Asma Khan’s Darjeeling Express is moving to much larger new premises in Soho next week – the fourth permanent address for an all-female venture that started out as a supperclub. After three years in Kingly Court, it has taken over the former Hovarda site in Rupert Street, which will allow it to accommodate 130 guests on […]
Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 14th June 2026 The Guardian Oudh 1722, Borough Grace Dent tipped the London debut from Birmingham-based chef Aktar Islam as “one of the restaurant openings of 2026”, serving 300-year-old Awadhi cooking from the royal courts of Lucknow in a “charmingly […]
High-flying Indian restaurant brand Trèsind opens its first UK branch in Mayfair today (8 May), offering a take on the cuisine that earned chef Himanshu Saini (pictured) three Michelin stars in four years at its Dubai flagship. The launch follows hot on the heels of Oudh 1722 from Birmingham’s Aktar Islam in Borough and shortly […]
Birmingham-based chef Aktar Islam, whose stellar flagship Opheem has taken Indian cuisine to new heights in recent years, opens his first London venue today (May 1) – with another restaurant following later this month in Bristol. Oudh 1722, his London debut, has taken over the former site of Lupins in a listed Victorian building on the […]
An ambitious modern Indian restaurant opens in Putney today with the aim of providing high-end Mayfair-style dining in southwest London. Raaz is the debut restaurant from chef Imran Mansuri, who trained at Benares and Tamarind, was part of the launch team at Jamavar and was most recently executive head chef at Kalomba. He says: “We’re […]
Leading Indian chef Vivek Singh opens his first restaurant in northern England next week – a branch of his Cinnamon Kitchen at the Queens Hotel in Leeds city centre. Facing Leeds station, the new venture takes its inspiration from the Himsagar Express, a weekly rail service that crosses India from north to south, a distance […]
Chef Chet Sharma has designed a new menu of snacks and small plates for the plush Artesian cocktail bar at the The Langham hotel in Portland Place, which will be unveiled next week. Chet, whose hit Mayfair restaurant BiBi offers what the 2025 Harden’s guide describes as ‘possibly the best sophisticated Indian dining in town‘, […]
Dishoom is on the expansion trail once again, with the launch next week of the first London branch of its Permit Room sub-brand in Notting Hill, followed by the opening of a main Dishoom in Glasgow this summer and a first international foray billed for next year. Until now, Permit Rooms have been confined to […]
