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Indian restaurant Talli Joe has closed and looks likely not to re-open, Big Hospitality reports. The small plates all-day restaurant, which served a fun snack-heavy menu and fusion cocktails, was billed as a strong Dishoom alternative by reporters. In last year’s guide, dishes were said to be “cleverly constructed”, with food “packing a good clout […]
Chef and restaurateur Victor Garvey has announced a new opening in the City. Barullo, a 64-cover site at 19 Bevis Marks – once the home of James Cochran EC3 – will open in spring 2019 and will serve food from across Spain. The entire menu will be available to take away. Alongside tapas classics, dishes […]
Celebrated Turkish chef Civan Er is to open Yeni in Soho on January 28. Yeni will launch on Beak Street, an announcement said, and will “introduce London to the flavours and culinary traditions of Istanbul”. The modern Istanbul restaurant – called Yeni Lokanta – features in the World’s 50 Best and has long been a […]
Turkish restaurant Yosma is to close its Marylebone site and reopen in Soho later this year. Yosma has, since 2017, operated as a 150-cover restaurant on Baker Street. The exact address of the new iteration has yet to be revealed, although we have been told of head chef Hus Vedat’s travels in Turkey, where he’s […]
Corbin & King looks set to open a landmark new restaurant in Soho. The famous restaurant group, behind destinations such as Brasserie Zedel, The Delaunay, and The Wolseley, has plans to open a seafood fixture close to Soho Square. The new restaurant will reportedly sit between 1-8 Bateman’s Buildings, but plans are in their early […]
Japanese restaurant chain Curry House Coco Ichibanya has opened its first London restaurant. The launch follows Filipino fried chicken giant Jolibee and Taiwanese dumpling house Din Tai Fung. Coco Ichibanya has more than 1,000 restaurants in Japan and another 150 throughout South East Asia and the US. The site opened on December 12 on Great […]
Two new Thai restaurants, split over two floors but under the same ownership, will open at the former Jane Tira on Brewer Street in Soho this December. Wild Rice and Mamasan, from debutante restaurateurs Pan Serirak and Mike Asavarut, are set to “reinvent Thai food”, according to an announcement. On the ground floor will be Wild […]
BaoziInn Romilly Street, the Chinese restaurant that serves northern Chinese street food and colourful Cantonese ‘fusion’ dim sum, is to open a second site in November. The Soho restaurant will launch a stall at Victoria’s revamped Market Halls. Since 1909, Terminus Place has been home to an Edwardian shopping arcade, a traditional restaurant, and a […]
The owners behind the popular Gymkhana, Hoppers, and Trishna restaurants are growing their empire yet further. The JKS siblings, Jyotin, Karam and Sunaina, will open a Persian restaurant in Soho in October. This comes soon after the arrival of Brigadiers in the City – a vast labyrinth of an establishment that has been met with press raves since […]
Last year, Harden’s reporters welcomed newcomer DUM Biryani, which specialises in India’s authentic rice dishes, and was praised for “delivering the best biryani in a long time” at this “easy to miss Soho basement”. DUM-bing down with brunch? This summer, the restaurant is diving deeper into the coastal flavours of south east India by way […]
