Harden’s and the San Carlo Restaurant Group are offering one lucky reader the chance to win Venetian-style tapas and a bottle of wine at the brand new Cicchetti, Covent Garden. Just opened this week (8 October), the new Cicchetti outpost is luxuriously decked out with Italian marble and features a small-plates menu of seasonal Italian […]
We are now finalising orders for beautifully customised versions of our restaurant guides, so get your Christmas corporate gifts dilemma wrapped up early – order by 17 October for guaranteed delivery by December. Harden’s guides – either London or national – can an be tailored to your corporate image and are available from as little […]
Fay is back from her hols, and she’s brought some mystic powers The Standard’s critic upgrades the Mondrian’s Sea Containers restaurant to 3* on the basis that improvement is “practically certain”. Quaglino’s to reopen after major refurb D&D will unveil the restaurant’s much-needed new look on 17 October. Grace Dent finds a pleasant surprise […]
We’ve teamed up with the good people of Twizoo, a Twitter mining app that delves into the dark waters of social media to bring you the top trending restaurants in London. From wonderful white truffles at Pollen Street Social to spectacular views from the top of The Shard, courtesy of Oblix, here are the top […]
Once a byword for glamour, but in recent years more likely to provoke words like ‘dinosaur’, ‘tired’ and ‘dated’, Quaglino’s, in St James’s, has finally undergone a major refurb. We’ve reported the place as ‘fading’ for over a decade, to the extent that recent guides have often called for D&D London to do something about it. Perhaps someone […]
The once magnificent Crocker’s Folly in St John’s Wood, which was rescued from an uncertain fate by the Maroush Group, will reopen after a complete makeover on 25 October. Diners who want to get a sneak peek at the Victorian gin palace’s restoration can book now for a special soft launch offer of 50 per cent off their food, […]
The fine dining powerhouse that is Martin Wishart will expand his Caledonian empire this November with the opening of his fourth restaurant, at Malmaison Glasgow, housed in a former church in the city’s ‘Merchant City’. The acclaimed chef regularly wins praise from our reporters for his “faultless” cooking at Cameron House Hotel in Loch Lomond, […]
Ex-Caprice group supremo Des McDonald has announced his long-awaited sequel to Islington’s popular Fish and Chip Shop. The eat-in and takeaway restaurant’s second site will open on 15 October in Dashwood House, Old Broad Street, in the City. For those who want a sneak peak there will be a 50 per cent off food soft launch […]
Soho noodle spot Tonkotsu, which opened a second outpost in Haggerston last year, is on the march again. The ramen bar will launch a new site in the heart of Selfridges on Friday 10 October. The menu features chilli chicken ramen alongside edamame beans, pickled cucumber and gyoza. Other noodle bowls include the eponymous Tonkotsu, made […]
The glitzy San Carlo empire continues to grow, with a new Cicchetti outpost now open in Covent Garden This is the chain’s second London site with a Venetian small plates formula – similar to the one on offer at its buzzy, if tightly-packed, site near Piccadilly Circus. The parent San Carlo group, which launched in […]
