London’s love affair with all things Peruvian (perhaps it is Paddington fever?) continues as the people behind Bravas announce plans to open a second St Katherine Docks restaurant – this time a Japanese/Peruvian fusion place. Bal Thind and Victor Garvey (who launched their Spanish tapas joint Bravas earlier this year) will open Amaru on 5 […]
Danny Meyer’s Covent Garden venture Shake Shack divides critics, but love it or loathe it we’re getting another one. The NYC restaurateur’s Union Square Hospitality Group plan to launch a second London site in mid-2015, this time in Stratford’s expansive Westfield shopping centre. His marketeers say this Shack “will build on the success of the […]
Trafalgar Square’s grand hotel brasserie, The Balcon at the Sofitel St James, has got something rather unusual on the menu. We all know it’s is just the job for a business lunch or pre theatre bite, but how about for a new kind of dessert bar? The hotel has launched what they are calling a Baba […]
Messrs Bancroft and Haworth’s fabulous Langho manor house, Northcote, will celebrate its 30th birthday in January together with the 15th year of its annual gastronomic event, Obsession. If you’re obsessed with food the gourmet evenings, running from Friday 23 January – Saturday 7 February, could be the place for you. The starry roll call of […]
Watch out Kenilworth and Kegworth, Marco Pierre White’s New York Italian brand is coming to a hotel dining room near you. The former enfant terrible of British cooking is expanding his restaurant empire through franchising company, Black & White, which aims to have 20 sites open by mid-2015 and 50 within the next four years. […]
The Joint – the pop-up-turned-permanent restaurant famed for its pulled pork burger – has opened a second site. The US-inspired BBQ spot has taken over the Marylebone premises in New Cavendish Street which were previously home to short-lived burger bar SLABS. It appears that this high-end burger restaurant, poorly reviewed by many including the Standard, just wasn’t doing […]
From today (8 December) “memorable” City spot, Sushisamba, will join the ranks of a select few London restaurants serving genuine Kobe beef. Through an exclusive contract with the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in Japan and the Kobe Beef Marketing & Distribution Promotion Association, chef Claudio Cardoso will now serve this sought after (and expensive) […]
He’s probably this country’s most consistent celebrity chef. From Pollen Street Social to (most recently) City Social, Jason Atherton’s restaurants are always a safe bet for “flavour popping” cuisine and “incredibly attentive” service, as far as our 2015 survey reporters are concerned. And now we hear that the chef-turned-restaurateur is to open his first restaurant […]
From the humble beginnings of a street food stall on Whitechapel’s chaotic Brick Lane, Rosa’s Thai Cafe has opened two new restaurants. The growing chain launched its first west London location in Fulham Road Chelsea and has now announced another site scheduled in Angel’s Theberton Street. Husband and wife team, Alex and Saiphin Moore, will […]
Daniel Doherty, the chef behind atmospheric City spot Duck & Waffle, has launched the restaurant’s first cookbook – and you could be in with a chance of winning a signed copy. Impress your family and friends this Christmas with stunning recipes, including the restaurant’s signature eponymous dish. The menu is comfort food with a bold […]
