The Sustainable Restaurant Association is proud to share the Sustainable Spaces Playbook in partnership with Reassemble, free to download now! “Your profitability will be set by the spaces you build, not just what you serve.” Hospitality fit-outs can have major environmental and financial impacts and carry long-term operational risk — yet, until now, the sector has lacked a […]
One of London’s ultra-high-end sushi specialists has changed its leadership, with Taku in Albemarle Street, Mayfair rebranding as Sushi Amamato under the direction of a sushi master based in Taiwan. The 16-seat counter was rated number 5 in last year’s Harden’s 100 of the UK’s best restaurants under chef Takuya Watanabe, who is best known […]
An Indonesian celebrity couple are bringing a French-accented take on their national cuisine to London with the launch of Le Nusa restaurant in the Strand. Actor/singers-turned-entertainment entrepreneurs Raffi Ahmad and Nagita Slavina own several restaurants in Jakarta and beach clubs in Bali and Sumatra. They opened their first international restaurant in Paris three years ago, […]
Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week to 21st September 2025 London Standard Carbone, The Chancery Rosewood, Mayfair David Ellis suffered a “night of glitz, glamour and ennui” at the latest branch of a New York-based global group which is the headline restaurant of the swanky new Mayfair […]
A new all-day restaurant and bar in Leeds with a roof terrace offering spectacular views over the city opens next week. CrowdedHouse will be able to feed quite a crowd, with space to accommodate up to 500 diners across its two floors and outdoor terrace. The new operation at the top of Leeds’ Trinity shopping […]
A new spate of pizzeria openings is sweeping across the country this summer – and they’re taking their inspiration from the US in general and NYC in particular as much as from Naples. First up comes Ace Pizza, near Victorian Park in Hackney, which launches next Monday, 28 July – the first stand-alone site for Rachel […]
Belgian gourmet chip shop Frites Atelier is to open a branch in London, in the former Balans Soho premises in Old Compton Street. Frites Atelier was launched in 2016 by Sergio Herman, the chef behind world-famous restaurant Old Sluis, which he closed three years earlier to focus on several different projects. There are currently three […]
Paris-based Big Mamma Group are opening two enormous new Instagram-friendly Italianate extravaganzas this month – Circolo Popolare (pictured) in Manchester, their first UK venue outside London, and Barbarella in Canary Wharf. Circolo Popolare Manchester, which launched last week, is themed around an al-fresco festa in Sicily and set across two floors of ex-footballer Gary Neville’s £400million […]
A former Fortnum & Mason chef opens his debut restaurant in west London next week – Walter’s Bistro near Hammersmith Bridge, a tiny 12-seater where he will serve his personal take on British and Italian food. Born and brought up in Rome, Walter Cannavacciuolo has worked in London for 10 years, including a stint as a […]
NoMad boutique hotel in Covent Garden relaunches its main restaurant today under a new name as Twenty8 NoMad – a New York-style bistro, reflecting the brand’s Manhattan origin. The hotel opened four years ago after a slick modern conversion of the former Bow Street Magistrates’ Court, with a spectacular restaurant in a glass-roofed courtyard called The […]
