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Corbin & King looks set to open a landmark new restaurant in Soho. The famous restaurant group, behind destinations such as Brasserie Zedel, The Delaunay, and The Wolseley, has plans to open a seafood fixture close to Soho Square. The new restaurant will reportedly sit between 1-8 Bateman’s Buildings, but plans are in their early […]
Pucci, London W1 Jay Rayner for The Observer reviewed Mayfair newcomer Pucci, revived from its bygone King’s Road days by the founder’s son (the original closed in 2010). Decorated like “a wealthy person’s version of a humble farmhouse”, it’s the sort of room “in which you can have a very good time, though ideally with […]
The team behind DUM Biryani will open Lucknow Social, a neighbourhood Indian restaurant specialising in Lucknowi cuisine, in March. Lucknow Social will serve food inspired by Awadhi cooking. In cities such as Lucknow, and elsewhere in Uttar Pradesh, in northern India, dishes are cooked ‘low and slow’, with fluffy biryanis, galauti kebabs, and rich curries […]
A new Islington restaurant on Upper Street will be entirely dedicated to sausages. X-Upper will “serve Europe’s finest gourmet sausages”, all of which will, apparently, be “curated by top chefs”. “Sausage is the new burger,” the PR spiel continues. If so, will X-Upper become the new MEATliquor? The restaurant, which is set to open in […]
José Pizarro is to relaunch The Swan Inn in Esher, Surrey. The much-fêted Spaniard is taking over the pub from French chef Claude Bosi, nowadays best-known for his tenure at that modern classic, Bibendum. Bosi, together with his brother Cedric, has been in charge at The Swan for three years. It reopened in 2016 after […]
Shaun Rankin is to open a fine dining restaurant at a new luxury hotel and wellness retreat in Yorkshire. Grantley Hall, near Ripon, is currently undergoing extensive refurbishment. The chef will continue to oversee proceedings at the “extremely original and exciting” Ormer Mayfair, but will give most of his attention to Grantley Hall, which is […]
Rosa’s Thai has announced plans to launch multiple sites outside of London. Harden’s can reveal that a restaurant in Liverpool will open in February. Expansion, certainly on the other side of the M25, doesn’t always run smoothly, but the group has been emboldened by the performance of recent openings in the Smoke. The year ending […]
Affordable steak house Flat Iron has secured a £5m investment to expand the brand. The move follows an ambitious opening in King’s Cross last year, which continued the concept, albeit in a ‘poshed up’ fashion, at a 110-cover site on Caledonian Road. Flat Iron, described as “simple, yet very effective” by reporters, has sourced a […]
Imperial Treasure, London SW1 Did the chefs at Imperial Treasure recognise Jay Rayner when he visited for The Observer? They chased him to the toilet, so one presumes so. Why then, did they take away his Peking duck (for which he paid a “nose-bleeding… shameless” £100) half-eaten? Astonishing. It tainted the rest of his meal, […]
Ross Bryans, formerly chef director at Corrigans Mayfair, has been offically appointed head chef at Les 110 de Taillevent in Marylebone, Harden’s can reveal. Bryans, who left Corrigans in January last year and went on to appear on Great British Menu 2018, has also worked under chefs such as Clare Smyth (senior sous at Restaurant […]
