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Edinburgh chef Roberta Hall-McCarron and her husband Shaun have opened three restaurants in the city in less than seven years – The Little Chartroom, Eleanore and Ardfern – each to both critical and public acclaim. Harden’s caught up with Roberta at Ardfern, the newest of the trio. HARDEN’S: The hospitality industry is struggling around Britain, but […]
Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 27th April 2025 London Standard One Club Row, Shoreditch David Ellis was completely seduced by the new upstairs restaurant above the recently reopened Knave of Clubs pub, hailing it as “E1’s answer to The Dover, Mayfair’s wood-panelled, come-hither martini […]
A Japanese diner serving Osaka-style ‘Dad’s home cooking’ – possibly superior to its British equivalent – and a third branch of Middle Eastern vegetarian restaurant Bubala are the latest arrivals at the Coal Drops Yard development behind King’s Cross station. Oton, the Japanese option, has opened from the team behind Okan in the former County Hall […]
A new Caviar Bar has opened at Harrods promising a “new level of indulgence”, where you can feast on 250g of Huso Huso Grand Cru Beluga caviar with a waffle, creme fraiche and finely chopped shallots for £1,940. The bar, run by Harrods itself, has replaced Jason Atherton’s Hot Dogs by Three Darlings, which has […]
Chef Dom Taylor is back with a new project, Marvee’s Food Shop in Ladbroke Grove – a follow-up to The Good Front Room, his successful 10-month residency that showcased Caribbean cooking in the elegant Palm Court at the Langham hotel in Portland Place. Named in honour of his mother, Marveline, the new project is a more […]
A touring luxury sleeper train with high-end gastronomy as its main attraction hits the rail network this summer, L’Enclume’s Simon Rogan directing the culinary traffic and executive chef Sven-Hanson Britt running the on-board galley. The Britannic Explorer is operated by travel and hotel group Belmond, owner of Le Manor aux Quat’Saisons, and will offer three-night […]
Northcote, the Lancashire boutique hotel and gastronomic powerhouse that hosts the annual Obsession food festival, has been bought by new owners – who have persuaded executive chef Lisa Goodwin-Allen to return just a month after quitting, to a new role as chef patron-director. The acquisition by Yorkshire-based kitchen entrepreneurs Alf and Clare Ellis ends a period […]
Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 20th April 2025 London Standard Tom Brown at The Capital, Knightsbridge David Ellis gave a qualified thumbs-up to the latest seafood offering from ex-Cornerstone chef Tom Brown, a 28-seater boutique hotel restaurant where Brian Turner, Gary Rhodes, Éric Chavot […]
Britain’s oldest Indian restaurant, Veeraswamy, is facing closure on the eve of its centenary with its landlord, the Crown Estate, declining to renew the lease on its premises, just off Piccadilly Circus in Regent Street. The Crown Estate says it needs the first-floor restaurant’s street-level entrance so it can renovate the offices above in the […]
Claude and Lucy Bosi are launching a second branch of their hit French restaurant Josephine next week – this time it’s in Marylebone, and takes its cues from Paris instead of Lyons. Set in the former Daylesford Organic site on Blandford Street, the new venue is inspired by the 19th-century brasseries of the French capital, […]
