A spacious new Persian restaurant opens in Marylebone next week from the Pachamama group, promising a menu redolent of “smoke and saffron”. Soraya, in the new Loxton Walk development off Baker Street, is group’s second venue of the same name, following an original which opened in Abu Dhabi two years ago. The restaurant will accommodate […]
A Mediterranean-inspired restaurant enticing long-lunchers launched this week close to Marble Arch in Marylebone – Mour, an offshoot from the Leonard Hotel next door. Set inside a smartly remodelled Georgian townhouse with its own entrance on Seymour Street, the 60-seater restaurant includes a sun-lit courtyard open all year round thanks to its retractable roof – providing a […]
Orrery, the classical French restaurant in Marylebone High Street launched almost 30 years ago by the late Sir Terence Conran, reopens next week after a three-month makeover as a flagship for the Evolv Collection. Under new chef Pierre Minotti, formerly of Alex Dilling at Hotel Café Royal, the restaurant will see “Escoffier’s principles and British […]
The Aegean too hot in August these days? Never mind: a trio of smart new tavernas in central London will make it easier than ever for stay-at-homes to enjoy a taste of Greece this summer. First to launch this week was Maza in Bruton Place, off Berkeley Square, from Christina Mouratoglou and Adrien Carre, the […]
A lavish Maltese-owned Japanese restaurant has opened in a Grade II-listed former bank in Marylebone. Converted at a reputed cost of £15million, it features a cocktail bar in what was the underground safety deposit vault. Aki – from ‘akitsu’, an old Japanese word for dragonfly – is a short walk from Oxford Circus in Cavendish Square. […]
Kudu, Richoux and Chick’n’Sours all reappeared this week at unfamiliar addresses as London restaurateurs reshuffled their packs for the winter. Kudu, until recently a ‘collective’ of four venues in southeast London from Amy Corbin and Patrick Williams (pictured), has moved to a prominent corner site opposite La Fromagerie in Marylebone – marking a big shift from […]
The fast-expanding Public House Group soft-launched its latest London pub this week – The Hart in Marylebone, behind the Wallace Collection and next door to the currently closed Chiltern Firehouse. Known as The Flowerhouse for the past four years, The Hart has three storeys with a bar at ground-floor level leading up to a restaurant on […]
Chef Victor Garvey has launched a crowdfunding campaign to help finance a new restaurant in Marylebone that he believes will set a new standard for ingredient-led cuisine. He needs supporters to pledge £130,000 by the end of September to pay for the fitting out of the kitchen at Materia Prima, his new restaurant in Great […]
Claude and Lucy Bosi are launching a second branch of their hit French restaurant Josephine next week – this time it’s in Marylebone, and takes its cues from Paris instead of Lyons. Set in the former Daylesford Organic site on Blandford Street, the new venue is inspired by the 19th-century brasseries of the French capital, […]
The Chiltern Firehouse in Marylebone may be closed for the rest of the year after a fire caused by wood falling from a pizza oven swept through the building on Valentine’s Day. More than 100 guests and staff were evacuated and 125 firefighters brought the blaze under control. No injuries were reported. The fire started […]
