Amy Poon will revive one of the most famous names in British Chinese cooking with the opening of her first permanent restaurant – called Poon’s – in Somerset House on Bonfire Night. Amy’s parents Bill and Cecilia opened the original Poon’s in Chinatown in 1973, which ran alongside a second venue in Covent Garden until they […]
Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 26th October 2025 The Guardian Fête, Chelmsford Grace Dent thoroughly enjoyed a “welcome slice of unpretentious hospitality happiness” in deepest Essex, where chef Tobias Godfrey and his co-owner and partner, Laura Day, have “taken the Chelmsford dining scene by storm” with […]
Ivan Tisdall-Downes, the chef behind several versions of itinerant sustainable restaurant Native, has opened a new venue in London Fields – this time under a different name. Field Notes, close to Mare Street Market, occupies similar culinary territory to Native, with Ivan saying it is “about exploring sustainability as a global conversation. But at its heart, […]
One of East London’s ‘lost’ eel, pie and mash shops has been revived as a pub called The Black Eel by Andy and Steph Solley of Walthamstow’s Exale Brewing. The new pub opens this Friday (24 October), with 150 free pints of beer waiting for the first arrivals through the door from midday. The spacious […]
Former prisoner Nathaniel Mortley has opened his first permanent restaurant – 2010 by Natty Can Cook, in Herne Hill, south London, which offers a refined take on Pan-Caribbean cuisine. Nathaniel served a two-and-a-half-year sentence in Brixton prison, less than a mile away, where he worked in prisoner-operated restaurant The Clink – for which he remains an ambassador. […]
A new seafood-and-cocktail bar has opened in Manchester city centre tomorrow promising an ‘oyster happy hour’ every weekday from 4-5pm, when the bivalves are half price. Bar Shrimp is from the trio behind sustainable modern bistro Higher Ground, which is next door. The bar will focus on British and Irish oysters and shellfish from David […]
A daytime café/deli that morphs by night into a wine bar/bistro opens today a few doors along from The Knave of Clubs and One Club Row in Shoreditch High Street. Clara’s is from the team behind The Farrier pub in Camden Market, which a closed a year ago. Head chef Elie Fourcroy, formerly of Artusi, […]
A high-end food market focusing on prime ingredients such as caviar and wagyu with separate European and Japanese dining counters opens next week on the King’s Road in Chelsea. Arthur’s Market is the brainchild of Artur Voloshin, the entrepreneur behind high-end Belgravia pub The Prince Arthur, which opened earlier this year with a fresh seafood […]
The team behind ‘more veg, less meat’ West Country restaurant Root will next week open its third and largest branch, taking over a former Jamie’s Italian in the centre of Bath. Owners Josh and Holly Eggleton (left in photo), the brother-and-sister duo behind the Pony in Chew Valley, launched the original Root eight years ago […]
Patty & Bun founder Joe Grossman launches his second dining pub today (Friday 10 October) – The Shaston Arms in Soho, a follow-up to the successful Waterman’s Arms which he opened in Barnes two years ago. The Shaston’s kitchen is led by former Ducksoup head chef Sam Andrews, who is also behind the Waterman’s modern European […]
