Why should the newbies get all the attention? Three of London’s longer-serving restaurants are giving themselves (and their diners) a pat on the back as they notch up milestone anniversaries. Pied à Terre, David Moore’s “perennially excellent” (Harden’s Survey) foodie mecca in Fitzrovia, celebrates its 25th anniversary with the return of Richard Neat, its founding partner who […]
Doom and gloom in the news this week as research by CGA Peach revealed the extent to which Brexit has knocked confidence among restaurateurs. A survey by the business analyst found concerns over consumer confidence, rising product costs and staff availability headed the list of worries – with just 15% of respondents feeling positive about […]
Richard Caring continues to expand his most bankable brand, The Ivy, with two more casual café offerings. The first Ivy Café launched on the former site of Union Café (RIP) in Marylebone last year. The latest spin-off, in Wimbledon Village, opened today (1 June), with a site due in St John’s Wood on 22 June. The […]
For the first time in a history that spans almost a century, Richard Caring’s theatre land idol The Ivy is set to open for weekday breakfast from Tuesday 10 May. Executive chef Gary Lee has created a menu featuring English breakfast classics, including a traditional Full English, as well as an entire section dedicated to eggs, where […]
Richard Caring’s Caprice Group has acquired yet another plum Mayfair spot – formerly the site of the “plush” and “consistent” (if not spectacular) Cantonese and dim sum parlour Princess Garden. The site, on North Audley Street, sits opposite Roka and is equidistant between Bond Street and Marble Arch tube stations, just a stone’s throw from […]
Well it’s time to say a fond farewell to 2015, and what a year it’s been. The possibility of a pop-up that allows diners to pet foxes, a cereal café causing a riot, celebrity chef spats, and endless controversy as restaurant after restaurant was accused of unfair practices over tipping and service charges. From scathing […]
After launching the Ivy Market Grill in 2014 and the Ivy Chelsea Garden earlier this year, Richard Caring has further expanded his most bankable brand. His restaurant group Caprice Holdings snapped up the former site of Pavilion in Kensington – a surprisingly short-lived venture by Foxton’s estate agency founder Jon Hunt and chef Adam Simmonds, […]
A new flagship version of Vietnamese restaurant House of Ho has opened on the former site of Caprice Holdings’ Bam-Bou. The original, which opened in Soho’s Old Compton Street nearly two years ago, has been relaunched as simply ‘Ho’. Its celebrity chef founder, Bobby Chinn, has since left the business and a new owner, Jeff Lim, […]
The Ivy WC2 Menus from £54 pp Richard Caring’s famous Theatreland idol – now the original of a fast expanding brand – emerged from a massive overhaul too late to be rated (just before the survey closed). Too often a let down in recent years, a handful of first-days reports say its “beautiful refurb” is “superb in every detail” […]
After launching the Ivy Market Grill in 2014 and the Ivy Chelsea Garden earlier this year, Richard Caring has further expanded his most bankable brand. His restaurant group Caprice Holdings have snapped up the former site of Pavilion in Kensington – a surprisingly short-lived venture by Foxton’s estate agency founder Jon Hunt and chef Adam […]
