Like many restaurants inside museums, The Wallace Restaurant at Marylebone’s Wallace Collection has never quite lived up to its potential. Our reporters have long felt that the dining room, with its “stunning” 18th century palazzo and atrium, was a “missed opportunity” when it came to food and service. So let’s hope a relaunch by Peyton & Byrne […]
Bocconcino, latest Russian-backed restaurant set to hit London’s most affluent environs, will open in Berkeley Square next month. Those who fancy a slice of authentic Italian pizza (via Moscow) can get 30% off food from 1 December until the end of January – quite an extensive soft launch period. The 127-cover operation is restaurateur Mikhail Gokhner’s […]
Gordon Ramsay today (10 November) launched his first ‘heart-of-the-West-End’ operation, Heddon Street Kitchen. Modelled on City outpost Bread Street Kitchen – not, it must be said, much favoured by Harden’s reporters – it is located on the former site of a Living Room bar and restaurant, just off Regent Street. Heddon Street, the Gordon Ramsay group’s 13th […]
Fans of beloved (if cramped) Warren Street spot Honey & Co rejoice – we hear the owners are planning a second outlet. Ever since husband and wife team Sarit Packer (formerly of Butlers Wharf and Orrery) and Itamar Srulovich opened their Middle Eastern-style café in Fitzrovia two years ago, the place has attracted nothing but […]
After a sell-out run of pop-ups this summer, Dram & Smoke – a temporary restaurant inspired by all things Scottish – returns with a winter menu in a new location. Founders Paul Ross (ex-Caprice Group) and Nick Fulton will bring their Caledonian cuisine to an old tannery in Bermondsey for a six week residency from 19 […]
Wahaca, Pho and Vapiano have all snapped up sites in Manchester’s Corn Exchange, which will reopen following a £30m refurb in June next year. Thomasina Miers’s chain of vibrant Mexican operations (pictured) has been confirmed as one of the development’s flagship tenants alongside restaurants opening their first Mancunian outposts. Continental-style food court Vapiano, which already has […]
Purveyor of ersatz Americana Jackson & Rye has opened a third branch, in Richmond. Those who fancy a sneak peek can head there for the soft launch and enjoy 50% off food, Monday-Thursday, until 4 December. Open seven days a week, Jackson & Rye isn’t missing any tricks to get punters in the door – serving breakfast, […]
Café Pistou, a new all-day dining affair in Exmouth Market, is offering early birds the chance to get 50% off their food next week. A soft launch deal for half price meals (excluding drinks) will run 3-6 November, ahead of the Provençal restaurant’s official opening on 7 November. The 95-cover brasserie comes to us from […]
New neighbourhood restaurant, 108 Brasserie, will open in Marylebone Lane on 7 November – and readers can take advantage of an early soft launch deal. Make a reservation on 4-6 November and receive 50 per cent off your food. 108 Brasserie (just off Marylebone High Street), is an all-day dining concept hoping to add to […]
The expansion of Porky’s BBQ is fairly picking up speed. An outpost of the barbecue joint – specialising in American-style smoked meats – arrived on the South Bank’s Globe Walk in June and now another restaurant has opened at Boxpark, Shoreditch. Meat-loving hipsters can sample authentic slow-cooked American barbecue, including Memphis meaty ribs and tips (pork ribs […]
