Leeds chef Liz Cottam is closing her gastrobar Emba at the end of February, in the face of “crushing costs” that have brought her a trio of closures in the past 18 months. She launched the Scandi-style Emba less than a year ago on the back of a successful £65,000 crowdfunding campaign, taking over the […]
Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 1st February 2026 The Guardian Guinness Open Gate Brewery, Covent Garden Grace Dent was both puzzled and “underwhelmed” by a visit to Guinness’s new “multi-multi-million-pound” visitor centre – complete with a craft brewery, a gift shop, a pie stall from […]
A new boutique hotel called the Newman with an all-day brasserie serving North European-inspired comfort food opens this Sunday 1 February, just north of Oxford Street in Fitzrovia. Brasserie Angelica has its own bar and a terrace for outdoor eating in warmer weather, with the added attraction of a sandwich trolley at lunchtime. The kitchen […]
Hoppers is opening its fourth site next week, in the former Lyle’s premises in Shoreditch’s landmark Tea Building – and this time with a shift of focus onto the food of South India as well as Sri Lanka. Part of the JKS restaurant stable, Hoppers launched 10 years ago in Soho, spearheading a surge of […]
Chef Tony Parkin is to open his first solo restaurant next week – Daise, in Oxton on the Wirral, in premises occupied for almost two decades by Marc Wilkinson’s acclaimed Fraiche. Tony has teamed up with Andrew Sheridan’s Open Restaurant group, based across the Mersey in Liverpool, which has run the site under the name Oxa […]
Hugely popular Cantonese canteen Dim Sum Duck in King’s Cross has opened a second branch around the corner from the tiny original – which should ease the long queues for a table. The family-run outfit has steadily earned cult status since launching six years ago, and is the top-rated Chinese restaurant in the under £80-a-head category […]
Craig Bancroft has run Northcote country-house hotel in Lancashire’s Ribble Valley since 1983, guiding its development as a gastronomic beacon of the North. Harden’s caught up with him at Northcote in early January – a time of the year when many in hospitality take a welcome break after the rigours of Christmas and the New Year. […]
If sustainability, environmental principles or social concerns are important to your business, your customers, team members and business partners should know about it. The Sustainable Restaurant Association shares how you can create an impact report to share and celebrate your achievements. What is an impact report? An impact report is a way of showcasing your outcomes and achievements. […]
Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 25th January 2026 The Guardian The Tin Roof, Maldon, Essex Responding to a tip from a reader, Grace Dent found herself at a hugely popular café and bakery attached to a huge garden centre, where she ate alongside “pensioner […]
