What is possibly London’s most beautiful restaurant, an extraordinary neo-Byzantine dining room on Piccadilly Circus (formerly the Criterion), has been resurrected by the Gatto family – owners of Milan’s famous Savini restaurant. It will be officially relaunched as Savini at Criterion on Friday 18 March. The original Criterion – where mediocre food always played second fiddle to dazzling […]
A new bar & grill backed by restaurateur Kurt Zdesar (of Chotto Matte fame) arrives in the heart of Mayfair later this month. Black Roe Poke Bar & Grill will specialise in raw fish with a Pacific slant alongside other fresh seafood and oysters, as well as wood grilled meats. Its crowning glory will be a Poke […]
On Thursday 26 May Auction Against Hunger will return for the fourth year in a row to raise money for the restaurant industry’s charity of choice, Action Against Hunger. This time around the event will be held at the new Street Feast venue Hawker House in Canada Water where top chefs will cook up street food style […]
A new Indian restaurant – inspired by the days of British Raj India – serving dishes from multiple regions of India alongside gin-based cocktails opens on High Street Ken today (15 March). Raj of Kensington is offering 50% off food during its soft launch from 15-24 March. Diners just need to mention this offer when booking (available only […]
Humble Grape, the wine bar and shop from James Dawson is to open a second site in May. Following the success of the Battersea opening last year, Humble Grape will launch a larger venue in St Bride’s Passage, just off Fleet Street. The site – tucked away down a cobbled street and hidden in the vaults […]
No-one needs a plethora of reasons to visit Northern Ireland, what with the Causeway Coast being an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (not to mention the legendary home of the giant Finn McCool) and the splendour of the Mourne Mountains – but here’s 10 top notch ones anyway. We’ve rounded-up Belfast’s top restaurants (according to […]
We’ve teamed up with Islington’s new Vietnamese restaurant Nem Nem to offer one lucky Harden’s reader and their guest the chance to win dinner for two. Choose between a bottle of wine to share or a selection of beers to accompany your three course meal. You’ll find Nem Nem on Islington’s bustling Upper Street serving […]
On Thursday, the world will raise a glass to St Patrick’s Day – a celebration of Ireland and its rich cultural history, but mostly a time when revellers drink too much Guinness. For those who would rather not spend 17 March down the pub, Harden’s has got some great suggestions on where in London you can […]
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. […]
After two years of trading outside at Borough Market, this rising street food star has opened a new fixed indoor unit on one of the iconic market’s main byways Rochester Walk. Gourmet Goat is renowned for its East Mediterranean dishes showcasing kid goat sourced exclusively from British dairy farms. Gourmet Goat has built a signifiant […]
