During our usually damp summers we Brits have braved many adverse weather conditions in the hope of lighting the barbecue and enjoying a good burger. And it looks as though tomorrow’s National Burger Day (27 August) will be no different. Events to mark this auspicious day include Mr Hyde’s CAR-B-Q at Battersea Powerstation – in a […]
Shoreditch’s Vietnamese restaurant and takeaway, Kêu, will open its second London site in Soho on 15 September. The street food bar, serving up banh mi (filled baguettes), noodle bowls and buns, will take over 9 Poland Street, once home to the Burlington Café. The menu includes classic banh mi like mortadella, pork floss, house chicken liver […]
Globally popular ramen bar, Ippudo – which already has sites in Japan, Sydney, Singapore, Hong Kong and New York – is finally to open its first European outpost. No prizes for guessing where they’ve decided to launch this new flagship restaurant – London (obvs). Ippudo St Giles will offer Londoners signature dishes like Shiromaru Classic, a traditional white […]
The Goodman group recently received much press about its latest prix fixe restaurant Beast (pictured) – a decadent affair charging £75 a head for king crab and steak – a concept you probably won’t find outside of London. Their lower profile, but no less successful brand, Burger & Lobster on the other hand seems tailor-made […]
London’s oldest fish and chip shop (they claim) – Rock & Sole Plaice – has its sights set on major expansion with three new London sites planned and outposts being considered in Manchester, Birmingham and even the Middle East. Four shops are expected over the next five years, initially in Soho, London Bridge and St […]
New Tom’s – the successor to Tom Conran’s long-standing Notting Hill deli – has launched an evening bar and bistro. Head chef Tom Straker intends to make use of some ultramodern techniques (presumably picked up during his time at Heston’s Dinner) to create the new dinner menu. Dishes include: spiced hake, split beans, white peach and […]
In May we brought you the news that, after its sell-out run of pop-ups across London, United Ramen was considering putting down roots. Now Harden’s can reveal that the noodle bar’s permanent home in Islington will be offering a soft launch period ahead of its opening on 1 September. Diners visiting the restaurant between 22-30 August […]
Marcus Wareing will open his new, stand-alone restaurant Tredwell’s, in Seven Dials, next month. This is the first time Marcus Wareing Restaurants has opened an establishment not backed by a hotel. The group’s other sites, the Gilbert Scott and Marcus, are in the Renaissance Hotel at St Pancras and the Berkeley in Knightsbridge respectively. Tredwell’s, apparently […]
Earl’s Court institution Mr Wing has closed, after 28 years. Once regarded as perhaps London’s premiere upmarket Chinese restaurant, and a top spot for parties and romance, it had attracted relatively few survey reports in recent years. Many people seemed to feel that the old place simply hadn’t been the same since since its long-time […]
The Editors’ review of La Tagliata We find a very modern Tuscan villa with a competently realised menu. Zoe Williams – the loan dissenting voice on The Palomar Only two stars in the Telegraph? Has the Israeli restaurant gone so badly downhill since our visit just two months ago? Read our review. Brasserie […]
