Nottingham chef-entrepreneur Nichola Thompson is opening her second private dining venue, Chapter 2 – a follow-up to Table 47, which regularly has a four-month waiting time for bookings. Neither is a traditional restaurant for walk-in customers: instead, they offer pre-booked dining for parties of various sizes, with bespoke or tasting menus and open-kitchen cooking as […]
The Criterion in Piccadilly Circus, one of the West End’s most famous and lavish restaurant sites, is to re-open next month as a branch of the Indian restaurant Masala Zone. Designed by architect Thomas Verity in the Neo Byzantine style, the glittering, Grade II-listed Criterion opened in 1873 and hosted the movers and shakers of […]
Following its relaunch as a permanent restaurant in December, Soho’s Japanese-inspired Shackfuyu has announced a new private dining room for up to 16 guests. Guests can select one of two set menus, or enjoy a bespoke menu created by head chef Ben Hughes. Shack classics including sweet, sticky and spicy Korean fried wings and the ever-popular aubergine with […]
Pennethorne’s Cafe Bar, which joined Skye Gyngell’s Spring at Somerset House late last year, has just launched a stylish new private dining room. Named after Sir James Pennethorne (the architect who designed the New Wing of The Strand’s iconic landmark) the cafe is an all-day dining spot and now an events space too. The Drawing Room […]
It may be a London classic, but Odette’s has gone and got a bold new look. Out with the white table linens and mirrors, and in with the leather banquettes and whitewashed brick. The Primrose Hill stalwart, which opened in 1978, has also added a chef’s kitchen table (as is de rigueur nowadays), and there is […]
