Our reporters have been saying for some time that Brocket Hall’s interior “needs a refurb to match its wonderful setting” – perhaps now it will get one. The estate in Hertfordshire, including the Auberge du Lac restaurant, is up for sale, after operator Brocket Hall International (BHI) went into administration. The estate, which includes a golf […]
The Gladwin brothers – the trio behind London’s “quirky” faux rustic Notting Hill spot The Shed and Chelsea’s Rabbit – will open up their family run vineyards to the general public for the first time from May. Visitors to Nutbourne in West Sussex can take part tastings and see how the grape goes from the vine to bottle to […]
D&D London’s Le Pont de la Tour may have “sensational” Tower Bridge views but our reporters noted a lack of passion food-wise in last year’s survey. Perhaps a new partnership is just the (ahem) caffeine injection the restaurant needs? The South Bank icon has teamed up with ethical coffee brand CRU Kafe to introduce a range […]
Scottish pop-up Dram & Smoke is migrating east for spring with a five week stint in a former sofa factory by the riverside in Hackney Wick. Previous projects included sold out runs in a steelyard in Vauxhall and a leather tannery in London Bridge. Their spring project will feature the same Highland hospitality and, of course, […]
The end of April also marks the end of native oyster season (until September anyway!), so with that in mind Harden’s has teamed up with one of London’s best bivalve bars, Bentley’s Bar & Grill. We’re offering one lucky reader and their guest the chance to win a meal for two at the Piccadilly restaurant, […]
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. […]
Exciting news from the world of London cocktail clubs, the Experimental Group (behind Chinatown’s ‘so-hip-you-can-hardly-find-it’ drinking den The Experimental Cocktail Club) is opening a Shoreditch site. The new bar Joyeux Bordel will launch on Curtain Road on 16 April. Young Turk Daniel Willis – now of The Clove Club – is consulting on the music. It’s […]
After launching a second outpost in Whitechapel last year Soho spot Foxcroft & Ginger has opened another East London restaurant – this time a pop-up at Old Street station. The temporary cafe, which will be open for three months, arrived in trendy Shoreditch on 6 April and serves the UK’s first Cruffin (a croissant muffin hybrid). Foxcroft & […]
Brilliantly named Spanish chef and founder of the Ibèrica group, Nacho Manzano, will take to the stoves at the recently opened Ibèrica in Spinningfields, Manchester, later this month. On 27 April, he will prepare a seven course tasting menu alongside group head chef Cèsar Garcia, paired with wines from Manzano’s restaurants in Asturias – Casa Marciel, La […]
