This year the Sunday Times Rich List revealed that the UK has more billionaires than any other country in the world. And although no chefs or restaurateurs have joined that exclusive club just yet, Richard Caring isn’t far off with an estimated fortune of £800 million. Caring, the ‘Lex Luthor of Mayfair’, is the UK’s […]
The world really does seem to want to be in London at the moment. The chefs behind Machneyuda – the restaurant bloggers apparently proclaim “Jerusalem’s coolest” – will open their first establishment here, on 20 May. Yossi Elad, Uri Navon and Asaf Granit are set to launch The Palomar on the former site of Spice […]
In this week’s newsletter we’ve rounded up many of what, according to last year’s survey, are the best ‘restaurants-with-rooms’ in the country, so we’re delighted to be able to offer you the chance to win not just dinner for two, but a night’s stay too, at one of these fabulous destinations: One lucky Harden’s reader, […]
Next week marks the beginning of the Chelsea Flower Show, an event synonymous not only with beautiful (and sometimes not-so-beautiful) gardens but also with the début of the Great British Summer. Alan Titchmarsh may have been sidelined by the Beeb this year (in favour of Monty Don), but hopefully all other traditions will remain intact. […]
Wine, dine and then recline. It’s a perfect combination. After all, how often have each of us wished we weren’t facing a car ride or train journey home after a great meal? But ‘restaurants-with-rooms’ are more than just convenient, they are destinations. A way to get out of the city or to celebrate an occasion […]
The Editors’ review of Marcus We check out The Berkeley’s new look ‘casual’ dining room. Not all that casual, obviously. Fay Maschler isn’t wild about Fera at Claridge’s The Evening Standard critic finds the bill at Simon Rogan’s new restaurant is a little too rich for her tastes. Typing Room opens at the […]
With more buzz than a nest of angry hornets, it was proclaimed in February that Lee Westcott (formerly of the unstoppable Jason Atherton empire) would step in to replace Nuno Mendes’ Viajante at the Town Hall Hotel in Bethnal Green. And finally the much-heralded restaurant, Typing Room, opens today (16 May). The 40-cover dining room […]
Primeur, a new dining spot on the Hackney/Islington border, has arrived on the London scene today (16 May). Celebrating freshness and ‘the joy of eating, the restaurant was founded by Jeremie Cometto-Lingenheim (formerly with Boxer & Boxer) and David Gingell (previously of L’Escargot and Wright Brothers). Inspired by local French grocery shops of the same […]
With a name so logical it would make Dr Spock proud, the ‘Nobu Hotel Shoreditch in London’ will arrive in early 2016. From none other than Nobu Matsuhisa, the 156-bedroom hotel will be located in Willow Street, reports Caterer and Hotelkeeper. The hotel will feature a restaurant with menus developed by Matsuhisa, banqueting and meeting […]
A supposedly informal revamp of Marcus Wareing’s grand Knightsbridge hotel dining room; the food on our lunchtime visit was enjoyable and quite good value, but the style of service remains as fundamentally ancien-régime as ever, and some may find the atmosphere oppressive. Marcus is the new name for Marcus Wareing. Not the man of course, […]
