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 […]
Simon Rogan’s new restaurant, Fera at Claridge’s, will open today (6 May). Fera means ‘wild’ in Latin, apparently intended to reflect the ‘primal influence of nature’ and ‘highly seasonal ingredients’ that will underpin Rogan’s menu. It remains to be seen whether this agrestal attitude will extend to the new space’s decor, which is being overseen […]
Ease yourself into Easter with our news round-up (and a few Harden’s tips for the long weekend…) It’s a Good Friday for fish (Harden’s) Go traditional this Good Friday: our round-up of London’s best fish and chips Opso coming to Marylebone (Harden’s) Read how Harden’s broke the story on Marylebone’s newest Greek restaurant […]
Clapham’s young professionals will now be able to pit themselves against the ultimate challenge – ‘The Devastator’ burger. Hoxton’s Red Dog Saloon, famous for its ‘Man vs Food’-style portions, has opened its first outlet south of the river. Red Dog South launches tonight (14 April). Founder Tom Brooke hopes to build on the success of […]
