When it comes to top wine producing countries England doesn’t yet rival France or even Germany. But vineyards in old Blighty are now producing enough vintages to warrant an entire week in their honour. English Wine Week takes place from Saturday 23 – Sunday 31 May and in celebration Borough Market’s Roast will host two wine dinners on Tuesday 26 […]
Celeb chef Valentine Warner (of the Beeb’s What to Eat Now) is taking over the kitchen at Snaps + Rye on 23 April. The supper club ‘Valentine Warner Cooks Scandinavia’ is inspired by his travels around the Nordic nations. Guests will be greeted with a welcome cocktail before sitting down to a three course dinner. On the […]
Last year Gordon Ramsay showed his nostalgic side by snapping up the site of Aubergine – the restaurant that launched his career 20 years ago. Now the f-bombing chef has reopened the venue as an outpost of his maze Grill – the “utterly forgettable” Mayfair spot that inspired this comment in our 2015 survey; “the bill stunned […]
On 1 May Des McDonald will launch his third pop-up restaurant at Selfridges; On the Roof with Vintage Salt. Open for five months, Vintage Salt will kick off Selfridges’ ‘Great British Outdoors’ campaign. Inspired by a Cornish fishing village, the restaurant will have al fresco dining and plenty of nautical nods – including deck chairs and […]
Chef Mitch Tonks is to open a Devon outpost of his popular fishmonger-cum-restaurant, Rockfish, in partnership with Matt Prowse. The 130-cover venture, above Brixham market, will launch on 30 April with al fresco seating as well as the main dining room and private dining space. As you might expect the restaurant’s proximity to the fish market […]
Has London’s burger bar population reached critical mass? Not according to our annual survey. Harden’s reporters are still partial to a tasty patty and here are the capital’s top 10 places to get them according to their 2015 reviews (plus a few new burger joints that could be worth a review in our 2016 guide)… […]
We’ve teamed up with the good people of Twizoo to announce the top 5 trending restaurants on Twitter each week in London. Twizoo is an app that gives restaurant recommendations based on what people are saying on Twitter, and analyses over 50,000 incoming tweets per week to determine which restaurants are attracting the most buzz. […]
Scott Hallsworth has been a busy boy – not only has he opened two branches of izakaya-style restaurant, Kurobuta in the last year, he’s also just launched Joe’s Oriental Diner in Chelsea. His partnership with nightclub supremos Piers Adam and David Phelps (of Mayfair’s Mahiki) didn’t last long though with the ex Nobu chef quitting their joint […]
Now that the warm weather has finally arrived what better way to start the day than enjoying a Levantine-inspired breakfast? Harden’s has teamed up with “friendly” and “buzzy” Borough Market newcomer Arabica Bar & Kitchen to offer one lucky reader and their guest the chance to sample the restaurant’s brand new breakfast/brunch menu. Choose two […]
Demonstrating just how far cooking in this country has come in the last 20 years – the top 10 modern British restaurants in London, according to our 2015 survey. The Ledbury W11 “Superb meals seem natural”, at Brett Graham’s “flawless” Notting Hill stand-out: yet again London’s No. 1 restaurant; there’s “no pomp” – staff […]