Japanese/Brazilian fusion spot Yoobi is to open its second site in Soho’s Lexington Street this May. The original, which opened on the same street in 2012, was considered to be London’s first temakeria. Like its sister, the new Yoobi will be a casual pitstop serving a small menu of freshly made temaki (Japanese hand rolls), that come wrapped […]
Covent Garden members’ club Library has launched a new restaurant combining literature and food. Every 6-8 weeks a new guest chef will take over the kitchen at Saint Luke’s, producing a unique menu to coincide with their up-coming cook book release. Adopting a cookbook format, Saint Luke’s has a rotating food menu – with book-markers […]
A few week’s ago we reported on the interesting rise of crowd-funded restaurants as several high-profile restaurateurs announced plans to finance their latest ventures this way. We also pointed out that this strategy doesn’t always pay off – just look at the unfortunate case of Viajante. A slam dunk idea one would reckon. It’s a […]
A new izakaya fusing Korean, Japanese and Taiwanese cuisines is due to open on 28 March on the 23rd floor of London’s Hilton Metropole near Edgware Road station. KOJAWAN (Korea, Japan, Taiwan – geddit?!) will offer fantastic views of the capital, as well as innovative dishes from Seoul, Tokyo and Taipei. Early bird diners who book a […]
A new cloud-based mobile ordering solution has hit the market that allows customers to browse, order, re-order and pay using their WiFi enabled device – without the hassle of downloading an app. Wi-Q’s suite of user-centric functions includes the choice of menus in any language with allergy and nutritional information, special orders and bill-splitting. The company’s […]
Jason Atherton’s foray into izakaya-style dining (incorporating also teppanyaki, and a robata grill) Sosharu finally opens today (7 March). Originally the Clerkenwell restaurant (on the former site of Turnmills nightclub, RIP) was slated to open late last year, but its launch was postponed. Sosharu is The Social Company’s seventh London restaurant and includes a 40-cover cocktail bar, […]
Five stars for food from AA Gill?! A rare occurrence indeed. The first British spin-off (in Covent Garden) of Les Halles restaurant Frenchie wows the Sunday Times critic… “Frenchie is that thing I’d almost given up hoping I would see again: a really, really good modern French bistro. Not nostalgic or revisionist, but a sensible, […]
A venture from Russian chef Alexei Zimin that combines Russian street food and drink in a kitsch speakeasy-style atmosphere will open in Soho on 31 March. Zima occupies the basement of a Grade-II listed townhouse on Frith Street, right next door to the legendary Ronnie Scott’s jazz club. As well as TV presenting, editing Russia’s culinary bible, […]
Duende, the hotly-anticipated modern Spanish restaurant from chef-patron Victor Garvey (co-founder of Bravas in St Katherine Docks), opens today (4 March) in Covent Garden’s Maiden Lane. Translating as ‘imp’ or ‘sprite’, but also ‘mischief’ and ‘charm’, Duende will serve Spanish food, influenced by Garvey’s travels and experience working in restaurants around the world. From the open kitchen, […]
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. […]
