Boath House, the Georgian mansion in northeast Scotland run by the team behind Sessions Arts Club in Farringdon, this week unveiled its new, local and sustainable Dining Room. The imposing 1827 property near Nairn, half an hour’s drive from Inverness and close to Findhorn Bay, was launched last year as a “sanctuary for creative people” […]
Well-travelled sommelier Yukiyasu Kaneko has opened a wine bar/restaurant in a Hackney railway arch that specialises in rare and high-quality natural wines. Yuki began his career in Tokyo and has worked around the world, with stints at Noma in Copenhagen and P. Franco in East London. He has also studied winemaking in Oregon, and last […]
A new bistro inspired by the cuisine of rural France has opened in Borough Market from the team behind Soho’s Ducksoup – with an ex-St John chef at the stoves. Camille has taken over the former site of Sons + Daughters sandwich shop, with room for 32 guests inside and more outside on the terrace. This […]
Royally recognised Isle of Wight chef Robert Thompson is closing down his open-kitchen restaurant Thompson’s in Newport this month and reopening it on the island later this year. Robert first won acclaim in his early 20s as chef at the Hambrough two decades ago, and his been a standard bearer for Isle of Wight dining […]
A new southern European-style restaurant with a focus on fish and seafood launches next week at art entrepreneur Matthew Slotover’s boutique Fort Road Hotel in Margate. Colina – Spanish for hill, a reference to its position at the top of the Old Town – represents an early upgrade for the dining room at the hotel, […]
RAI, a highly rated but short-lived Fitzrovia omakase that closed down last year, is to reopen next week at a new address not far away, in Bloomsbury. The new venue has tables for just 10 guests, who will pay £130 a head for a set meal, while another eight sit at a sushi counter with […]
Singapore-born restaurateur Ellen Chew has linked up with Singapore government agencies and businesses to open a new restaurant showcase for the island state’s unique Chinese-Malay cuisine. Singapulah, which launches on February 15 in a four-storey site on the edge of Chinatown in Shaftesbury Avenue, will offer a menu based around ingredients supplied by 13 of […]
A new Mediterranean restaurant taking inspiration from both its European and North African shores launches next week in Marylebone. Bellazul opens on Thursday 1 February in Blandford Street on the former site of Italian restaurant Il Baretto, with ex-Cecconi’s and 5 Hertford Street head chef Simone Serafini directing the kitchen. Dishes range from lobster spaghetti […]
A new neighbourhood bistro with a focus on natural wines is to open in Horsforth on the edge of Leeds next month. Bavette is the first joint venture from Yorkshire-born chef Sandy Jarvis and his husband, sommelier Clement Cousin (left & right in picture), who met 12 years ago working at London restaurant Terroirs. Sandy […]
Chef Tom Cenci is to revamp the public-facing neighbourhood restaurant on the ground floor of fashionable Fitzrovia private membership club Mortimer House next month. Mortimer House Kitchen will draw on Tom’s family summers spent in Piedmont and on the Amalfi coast, with an emphasis on fresh ingredients and family-style dining. The menu starts with a […]
