The Duck and Rice, the Soho pub that combines Cantonese food with British boozer, has opened a first spin-off – a full decade after its launch – in the redeveloped Battersea power station. The new branch is twice the size of the original, seating 185, and instead of looking like a spruced-up old pub is […]
The Five Fields in Chelsea will serve its final meals this evening, in a week when the original Hakkasan in Hanway Place also announced its closure after 24 years. The Five Fields has been a consistent presence in the upper reaches of the Harden’s 100 list of the UK’s top restaurants in recent years, and […]
Babaji, the Soho pide restaurant founded by veteran restaurateur Alan Yau, has closed. The news broke by way of a notice taped to the front door, which read: “Restaurant closed by the official receiver”. Uncertainty surrounded the Turkish concept restaurant back in March. Babaji rode it out for a time, but word of possible issues […]
The Observer’s Jay Rayner finds a very generous sunday lunch at reasonable prices (always a welcome surprise in central London) at the latest venture from the Goodman Group, Zelman Meats. This new meat-focused venue took over the site of keenly priced Soho seafood spot Rex & Mariano (also a Goodman enterprise) late last year… “Yes, […]
Last week The Times’s Giles Coren was drooling over his keyboard at the very thought of another meal at Brad McDonald’s new Deep South-influenced Soho haunt Shotgun. This week his colleague AA Gill over at the Sunday Times takes said shotgun and fires both barrels at the place in his Table Talk column… “The first […]
Restaurateur Alan Yau’s creative vision hasn’t always seen his restaurant concepts flourish (think Naamyaa Cafe last year and Anda before that). But one brainchild that’s done him proud over the years is Busaba Eathai, a stealthily expanding group of vibey Thai spots, tipped by our reporters as “a great cheap eat”. Hot on the heels of its […]
