor Theo James – have followed it up just nine months later by opening Ornella in Hackney’s Wilton Way. While the menu at Lupa is inspired by Rome, Ornella takes its culinary cues from Milan – where Naz grew up – and its name […]
High-profile chef Monica Galetti has made a return to the capital’s restaurant scene as executive chef of a venue in Primrose Hill with a social purpose – to provide hospitality training to homeless people and recovering addicts. 130 Primrose, which opened this week, takes its name from the area and also from the ‘prima rosa’ flower, […]
