Randall & Aubin, right in the sleazy heart of Soho, has always been a “unique experience” – now they have promised to turn the seafood and champagne bar concept on its head with the launch of a new menu. This offering will recommend fish and crustaceans to match the bubbly, not the other way around. The […]
The team behind popular Fitzrovia Peruvian Lima opens its second establishment Lima Floral in Covent Garden today (23 July). Peruvian chef Virgilio Martinez and his partners, Gabriel and Jose Luis Gonzalez, plan to reprise some old favourites from the Lima menu, as well as adding a few new dishes to their roster. Highlights include scallops with chia ceviche, Amazonian fish […]
Mark Hix will open his second Hixter restaurant on 30 July. Serving up the trademark ‘whole roast chicken or steaks to share’ that Hix pioneered at The Tramshed in Shoreditch, this latest outpost will be located in the basement of a one time Victorian tin box printing factory on Bankside. The new site, close to […]
Sweet-of-tooth? There’s a new opening in Soho that will definitely tickle your fancy. Pudding Bar, just launched in Greek Street, lets you skip the starter and main course and go straight for a dessert. A café occupies the ground floor while upstairs is a dining room taking bookings for dessert and wine pairings. The establishment has […]
Italian burger brand Ham Holy Burger is to open its first UK outlet in a new ‘social space’ this week at the flagship John Lewis store in Oxford Street. Ham Holy Burger has four sites in its homeland (in Milan and Rome). Launching alongside the burger bar is a restaurant from the company’s sister pizza brand, […]
Tom Sellers, of Bermondsey’s much-lauded Story restaurant, is to host a pop-up for punters with deep pockets aboard the Belmond British Pullman. Price of admission to journey on this train’s glamorous vintage carriages, and enjoy a bespoke seven course tasting menu with accompanying wines, is £495 per person.Not your average dining car ham sandwich and […]
The Editors’ review of Penkul & Banks This relaunch on the site of Beard to Tail (RIP) looks set to become a handy all-day destination. Ms Maschler’s five star review for new Barrafina The Standard’s critic is one of the first through the doors of the Covent Garden outpost, finding ‘vivacious, ambrosial’ food. […]
Skye Gyngell – formerly of the Petersham Nurseries Café – is to open her first solo London venture ‘Spring’ on 14 October. The 100-cover restaurant, set within Somerset House’s ‘New Wing’, will occupy an elegant 18th century dining room that hasn’t been open to the public for 150 years. Attached to the restaurant will be a parlour serving ices […]
New York, Zurich, London and, er, Somerset. Here’s a new sort of ‘restaurant’ opening. Glossy international contemporary art gallery Hauser & Wirth, whose vast London showrooms are in Savile Row, has just set up its fourth outpost, in a former Somerset cowshed. This is not any old cowshed, of course. Reconfigured by Parisian architect Luis Laplace it is […]
A French import that’s been pleasing Londoners with its pâtisserie and café au lait since 2000, Paul has unveiled an all-day brasserie In Covent Garden. Le Restaurant de Paul is the company’s first foray into full-on dining and opened on 15 July. The menu features brasserie favourites such as coq au vin and confit de canard alongside […]
