Planning a Christmas party, whether it’s for an entire office or a family gathering, can be stressful. And the most important part of the process is finding a venue that suits your needs – which in London, let’s face it, can be a daunting task. To help you find the right place for your office […]
It’s September once again, which means three things – school is back in session, summer is about to start (weatherwise), and its native oyster season… in celebration of which we’ve got the definitive list of restaurants, pop-ups and bars serving the capital’s best bivalves… You can’t go wrong at a classic oyster bar… J Sheekey […]
After 13 years of turning out “brilliant” and “stylish” (if “pretentious”) dishes, Alan Murchison has finally announced he is to quit L’Ortolan in Berkshire. One-time owner of the famous Shinfield restaurant, Murchison stayed on as executive chef after his company sold the place last year. Alan Murchison Restaurants Ltd – part of the rather ill-conceived 10 in […]
Claude Bosi is off to join his brother Cedric for a bit of country air in the pair’s spiritual home – Ludlow. The quaint Shropshire town was firmly fixed on the foodie map back in 2000, thanks in large part to the success of Claude’s restaurant Hibiscus, which he moved to Mayfair – never entirely […]
The brothers behind much-lauded Bristol restaurant Casamia are planning a rather more casual all-day venture in Portishead. Jonray and Peter Sanchez-Iglesias will open the 60-cover pizza place, Pi Shop, in December – good news for those who don’t fancy splashing out on the £90/head original. Why should you care? This is what our current guide says about Casamia: “There’s […]
A nine hole crazy golf pop-up – with a clubhouse serving food by the likes of Patty & Bun and Pizza Pilgrims – is coming to town. Only in Shoreditch. And, in true and trendy local style, the place has one of those slightly risqué names and a vintage concept. Swingers comes with a 1920s-inspired clubhouse, bar and terrace […]
For those who just can’t wait for MasterChef to start again next year, there’s a pop-up opening today (2 September) that will scratch your itch. Over the next five weeks, winners and finalists – old and new – will be running a temporary restaurant and bar at the Blue Fin building in Southwark. Tickets have already sold […]
Further proof that Soho’s seedy roots are being eradicated. An illegal strip club on Great Windmill Street has been closed down and will be repurposed as a 50-cover restaurant and Folk clothing shop. First-time restaurateur Gordon Ker (pictured) won permission for a change of use of the site and will convert the basement into a […]
Enter our GOAT and Jack Daniels competition Your chance to win dinner and drinks at GOAT’s speakeasy night: Fat Sam’s. Grace Dent gives Cafe Football a red card “There’s nothing I don’t love about this concept. Except, that is, the food.” says the Evening Standard critic. Goodbye Bones? Has the trendy Shoreditch chicken/sharing […]
Bones, Shoreditch’s bang on trend chicken and sharing plates spot, has closed. Ostensibly the restaurant has shut up shop in order to carry out a refurb, but murmurings from the foodie cognoscenti denote an air of wishful thinking on the part of the owners. Indeed their website www.ieatbones.com has already been taken offline. Although serving up-to-the-minute fashionable […]
