It was perhaps never a bastion of culinary excellence, but news that The Criterion has gone into administration and faces an uncertain future is still sad tidings. It is, after all, “possibly the most beautiful restaurant in London”, with its extraordinary neo-Byzantine dining room. But despite the beauty and romance of this theatreland stalwart, which couldn’t […]
Once a byword for glamour, but in recent years more likely to provoke words like ‘dinosaur’, ‘tired’ and ‘dated’, Quaglino’s, in St James’s, has finally undergone a major refurb. We’ve reported the place as ‘fading’ for over a decade, to the extent that recent guides have often called for D&D London to do something about it. Perhaps someone […]
Marylebone’s Canvas, which opened six months ago, has closed and relocated to the former site of Le Cercle. Chef/restaurateur Michael Riemenschneider will relaunch the restaurant on 2 September in Wilbraham Place, just off Sloane Square. The new Canvas will not only be bigger (60-80 covers instead of 20) and less central, it will also (crucially) […]
Jamie Barber, the man behind Brazilian BBQ group Cabana and Hush Brasseries (pictured), has secured a £5 million cash injection to help expand both businesses. Cabana, which already has five London sites, will get the lion’s share (£3m) to help it grow nationally, with three further openings by the end of the year, including a site […]
D&D London has been able to purchase a prime piece of restaurant real estate after its former owner’s company went bust. The group once known as Conran Restaurants has bought the 130-cover Madison Bar and Restaurant in the City’s One New Change centre (which also houses Jamie Oliver’s Barbecoa) for £4.5 million. The tapas restaurant was founded […]
