Westminster’s “majestic” nouvelle Indian, The Cinnamon Club, reopens this week following a £1 million renovation ahead of its 15th birthday celebrations in March 2016. It has long been the jewel in Vivek Singh’s restaurant empire crown (which includes Cinnamon Soho and Cinnamon Kitchen) thanks to its extraordinary location in the Grade II listed former library building […]
Devilishly spicy Thai pop-up som saa (currently housed within Hackney’s trendy Climpson’s Arch) is looking for a permanent home – and they need backers. Founded by chefs Andy Oliver and Mark Dobbie – who met at London’s prestigious Nahm under the tutelage of the somewhat legendary David Thompson – and managed by Tom George, the restaurant has […]
Celebrate the return of native oyster season at Bentley’s in Mayfair with half a dozen complimentary oysters to share between two. On Wednesday 16 September all Harden’s readers who book at table for lunch or dinner at this venerable seafood institution will get three free bivalves per person. Just quote ‘Oyster Festival’ when you make […]
The Jones Family Project has just launched a new sharing Negroni cocktail – and we’re offering you the chance to try one for free! Take a friend along to this welcoming bar and grill in trendy Shoreditch and split a fruit-infused Negroni (London’s fashionable drink of the moment) served in a porthole-shaped container. Officially the […]
We’ve teamed up with the good people of Twizoo to announce the top 5 trending restaurants on Twitter each week in London. Twizoo is an app that gives restaurant recommendations based on what people are saying on Twitter, and analyses over 50,000 incoming tweets per week to determine which restaurants are attracting the most buzz. Trending Restaurants 27 […]
Queen of Mexican street food and Wahaca founder Thomasina Miers is to open a second outpost of her DF/Mexico brand on Tottenham Court Road on 17 September. It is part of the Tottenham Court Walk development which also boasts a Hotel Chocolat alongside various fashion shops like Zara and Primark. The 130-cover restaurant launches almost […]
We’ve teamed up with the good people of Twizoo to announce the top 5 trending restaurants on Twitter each week in London. Twizoo is an app that gives restaurant recommendations based on what people are saying on Twitter, and analyses over 50,000 incoming tweets per week to determine which restaurants are attracting the most buzz. Trending Restaurants 13 Aug […]
Artists Residence in Pimlico has announced that Cambridge Street Café will replace the hotel’s short-lived London outpost of Brighton’s lauded 64 Degrees. The new venture will open on 24 August, say hotel founders Charlie Newey and Justin Salisbury, adding that the restaurant’s previous incarnation didn’t work out for “various reasons”. Chef Radek Nitkowski, previously of Dean […]
Deriving its name from Aztec lore, 400 Rabbits, a sourdough pizza and beer spot coming soon Crystal Palace, reveres the god of fermentation and goddess of alcohol. Still baffled by the moniker? Allow us to explain… Thousands of years ago the Aztecs worshipped a god of fermentation and a goddess of alcohol. And according to […]
This summer Red’s True Barbecue bucked the trend of southern restaurants heading to Manchester (Hawksmoor, Iberica, Burger & Lobster etc) by bringing a northern-only operation to the big smoke. Now this chain of US-inspired, dude food emporia has announced the acquisition of another new site, opening in Liverpool in November. The building, on Hanover Street, a former […]
