Jonray Sanchez-Iglesias, one half of the inspirational culinary team behind Bristol’s Casamia, has passed away at the age of just 32. The sad news comes only days after the restaurant, conceived a run by Jonray and his brother Peter, was crowned the fourth best in the UK by the Sunday Times Food List, powered by […]
AA Gill is back at the Sunday Times’s Table Talk column with a bang as he reviews London’s hottest new opening – Richard Caring’s improbably named Sexy Fish. He finds its a tale of two restaurants; the ostentatious room itself which ‘comes on like one of Ron Burgundy’s pick-up lines’, and then there’s the food […]
Another new resident is slated to open in King’s Cross restaurant hub Granary Square as Cubitt House’s sister company Open House launches its second London offering next year. Like Percy & Founders in Fitzrovia, which opened in spring 2015, The Lighterman’s food offering will be overseen by the group’s exec chef Diego Cardoso (formerly of […]
Avista Italian restaurant at the Millennium Hotel London in Mayfair, has an extremely tasty offer for Harden’s readers. Book a table at this elegant dining room throughout November and get 20% off your total bill. Enjoy modern Italian cuisine from Avista’s new executive chef Arturo Granato, who hails from from the Amalfi coast, and previously worked […]
A new twist on London’s ubiquitous chicken shop (there are now over 8,000 of these grungy fast food joints) opened in the badlands of Tottenham on 9 November. Chicken Town by Create is a new, part crowd-funded, food and community project that claims it will ‘tackle child obesity at its source’. It’s a problem that is particularly […]
[huge_it_slider id=”15″] Here are London’s top 10 favourite dining destinations, according to the results of Harden’s 2016 survey of over 6,750 restaurant-goers. Bruce Poole’s (also backed by Platts-Martin) iconic neighbourhood restaurant Chez Bruce was yet again voted London’s Favourite Restaurant – for the 11th year running. Make the pilgrimage to Wandsworth and you’ll find “no fads – […]
[huge_it_slider id=”14″] Here are London’s top 10 dining destinations for a great gastronomic experience, according to the results of Harden’s 2016 survey of over 6,750 restaurant-goers. Michel Roux Jr’s “flawless and indulgent” Mayfair bastion Le Gavroche was for the first time in the guideʼs 25-year history voted Londonʼs Top Gastronomic experience, toppling Brett Grahamʼs cuisine at The […]
[huge_it_slider id=”17″] According to the Harden’s 2016 survey of over 6,750 restaurant-goers, these are London’s most overpriced restaurants where diners get the least bang-for-buck. The River Café, has the dubious honour of taking up the mantle of London’s most overpriced restaurant for the second year in a row. For some survey reporters itʼs “eye-wateringly expensive, but brilliant”, […]
[huge_it_slider id=”16″] And now to the ‘list of shame’. Here are London’s 10 most disappointing restaurants, according to the results of Harden’s 2016 survey of over 6,750 restaurant-goers. Topping the Most Disappointing Cooking list this year was paparazzi hotspot the Chiltern Firehouse. Nuno Mendesʼs hotel dining room has the dubious pleasure of taking this title from the Oxo […]
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. Trending Restaurants 29 October […]