Harden’s regular round-up of the restaurant critics from the week ending 2 June 2019. The Sea, The Sea, London SW3 Marina O’Loughlin for The Sunday Times has “stumbled across the living definition of the word “precious”: a seafood restaurant, a fishmonger and a champagne bar in — where else? — Chelsea”. From the people behind […]
Barullo, the City of London’s new Spanish restaurant launched by Victor Garvey in March, has closed just two months after opening. The chef told Harden’s he departed the restaurant for personal reasons in April and was unaware the restaurant had closed until seeing the news on social media. Garvey ceased his role by mutual agreement […]
Nutshell, a modern Iranian-inspired restaurant, will open in Covent Garden in July. An announcement from founders Marwa Alkhalaf (who spent time at The Greenhouse), and Mohammad Paknejad, said: “Nutshell’s intention is to re-create the warm, welcoming atmosphere of home in a contemporary setting and offer a feast for the senses.” It will be, quite simply, […]
Sam and Georgie Pearman, co-founders of The Lucky Onion Hotel Group, have taken over The Swan pub in Ascott-under-Wychwood. The Swan will relaunch on May 27 and become a part of the group’s well established list of hotels, pubs, and restaurants. Names you may have heard of include The Chequers in the Cotswolds, and The […]
The Baozilnn Group is preparing to open its third site – a new 120-cover, three-floored flagship in Borough. The new restaurant, which follows the successful Soho site and a grab-and-go version in Market Halls Victoria, will launch at the end of June. Baozilnn is best-known for its colourful all-day Cantonese dim sum concept, as well […]
A new craft bar and kitchen will open in the heart of Bethnal Green next month. Fugitive Motel [great name] will marry pastries and speciality coffee by day with night-time cocktails, craft beers and sourdough pizzas. It all sounds very East London… there’s even talk of low-alcohol beverages, which are apparently all the rage [well, […]
The Goring has revealed more details about its upcoming restaurant, which Cornish fish impressario Nathan Outlaw, to much excitement, will oversee. Siren – for now, we have a name – will open on June 12, and will be a more casual dining experience, following the aim for the venture of CEO Jeremy Goring. It will […]
Harden’s regular round-up of the restaurant critics from the week ending 26 May 2019. Amrutha, London SW18 Kathryn Flett for The Telegraph went vegan this week, at a restaurant “sited, eminently missably, in a small, plain room behind plate glass on a main road in Earlsfield”. The locals evidently haven’t missed it, as there was […]
Jamie Oliver’s restaurant empire is no more. The group entered administration on May 21 and within hours all but three of the celebrity chef’s locations were closed. The company announced the board had appointed KPMG to oversee the restructuring process on Tuesday, and confirmed in a statement that approximately 1,000 members of staff would be […]
