Jay Rayner weighs in on the north/south restaurant divide question The Observer’s critic-in-chief heads to Manchester to try out the new Hawksmoor and stumbles across a veggie dining room, 1847, serving great food – well, apart from the desserts. Read our roundup of restaurant news in Manchester and enter our Hawksmoor Manchester competition. Meanwhile the […]
Another pop-up goes permanent as former supper club collaboration Flat Three opens a restaurant in Holland Park. Although serving up ‘Japanese-inspired’ food we’re told the dishes have been influenced by flavours from Korea and Scandinavia too. There will be a soft-launch period from 2 April (with a complimentary 500ml carafe of wine per couple per table). A joint […]
Skye Gyngell has announced an addition to her first stand-alone London restaurant, Spring at Somerset House. The chef (often credited with putting Petersham Nurseries on the culinary map) plans to open a trio of spaces called The Salon adjacent to her New Wing dining room on 3 April. Spring opened late last year and had a […]
MasterChef’s Monica Galetti has left Le Gavroche after 12 years, potentially to open her own London restaurant. She decided to leave her job as senior sous chef at the Mayfair institution following an event in her family (not elaborated upon) which made her reevaluate her professional goals. Galetti is now in talks with a new business partner […]
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. […]
Open House, the new sister company to Cubitt House, will open its first restaurant – Percy & Founders – on 2 April. The new all-day dining spot, spearheaded by ex Murano head chef Diego Cardoso, launches in Fitzrovia’s Fitzroy Place development. Early birds can get 50% off food from Thursday 26 March to Wednesday 1 April 2015 […]
The Little Yellow Door (an eclectic pop-up bar based on a fictional flat-share between friends) returns to Notting Hill Gate on 25 March. The Wandering Chef – the chef behind the recent Game of Thrones themed pop-up at the Andaz Hotel that almost sent Twitter into meltdown – will create a regularly changing menu, the first one being […]
Be one of the first to try a Harden’s hot newcomer! We’re offering one lucky reader (and their guest) the chance to sip cocktails, drink wine and enjoy a three course meal at Fitzrovia’s brand new restaurant and bar, The Refinery. Open this week (13 March) in Regent’s Place, The Refinery is the eighth London […]
Craft beer powerhouse BrewDog and Scottish pop-up Dram & Smoke have teamed up to offer a special one-off Easter Sunday lunch with a hoppy twist. Hosted at the brewer’s eponymous Shepherd’s Bush bar on 5 April, the six course feast will be complemented by a different beer accompanying each dish. Hot on the heels of a […]
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. […]
