D&D London has been able to purchase a prime piece of restaurant real estate after its former owner’s company went bust. The group once known as Conran Restaurants has bought the 130-cover Madison Bar and Restaurant in the City’s One New Change centre (which also houses Jamie Oliver’s Barbecoa) for £4.5 million. The tapas restaurant was founded […]
Hidden-away in Bayswater, John Burton-Race’s new restaurant offers quite a traditional formula which, our early-days visit suggests, is done well enough to be worth seeking out. There were a number of reasons we expected not to like this Bayswater newcomer. Most obviously, it is the creature of a ‘TV chef’ (John Burton-Race). It also takes […]
We hoped it wasn’t gone for good, and it looks like our prayers have been answered: the Anglesea Arms in Ravenscourt Park is making a comeback, and with former head chef Phil Harrison in the kitchen. The pub will re-open under new management on 11 June following some renovations. In the past the Anglesea Arms has […]
Not a restaurant but a ‘social food hub’, complete with a ‘concept’ and ‘happenings’ (instead of boring old events)… Jenius Social has arrived in Islington. The venue hosts supper clubs, cookery classes, masterclasses with industry experts and private dinners. It also has its own on-site deli. What Jenius Social does not offer, however, is regular restaurant service: […]
Here’s an event for those who don’t do things by halves. Learn to cook fish with a masterclass from famed seafood chef Nathan Outlaw at his restaurant in the Capital Hotel, followed by canapés and a three course meal with wine pairings. The event, which sees Outlaw launch his new book Fish Kitchen, will be […]
Soho House group launch a combined Chicken Shop and Dirty Burger in the East End today (21 May). There has been very little fanfare surrounding this venture, which opened in Mile End Road, Whitechapel. The restaurants’ first joint outpost, it was supposed to open in late April, but Soho House decided to postpone the launch […]
The “lonely beacon of hope” that is Chapter One in the Kent village of Locksbottom may henceforth be a little less lonely. Chef patron Andy McLeish has launched a lunchtime brasserie to sit alongside his restaurant, which has been something of a landmark for two decades. The Brasserie serves lunch Monday-Saturday, 12pm-3pm, with no booking […]
At £72 a head (by our estimation), the Petersham Nurseries Café is far from being your average ‘cup-of-tea-and-a-scone’ venue, as found in most garden centres. For its 10th anniversary, however, proprietors the Boglione family are to open up its grounds, and the lawn of its adjoining country house hotel, for free. The garden party on Saturday […]
How times have changed, in the roaring ’20s, Selfridge’s rooftop was home to the all-girl gun club, now it will host the Q Grill pop-up. From this Friday (23 May) until the end of September, former Caprice head honcho Des McDonald’s new American BBQ concept will serve up an all-day dining experience far above the […]
Galvin-ising their position as one of the UK’s top restaurant groups, Galvin Restaurants will launch a seven-day festival of food and drink today (19 May). This is the second year that chefs Chris and Jeff Galvin have held the event, which features eating experiences at their outposts in London and Edinburgh. The festival continues until […]
