The Standard hotel will welcome the return of its ground floor restaurant Isla on September 30, complete with a new menu and drinks list and a redesigned garden terrace. The new menu is focused on “seasonal, light and flavourful dishes with a particular emphasis on seafood”. There will be sharers such as Scallop XO and […]

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Chef Peter Sanchez-Iglesias is to open his first London restaurant. He’ll arrive at The Standard hotel next year. Sanchez-Iglesias, chef owner of the “magical” and “excellent” – though “expensive” – Casamia in Bristol, as well as the “superb” Paco Tapas in the same city, will open on the hotel’s rooftop restaurant in King’s Cross some time […]

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The Editors’ review of Lyle’s A light and bright operation in the School of St John.   At last, Quaglino’s to get a refurb D&D London will close the site July-October for a (much-needed) major renovation.   Grace Dents finds the food at Ham Yard lacking “But the courtyard is pleasant to get drunk in, […]

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