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Our weekly round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 25th May 2025 London Standard Town, Covent Garden David Ellis was first critic into Town, Stevie Parle’s expensively put-together new restaurant in Covent Garden – and gave his thumbs-up to “a Wolseley, reimagined for the modern age”. “True, no […]
Two new Parisian-inspired restaurants opened in London this week, confirming that our longest-lasting gastronomic love affair is also this year’s hottest hospitality trend. First out of the blocks on Tuesday was 74 Duke in Mayfair, from the team behind Supernova, with a brasserie menu including the likes of Terrine de foie gras à la Chartreuse; […]
Influential Shoreditch restaurant Lyle’s is closing down after 11 years, with founder James Lowe moving on to an “exciting upcoming solo project”. Meanwhile his original partner John Ogier, who left the business four years ago, is launching a rotisserie chicken specialist in East Dulwich. Lyle’s launched in 2014, gaining a stellar reputation for modern produce-led […]
Alex Grant and Simon Shand, former members of the team at Shoreditch bistro Leroy, which closed down last year, have joined forces to open a new restaurant on the same corner site. Duchy takes its name – and its gastronomic cues – from the Duchy of Savoy, the historical borderland between the south of France and northwest […]
Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 23rd March 2025 London Standard Senza Fondo!, Shoreditch David Ellis was primed to castigate this cod-Italian for its childish promise of “bottomless lasagna” (misspelt, he snootily corrected: it should be the plural form, lasagne), for the exclamation mark in […]
Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 16th March 2025 London Standard Calong, Stoke Newington David Ellis was puzzled at this pop-up-gone-permanent restaurant from Joo Won, the Korean-born former head chef at the Galvin Brothers’ Windows. If his ambition was to produce London’s best Korean food, […]
Rebecca Mascarenhas launched her career as an independent restaurateur 39 years ago with the opening of Sonny’s in Barnes (now in its third incarnation at Home SW13). She also owns Home SW15 in Putney, co-owns Elystan Street in Chelsea and Kitchen W8 in Kensington with the distinguished chef Phil Howard, and is a consultant and […]
American luxury lifestyle brand RH – fka Restoration Hardware – is planning to open an eating, drinking and shopping complex in Mayfair incorporating a restaurant, a coffee shop, three bars and a rooftop terrace. The company has submitted plans to Westminster council to transform three Grade II-listed buildings off Savile Row, previously occupied by Abercrombie […]
A prominent London Chinese restaurant faces closure following repeated raids by immigration enforcement officers. The website Hot Dinners reports that Westminster Council has applied to revoke the licence of the Royal China on Baker Street, on grounds that it “appears to be operating with a complete disregard for the law and the licensing objectives“. A […]
Camilla Fayed’s high-profile plant-based restaurant Farmacy in Westbourne Grove is closing after eight years on Sunday 7 July. No reason has been given for the move. When contacted at the restaurant, a spokesperson said the business’s external events catering arm would remain in operation and an announcement would be made later this year concerning a […]
