The Editors’ review of Ham Yard The food is the usual Firmdale Hotel formula, but the setting is really something special.   Beast has Grace Dent roaring and raving “Look away now if London decadence leaves you boggle-eyed”, warns ES’s critic.   Get a free glass of bubbly at the new Hawksmoor The Knightsbridge outpost […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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