It seems as though another classic Knightsbridge restaurant has fallen victim to the ‘non-doms wasteland’ that the neighbourhood has become. Over the last year we’ve seen a number of dining spots disappear from Brompton Road, most recently Racine. Even though declining ratings in our survey seemed to reflect some loss of heart in recent years […]
Throughout the winter months, Harrods will bring a taste of Italy to warm its well-heeled shoppers with a pop-up restaurant collection. The temporary dining experience, Stelle di Stelle – run in association with Identità Golose (an international cooking convention) – will showcase an edited version of the restaurants of five Italian chefs, with no fewer […]
Finally, a report that’s topped the ‘rumours and hearsay’ section on our Coming Soon page since February has been verified. Yotam Ottolenghi is definitely to open a City-fringe outpost of his Ottolenghi cafés. This will be the restaurateur’s fifth café/deli, with sites already in Islington, Notting Hill, Kensington and Knightsbridge, as well as his Nopi […]
A Middle Eastern company with restaurants in Beirut and Dubai is planning to open its first UK outpost, just off Sloane Street, this September. Salmontini Le Resto will open in Pont Street on the site of The Palm, an overpriced ‘early-wave’ US steakhouse. Joe Bassili and Hussni Ajlani founded Salmontini in Beirut in 2001. The pair […]
Harrod’s main restaurant, the venerable Georgian, has had a complete redesign. This “rendezvous of fashion and luxury”, perched on the Knightsbridge institution’s fourth floor, has been serving Afternoon Tea to well-heeled shoppers since 1913. As of 25 July it will do so in a more contemporary setting, which, we are told, blends classicism and modernism. […]
The Editors’ review of Strand Dining Rooms It’s a handy enough place for breakfast or tea and coffee but we’re not sure it persuades as a lunch/dinner destination. Ms Maschler enjoys ‘ethereal’ and ‘extraordinary’ food at Wormwood The Evening Standard critic is back from her hiatus and thrilled to discover a new Notting Hill […]
Huw Gott and Will Beckett opened the latest outpost of their ever-popular Hawksmoor restaurants in Knightsbridge today (3 July). The duo aren’t offering a soft launch period at their new venue (most likely because they’ve never had any problem getting derrières on seats) but anyone who books a table during July and August will get […]
Here’s an event for those who don’t do things by halves. Learn to cook fish with a masterclass from famed seafood chef Nathan Outlaw at his restaurant in the Capital Hotel, followed by canapés and a three course meal with wine pairings. The event, which sees Outlaw launch his new book Fish Kitchen, will be […]
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 […]
When it closed in 2012, everyone thought it might be gone for good, but Toto’s Italian restaurant, in Knightsbridge, has made a comeback. The restaurant has undergone a complete £3 million redesign (which is no bad thing as the decor was starting to look a little faded long before it closed – Harden’s more charitable […]
