Taste London’s best Sunday Roast £55 pp Voted the best place in the capital to get a juicy slice of beef on the bone, according to our 2015 survey, The Rib Room is “a real treat in every respect”. This luxurious, well-spaced Belgravia dining room is firing on all cylinders after its revamp last year; as […]
SPARKLING 125ml/Bottle N/V Champagne Reserve, P Gerbais, Celles-sur-Ource 11.50, 62.00 Prosecco, Casa Coste Piane (Italy) 6.00, 33.00 Moscato d’Asti, Canelli, Bera (Italy) 36.00 Vouvray Brut Dilettante, Breton (Loire) 40.00 2014 Mauzac Nature, Plageoles (South West) 43.00 N/V Champagne Blanc de Blancs, Brut Nature, Val Frison, Lalore 80.00 WHITE 125ml/Bottle 2014 Falerio, DOP Ciu Ciu Bianco (Marche, […]
This week there’s been quite the hubbub about a new Channel 4 documentary series Tricks of the Restaurant Trade that claims to be ‘lifting the lid’ on restaurant industry secrets. The programme, which aired on Tuesday 19 January, discussed how many UK chains (like PizzaExpress, Leon and Frankie & Benny’s) use pre-prepared food from centralised kitchens and […]
London’s top 20 private dining rooms Hi Karen Whether you’re planning a Christmas family get-together, business lunch or maybe even an intimate wedding, London has a staggering number of fabulous private dining rooms to choose from. We’ve rounded-up what we consider to be 20 of the best private rooms the city’s restaurants have to offer. […]
In what is turning into a real life game of Monopoly, one where your starting capital needs to be oligarch billions rather than £200 for passing Go, Mayfair’s desirable restaurant sites are being snapped up by Russia’s elite. The string of Russian-backed restaurants now inhabiting the priciest heart of W1 include Novikov, Goodman, Rextail, Burger/Lobster and, most […]
Rick Stein is to open a seafood restaurant in landlocked Winchester. The 70-cover establishment, expected to open its doors this autumn, will focus on ‘fresh fish, simply cooked.’ Stein’s first UK opening outside Cornwall appears to be something of a family project. Stein’s business partner is his former wife Jill, and the pair’s three sons […]
Fans of tapioca and fruity drinks rejoice – 6 August will see the opening of Biju Bubble Tea Room in Soho.The brainchild of Nick Phan (the entrepreneur, not the acclaimed tenor), Biju will serve up a flavourful range of the Taiwanese cold tea drink, with toppings including traditional tapioca pearls and fruit jellies.Amongst the myriad […]
Cardiff is the new place to be. At least that’s according to the founder of Wahaca, Thomasina Miers, who has announced plans to open an outpost in the Welsh capital this autumn. The city, congenial as it is, has always been a bit of a restaurant desert, a fact implicitly acknowledged by Miers in her […]
Gordon Ramsay is set to launch his first heart-of-the-West-End operation later this year, with the opening of the Heddon Street Kitchen. Modelled on Ramsay’s City outpost Bread Street Kitchen – not, it must be said, much favoured by Harden’s reporters – it will be located on the former site of a Living Room bar and restaurant, […]
Tom Harris and Jon Rotheram – alumni of such noble institutions as St John hotel (now One Leicester Street), Nobu and Fifteen – are hoping to set up an ambitious Hackney gastropub… with your money, if you wish. Their aim is to purchase a freehold public house and dining room through personal investment, crowd funding […]
