This year, Fitzrovia’s “quality” but decidedly “old-fashioned” Indian restaurant Gaylord celebrates its 50th anniversary. This enduring venue was first opened in 1966 by then owner P.L. Lamba (who himself has just celebrated his 97th birthday). In recognition of Gaylord introducing its signature Chicken Tikka Masala all those years ago, they will be offering a special 1966 menu […]
Calling all rosé fans (and Molly Ringwald fans of course!) we’ve got a fantastic competition prize up for grabs. Harden’s has teamed up with Fitzrovia’s new café-cum-artisan-food-store, The Larder, to offer one lucky reader the chance to win two tickets to their ‘Pretty in Pink’ wine evening. Enjoy a wine flight of rosé; from a classic […]
We’ve teamed up with the good people of Twizoo to announce the top 5 trending restaurants on Twitter each week in London. Twizoo is an app that gives restaurant recommendations based on what people are saying on Twitter, and analyses over 50,000 incoming tweets per week to determine which restaurants are attracting the most buzz. […]
Carl Clarke has secured a second site for his “fun and buzzy” little fried chicken specialist Chick ‘n’ Sours, which opened on Dalston’s main drag last year. The new Seven Dials venue will open in mid-September and have a short, punchy menu of free-range herb-fed fried chicken alongside the restaurant’s trademark sour cocktails – an “excellent […]
Celebrate the summer season with the FT Weekend Laurent-Perrier Rosé Summer Menu at Vivek Singh’s “seriously brilliant” Cinnamon Club, in association with Taste of London 2016. Enjoy three courses and a glass of Laurent-Perrier Cuvée Rosé Brut NV Champagne in this impressive dining space (now even more handsome thanks to last year’s £1m refurb) at £50 per person. Housed […]
Marcus Wareing has announced Chantelle Nicholson as chef-patron of Tredwell’s, his group’s more casual offering in the heart of Theatreland. Since opening in Covent Garden in 2014, the restaurant has not had an easy ride from press or from Harden’s reporters who say it’s “a let-down after such high hopes” – “nearly so good… but somehow just […]
Caprice Holding’s “brilliant”, “friendly” and “glamorous” (the superlatives go on) seafood staple, J Sheekey’s Oyster Bar, will become the J Sheekey Atlantic Bar this summer. With the new name comes a new menu and a revamped, 50-seater dining terrace, launching on 22 June. The menu will include an all-new lobster section (available until 10 September when […]
What could be better on a sunny summer’s evening than a trip to Taplow’s impossibly grand Thames-view palazzo, Cliveden House. This month readers can enjoy chef André Garrett’s three course Market Menu, with a glass of champagne, for £55 pp. Over the past couple of years, Garrett has been credited with transforming the cuisine at […]
The team behind South Ken’s Macellaio RC – which has long been “knocking more macho steak houses into a cock hat” according to our reporters – will launch a new restaurant in Southwark’s Union Yard arches in August 2016. Founder Robert Costa first expanded his winning formula of “the best steaks ever” paired with an ingenious […]
Taste London’s best Sunday Roast £55 pp Voted the best place in the capital to get a juicy slice of beef on the bone, according to our 2015 survey, The Rib Room is “a real treat in every respect”. This luxurious, well-spaced Belgravia dining room is firing on all cylinders after its revamp last year; as […]
