This May, for ten days only, Dom Pérignon will open its doors for invited guests to discover the ‘three windows of expression’ of the world’s most famous champagne. ‘Les 3 Étages by Dom Pérignon’, is a pop-up in name only. Tickets for the event – held in a three storey town house in a secret […]
The people behind one of London’s most talked about restaurants, Gymkhana, have backed a new venture serving Taiwanese street food. Karam Sethi and his family, founders of Mayfair’s hottest nouvelle Indian – the 12th most mentioned restaurant in our 2015 survey – have thrown their weight behind Bao, which began life as a stall at […]
Next month will see the opening of yet another Polpo as Russell Norman expands his small-plates empire into Chelsea. The 40-cover all-day restaurant, with 70-seater al fresco dining terrace, will occupy a Grade II listed Georgian property in Duke of York Square. For those wishing to avoid the “tedious” queues that are ever-present at these Venetian tapas […]
Will Beckett and Huw Gott are busy boys – what with their first non-London Hawksmoor outpost now open in Manchester. But, still flush with the readies from their deal with Graphite Capital, they seem to have found time in their schedule to launch a second Foxlow: their more everyday eating brand. There have been rumours of […]
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, […]
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. […]
