Former Fat Duck and Dinner by Heston exec chef Ashley Palmer-Watts has emerged as the mystery third man behind new Soho pub The Devonshire, which opens today. The long-planned venture close to Piccadilly Circus is on a prominent corner of Denham Street, originally a pub from 1793 and more recently a Jamie’s Italian. It is […]
Changes are afoot in the culinary offerings available on Piccadilly, with historic brasserie Richoux moving out and contemporary wellness café Volonté moving in this week. Century-old Richoux was bought out of administration two years ago and relaunched by chefs Jamie Butler and Lewis Spencer, who now plan to move it to Soho next year. They […]
A dream team of pub landlord Oisin Rogers (right in photo) and Flat Iron founder Charlie Carroll (left) have teamed up to open their “dream pub” in Soho. The Devonshire, just off Piccadilly Circus in Denham Street, is scheduled to launch this autumn. Oisin ran the Guinea Grill in Mayfair for six years, turning it […]
Albert’s Schloss, the Manchester-based Bavarian-themed beer hall, is to open in London this spring, just off Piccadilly Circus in the middle of the West End. The venue will entertain up to 700 revellers with a line-up of live music, beer and schnapps, and a menu of Alpine and middle-European classics ranging from fondue, bratwurst and […]
Ikoyi, an upmarket new restaurant showcasing the cuisine of West Africa, is to open in July in the new St James’s Market just south of Piccadilly Circus. It is a joint venture from school friends Iré Hassan-Odukale (pictured left), who was born in Ikoye, a cosmopolitan area of Lagos in Nigeria, and chef Jeremy Chan (right), whose […]
The Duck & Waffle 24-hour high-rise restaurant in the City is launching a more casual spin-off, Duck & Waffle Local, in the new St James’s Market development behind Piccadilly Circus on May 3. The new branch is designed to be “fast and accessible”, with customers ordering at a counter overlooking the kitchen before being shown […]
Veneta, a Venice-inspired restaurant from the Salt Yard group, will be the first food venue to launch in the £400million St James’s Market development behind Piccadilly Circus when it opens its doors on Monday October 24. It will be the fifth establishment in chef Ben Tish’s 10-year-old Salt Yard group, which is headed by a Fitzrovia flagship praised […]
What is possibly London’s most beautiful restaurant, an extraordinary neo-Byzantine dining room on Piccadilly Circus (formerly the Criterion), has been resurrected by the Gatto family – owners of Milan’s famous Savini restaurant. It will be officially relaunched as Savini at Criterion on Friday 18 March. The original Criterion – where mediocre food always played second fiddle to dazzling […]
It was perhaps never a bastion of culinary excellence, but news that The Criterion has gone into administration and faces an uncertain future is still sad tidings. It is, after all, “possibly the most beautiful restaurant in London”, with its extraordinary neo-Byzantine dining room. But despite the beauty and romance of this theatreland stalwart, which couldn’t […]
What better way to while away the long summer nights, or the (hopefully) scorching summer days, than by enjoying a meal outside? Now that the fine weather is here and holidays are imminent, there’s plenty of opportunity for dining al fresco in London. We’ve rounded up the best gastropub gardens, riverside patios and rooftop terraces […]
