After food critics in Manchester proved they know their oven from their elbow, it’s the turn of the capital’s restaurant reviewers to do the same. Bill Knott of the Financial Times, Tracey MacLeod from the Independent and The Guardian’s Jay Rayner will all take part in the London leg of Too Many Critics, a series of events […]
Knightsbridge, revisited We take a trip to the newly relaunched Toto’s and find the service is just a little off. Grace Dent finds she can’t quite stomach Hackney’s Cat & Mutton “It has the feel of a Spaghetti Western bar-cum-brothel, there’s no reservations and the food arrives in no particular order.” Primeur brings […]
TV chef John Burton-Race returns to the London restaurant scene for the first time in 12 years with The New Angel in Notting Hill. Opening today (7 May), the establishment has the same name as his Dartmouth hotel, which famously closed in 2007 while Burton-Race was in Australia taking part in ‘I’m a celebrity…get me […]
There’s something in the air in London at the moment. Is it spring? An unreasonably high pollen count? Saharan sand? Something certainly seems to have whipped up a frenzy of restaurant activity, with today (6 May) alone seeing the official opening of Fera at Claridge’s (though it seems they won’t really be fully open ’til Thursday), Beast, Noodle House, TING […]
Perched atop a City hotel, a new restaurant and rooftop bar, Galadari, will open in September. Occupying the eighth floor of the Crowne Plaza, by Blackfriars Bridge, it will boast views of the Shard, St Paul’s and Tate Modern. The restaurant features a Japanese kushiyaki grill offering steaks (with a choice of flavoured smoke) and seafood, […]
When it closed in 2012, everyone thought it might be gone for good, but Toto’s Italian restaurant, in Knightsbridge, has made a comeback. The restaurant has undergone a complete £3 million redesign (which is no bad thing as the decor was starting to look a little faded long before it closed – Harden’s more charitable […]
Goodman group, the folks behind Burger & Lobster, have got another surf ‘n’ turf food concept up their sleeves – king crab and steak. The restaurant – ‘Beast‘ – opens today (6 May), occupying a basement space in Chapel Place, near Selfridges. The fixed price menu costs £75/head and includes starter, main course, sides and dessert […]
Originally expected in 2013 but delayed by more than a year, London’s loftiest hotel finally opens today (6 May). The Shangri-La occupies levels 34-52 of the Shard at London Bridge. The hotel’s signature restaurant, TING on level 35, offers all-day dining, while GÅŽNG on level 52 – to be the highest bar in the city – […]
The Editors’ review of Bird We ‘get’ bird in Shoreditch Grace Dent reviews Blanchette The woman who loves a good bistro, but doesn’t like to share City Social opens at Tower 42 Jason Atherton’s new restaurant has star quality (in the form of Benedict Cumberbatch) The Standard’s Fay Maschler has a busy week First […]
A new Greek street food restaurant, 21 Bateman Street, has just opened in the heart of Soho. The menu heavily features souvlaki – skewered lamb, chicken pork or veg – cooked over charcoal, as well as other Greek classics like tzatziki, pitta, olives and baked feta. The tiny, 22-cover restaurant, which offers take-away as well as […]
