A new southern European-style restaurant with a focus on fish and seafood launches next week at art entrepreneur Matthew Slotover’s boutique Fort Road Hotel in Margate. Colina – Spanish for hill, a reference to its position at the top of the Old Town – represents an early upgrade for the dining room at the hotel, […]
A new competitively priced fish restaurant in Hammersmith could be the first of several across London if it is well received. Faber is the culmination of an East End lockdown seafood project from Matt Ward and Anthony Pender. The new restaurant takes its name from Zeus Faber, the Latin for John Dory, and its menu […]
A new seafood restaurant specialising in cooking over charcoal opens this weekend in Glasgow city centre. Scamp is from the team behind Glasgow small-plates venues Eighty Eight and Hooligan, and takes over the Renfield Street premises formerly occupied by Charcoals Indian Restaurant. Head chef Craig Maclennan said: “With Hooligan being wine-focused and Eighty Eight vegetarian […]
The next month sees the opening of two ambitious new seafood restaurants in Glasgow, reflecting a nationwide shift in tastes towards fish and seafood. First out of the traps is Shucks, from the Charalambous brothers Paul and Chris (left and right in picture) with head chef Shaun Haggarty (centre) – the team behind Cal Bruich, Glasgow’s […]
South African-based affordable seafood brand Ocean Basket has opened its first UK branch in Bromley, southeast London, targeting the growing global appetite for fish and seafood. Peter ‘Fats’ Lazarides (pictured) and his brother George opened their first restaurant in Pretoria – more than 300 miles from the nearest coast – in 1995. There are now more […]
To celebrate the launch of their second site at Belgravia’s Nova Food development, Ahi Poké will offer 50% off every customer’s total bill for the entire opening day on 17 July. This will include their signature bowls, along with their summer collaboration bowl with Caroline Receveur. As with the original Fitzrovia site, guests will also be […]
