Kudu Collective, the South African-flavoured restaurant group based in southeast London, kicks off a reshuffle next week with the transfer of its Smokey Kudu cocktail bar to Chelsea – its first venture into west London. The 30-cover bar opens on Tuesday 12 April inside the RIXO vintage-inspired fashion store in the King’s Road, having vacated its […]
Jason Atherton and Tom Kerridge, two of the most successful British chefs of the past decade, are planning to open new restaurants in London. Jason’s Row on 5 is described as a “flagship” restaurant over two floors in a new building on Savile Row in Mayfair – just a short walk from Pollen Street Social, his […]
A team from Fenn, the Fulham restaurant that closes for good at the end of this month, will this summer open an intriguing combination of chef’s table and cocktail bar, championing lesser-known British ingredients and whiskeys from the American South. The project, close to Old Street station in Shoreditch, has been put together by chef […]
West London restaurateur Sam Harrison is opening a café just a few doors from his smart Hammersmith flagship, Sam’s Riverside, which overlooks the Thames. Sam’s Kitchen, which launches in April, has taken over what used to be Café Plum in Crisp Street, and is described by Sam as “the perfect little local corner café”, serving […]
Ploussard, a new neighbourhood restaurant and natural wine bar, opens tomorrow (1st April) in Battersea Rise, close to Clapham Common. Named after a relatively obscure wine grape from the Jura, Ploussard serves a list of low-intervention and natural wines – including, yes, a Côte de Julien made from ploussard – alongside a seasonal menu that […]
Hot-shot chef Tom Sellers opens his latest restaurant tomorrow (1st April) – Story Cellar off Neal’s Yard in Covent Garden, a counter-and-basement spot inspired by Parisian brasseries. As the name suggests, it is an offshoot of his celebrated flagship, Restaurant Story near Tower Bridge, which celebrates its tenth anniversary this year with a makeover and a […]
The Gurkhas, a new restaurant serving an “elevated” take on traditional Nepalese cooking, opens in Fitzrovia on Tuesday next week (28 March). The team behind The Gurkhas make an interesting combination: founder Shrabaneswor Rai is Nepalese, but is best-known as the co-owner of Japanese restaurant Hot Stone in Islington and new Japanese opening Kibako in […]
Floating seafood operation London Shell Co is to open its first land-based site next week – a combined fishmonger and seafood bar off Parliament Hill in Highgate. Brother-and-sister team Leah and Harry Lobek launched the business in 2016, and now run two canal barges – the Prince Regent, which serves meals while cruising through London, and the […]
Kibako, billed as a ‘modern Japanese restaurant’ featuring presentation boxes of exquisite small dishes, opened this week in Windmill Street, Fitzrovia. Taking over the site formerly occupied by Rai, Kibako is from the team behind Hot Stone in Islington’s Chapel Market, highly praised in the 2023 Harden’s Guide for its “high-quality Kobe beef, sushi and […]
An ambitious new dining pub fronted by two former Brat chefs and operated by the team behind Camden’s Jazz Cafe opens next Thursday (23 March) in Kentish Town. The Parakeet has taken over the premises of the landmark Oxford Tavern in Kentish Town Road, and will feature seasonal British ingredients cooked over wood fire on […]
