Born in New York and raised in Spain and France, Victor Garvey has been a chef since his mother sent him for work experience to a then little-known restaurant called El Bulli. This month, he is moving his Californian restaurant Sola from Soho, where it opened in 2019, to Westbourne Grove in Notting Hill – […]
A 1930s Lloyds bank in Notting Hill Gate has been converted into an all-day Lebanese brasserie with a dramatic triple-height dining room. Opening on 1st June, it is called Kinz – appropriately, ‘treasure’ in Arabic. The team behind the project includes Rasha Khouri Bruzzo (co-owner of the highly regarded Palestinian restaurant Akub, around the corner […]
Longstanding Brighton restaurant Gingerman heads a list of notable restaurants around the country that have announced their closure this week – most of them citing financial headwinds for the decision. The other venues which have called time include rooftop restaurant Climat in Manchester, ultra-local Chapters in Hay-on-Wye, fried chicken specialist Mollis in Nottingham and 104 in […]
A Slavic-inspired wine and listening bar serving East European-style sharing plates has opened this week in Notting Hill. Called Sova – ‘owl’ in several Slavic languages – it is from the team behind Russian restaurant Zima in Soho, and replaces their year-old Notting Hill offshoot. A wine list from consultant sommelier Christian Vega focuses on […]
Chef Jackson Boxer has stepped in to help veteran Notting Hill cantina Taqueria “get its mojo back” as it enters its third decade. The Westbourne Grove venue will close on Monday next week (23 February) for a brief make-over before reopening on Tuesday 3 March as TAQ. Originally a street stall, Taqueria moved into its […]
A ‘neo Nikkei omakase’ promising an original new take on Japanese/Peruvian cuisine called Fan has opened in Notting Hill, adding Chinese and other global influences to its culinary mix. A trio of childhood friends from Lima – Romania Parra, Jorge Sasaki and Santiago Wong – have developed their style over several years in their home city, […]
Two well-known London restaurants closed temporarily this week following fires in their kitchen extraction systems – Som Saa in Spitalfields and Straker’s in Notting Hill. Straker’s will reopen as soon as possible, initially as a cold bar, following a fire that damaged parts of both the kitchen and restaurant. No injuries were reported. “We’re still investigating […]
The team behind Notting Hill restaurant Dorian is opening a tiny sushi bar next week, in a former antiques shop directly across Talbot Road. Eel Sushi Bar will be a 10-seat spot only for walks, operating from midday to 10pm every day under the wonderfully named former Dinings chef Nicky Noodle. Access to Dorian’s cellar […]
Dishoom is on the expansion trail once again, with the launch next week of the first London branch of its Permit Room sub-brand in Notting Hill, followed by the opening of a main Dishoom in Glasgow this summer and a first international foray billed for next year. Until now, Permit Rooms have been confined to […]
