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Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 25th October 2026 The Guardian Outlier, Glasgow Grace Dent followed up a tip from a stranger to have brunch at a four-year-old art space with a kitchen whose “carefully orchestrated can’t-be-arsedness is really quite magical [and] intensely likable”. She was […]
Former Kiln head chef Karla Knowles is opening two Thai restaurants in quick succession, starting next week with Pam, by Smithfield Market in Charterhouse Street. Her first standalone restaurant, Pam is pitched as a “playful and creative” take on Thai cuisine, making use of seasonal British produce in a venue that will also host art […]
Beaconsfield boutique hotel Crazy Bear has opened a new British-focused restaurant called Fable from chef Pete Gray, formerly of Heston Blumenthal’s Hind’s Head in Bray. Fable takes the place of BEAR by Carlo Scotto, a radical 14-seater chef’s table concept that survived only five months from its launch last November. The new restaurant signals a […]
An upmarket steakhouse called Lucky Grill opens this week from the Wild Group in Kensington, replacing Greek restaurant Krokodilos that lasted just over a year at the site in Lancer Square, off Church Street. The move follows a similar switch last year by Wild Group when Fantomas in King’s Road, Chelsea, was replaced by the […]
Former Fat Duck chef Nick Rudge this week opened his second restaurant, called The Nest, in the historic town of Conwy on the north Wales coast. It follows The Jackdaw, whose ambitious tasting menu is described in the 2026 Harden’s guide as “Welsh cuisine at its best“. Nick, who was born across the river in […]
A restaurant on a remote Welsh eco retreat is opening an outpost in the heart of the Big Smoke next week. Bert’s has taken over part of the well-known Brackenbury Wine Rooms in Hammersmith, which closed down 18 months ago, and will be an all-day small-plates spot featuring produce from Wales. Founder Ali Paice (pictured) and […]
Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 18th October 2026 Financial Times Miokuru Handroll Bar, Soho Jay Rayner dropped into one of the half-dozen handroll bars that have opened within a couple of hundred metres of Piccadilly Circus in recent months, where he enjoyed “one of […]
An ambitious new restaurant called Calluna opened this week at Saltmoore hotel and ‘wellness resort’ near Whitby on the North Yorkshire coast. The restaurant serves a 10-course tasting menu to a maximum of 24 diners each evening, with a focus on hyper-seasonal food from the immediate surroundings and coastline. Dishes from the opening menu include […]
Fast-moving chef Abbie Hendren has opened her debut restaurant in Kew, having moved on from Sally Abé’s well-regarded Teal in Hackney, where she was head chef at its launch in March. She has joined Trindle Stores, a two-year-old family-run grocery and coffee shop in Kew Village, the cluster of small shops around Kew Gardens station, […]
Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 11th October 2026 The Guardian Indian Café Racer, Birmingham Grace Dent enjoyed the ride at a cult Brum outfit that started out in the back room of a pub and has now expanded into “fancy new” 65-cover premises. Its […]
