JKS Restaurants (the restaurateurs with the Midas touch, behind Gymkhana, Hoppers and more) has announced it will open two new Motu Indian Kitchen sites this autumn, in Islington on 17 October and Swiss Cottage on 3 November, bringing its British Indian takeaway classics north of the river. The two new delivery kitchens will bring Motu to the […]
Selfridges has once again collaborated with restaurateur Des McDonald to launch a new rooftop residency atop the iconic department store (previously McDonald’s Q Grill and Vintage Salt held the perch). The new offering will be a modern Italian restaurant, Il Tetto. Its year-long residency starts today (6 October), with an all-day dining menu promising classic […]
Ethical Kitchen is a healthy treat box company with a social conscience and is a great way to discover new brands. Freshly roasted speciality coffee, premium chocolate and healthy snacks delivered to your door every month, with 50p from every box going directly towards funding community projects through charity partners. Ethical Kitchen’s first charity partner […]
Michelin finally woke up and awarded Mitsuhiro Araki’s Mayfair restaurant, The Araki, three stars at a ceremony in London this week, making it the first Japanese restaurant in the UK to hold the rating. The Araki was named London’s Top Gastronomic Experience at Harden’s annual London Restaurant Awards ceremony last year and this “world class” […]
Marina O’Loughlin in The Guardian is the latest critic to give Soho’s new Flavour Bastard a good bashing. “Not so much flavour bastards as thoroughgoing, unremitting, absolute taste tossers.” “Staff appear to be less amused and more terminally embarrassed… when they’re not explaining the concept to us at ludicrous length. The dishes are, apparently, bastardised in a tedious, […]
This autumn, well-known family owned Windmill Taverns Ltd will be expanding with the launch of their fifth site in South East London. Introducing Mc & Sons: a traditional Irish pub from the McElhinney family with an authentic Thai twist in the heart of Southwark between Blackfriars Road and Borough on Union Street. As only a […]
To mark the opening of the newly refurbished The Hope Fitzrovia, the boozer will be teaming up with Pieminister to offer Londoners the chance to get their hands on 100 FREE pies. The special soft launch is on from 2-6 October 2017. To get involved, guests can sign up at www.thehopefitzrovia.co.uk/100freepies Successful entrants will receive […]
City workers at Bloomberg’s new European HQ will have their work cut out for them just trying to decide what to have for lunch. Bloomberg Arcade, slated to open in October at the media giant’s new offices in Queen Victoria Street, will vaunt 10 rather trendy-sounding restaurants curated by Bloomberg’s Richard Vines alongside the FT’s […]
The Allegory by Drake & Morgan is coming to the ‘Unsquare Mile’ this October – that’s the are where Shoreditch meets the City – in the new Principal Place development just off Worship Street. Be one of the first to sample their creative cocktails, craft beers, and dishes from the menu with 50% off food and drink […]
The Trafalgar Dining Rooms at London’s Trafalgar St. James Hotel has officially opened its doors. The menu gives Mediterranean cuisine a ‘London twist’, such as: Grilled stone bass with tomato, samphire and spring onion and chilli and garlic glazed chicken and puy lentil moussaka. At the bar you’ll find a range of cocktails and tea-tails (for those […]
