The Evening Standard’s Grace Dent seeks out Shoreditch’s latest smokehouse venture, Rök, concerned that it may be a another tedious, cavernous, edgy-by-numbers barbecue joint, which – she says – it absolutely is not. “Rök is small — 40 seats — and elegantly formed, dispatching gorgeous, highly devourable sharing plates of exquisite British produce with a Nordic […]

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Hip-hotelier par excellence Andre Balazs has announced plans to open one of his oh-so-trendy Standard hotels in, er, King’s Cross. Balazs’s recent Marylebone opening, Chiltern Firehouse (pictured), has been a runaway success, with the restaurant (under chef Nuno Mendes) appearing now to be THE unchallenged celebrity hangout. The new hotel will be the first in the Standard […]

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The Editors’ review of Marcus We check out The Berkeley’s new look ‘casual’ dining room. Not all that casual, obviously.   Fay Maschler isn’t wild about Fera at Claridge’s The Evening Standard critic finds the bill at Simon Rogan’s new restaurant is a little too rich for her tastes.   Typing Room opens at the […]

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