Mayfair’s Le Chabanais has closed just two weeks after Inaki Aizpitarte, the chef behind the estimable Le Chateaubriand in Paris, severed ties with the restaurant. Proof, perhaps, (if proof were needed) that no matter how enthusiastic the hype, a big name with an even bigger price-tag is no guarantee of a sure-fire winner. Signs of […]
Home delivery used to consist of a few local pizza parlours and maybe Domino’s if you had one near-by. Then along came Just Eat and changed all that, creating a one stop shop for a plethora of local take-aways. After that Deliveroo and their ilk stepped things up again by offering deliveries direct from restaurants. […]
We’ve teamed up with Lanes of London to offer one lucky Harden’s reader the chance to win a champagne afternoon tea for four. Take three of your friends along to this elegant yet relaxed Mayfair hotel dining room and sip a glass of bubbly as you are served dainty finger sandwiches and cakes. Usually priced […]
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. Trending Restaurants 20-26 August […]
What better way to round off the summer months than enjoying a delicious meal “in a stunning location overlooking the sea”? The Jetty in Christchurch is celebrating it 5th birthday with a fantastic two-course set menu created by chef-patron Alex Aitken for just £18.95 per person. The special menu is available Monday-Saturday lunchtimes and Monday-Thursday […]
Today (26 August) saw the unveiling of the Waitrose Good Food Guide’s top 50 UK restaurants with Simon Rogan’s L’Enclume in Cartmel taking pole position for the second year. So far, so good. We wouldn’t begrudge Mr Rogan the top spot, he was within a hair’s breadth of topping our survey last year and – without […]
The service charge row continues to rumble on as Côte and Bill’s are accused of pocketing not just a percentage of gratuities but the entire amount. And Las Iguanas and Turtle Bay come under fire for effectively forcing staff to ‘pay to work’. Both restaurant groups require staff to pay the company three per cent of […]
Former head chef at Norfolk’s “very genteel” Morston Hall, Richard Bainbridge has gone solo with a new Norwich city centre venture showcasing the county’s flora and fauna. Benedicts offers pan-European classics using the seasonal produce of East Anglia like chamomile roasted Norfolk carrots, Norfolk mussels and Kings Lynn brown shrimps. Bainbridge made a name for himself […]
