To celebrate summer, the team behind Fitzrovia’s Scottish dining spot, game specialist Mac & Wild, have launched their latest burger. The Big Mac and Wild is available to customers for just one wee pound every lunchtime this week, but will feature on the menu for the rest of summer. Mac & Wild are offering 50 burgers each […]
The Guardian’s Marina O’Laughlin once dismissed Balham’s Chez Bruce as ‘ultra-bourgeois and a little dated… onefor the Bufton-Tuftons, with their florid, claret-hoofing faces and fear of the new, I sniffed”. Not so anymore. The critic now seems to understand why it has been Harden’s reporters’ favourite restaurant for the past decade – “I’m forced to suspect […]
Fasten your seat belts and top up your champagne flutes for an irreverent new take on the circus, inspired by Lily Bollinger’s only drink of choice. Fresh from a sell-out run at the Sydney Opera House, Blanc de Blanc comes to the London Hippodrome, Leicester Square, from 14 July until 28 August. Every act in […]
The London outposts of Tom Aikens’s casual bistro chain, Tom’s Kitchen, haven’t had the easiest ride from our reporters who feel the offering is “all a bit ordinary”. But the brand appears to be going from strength-to-strength with a an international deli launching in Dubai in October, followed by a site in Birmingham’s Mailbox shopping centre […]
This week, Galvin at Windows’s manager-extraordinaire Fred Siriex shared a few words of wisdom with his international team in light of Britain’s decision to leave the EU and unveiled a new money saving pre-theatre menu. “In the wise words of Lou Holtz, Life is 10 per cent what happens and ninety percent how you respond […]
Soho’s treasured gelateria Gelupo – “blood orange sorbet… be still my beating heart!” – has introduced a collection of new seasonal gelato, sorbets and ice cream to its menu. Newly developed flavours include: Apricot Crumble, White Chocolate & Lavender, Yogurt & Berries, and Strawberry Sherbert. Reminiscent of the fragrant, fresh flavours of the Amalfi Coast, and inspired […]
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. […]
Restaurant and pub spending dropped in the week following the announcement of the EU Referendum result, according to Barclaycard figures. The dip suggests diners are feeling more cautious about splashing out on meals and drinks in the wake of Brexit, although it may also have something to do with a horribly wet June. Whether there […]
A restaurant where you can literally eat like a squirrel? This summer, Charlie Gilkes and Duncan Stirling, (the chaps behind Inception Group venues; Mr Fogg’s and Bunga Bunga, etc) will open new healthy eating spot, Squirrel, in South Ken – a hangout which offers diners the chance to enjoy salads, grain bowls and porridge pots while sitting in a tree […]
A new dim sum café and shop has opened just off Clapham High Street. On Café serves an eclectic mix of dumplings, buns and other sharing plates, as well as French patisserie with an Oriental flavour. Alongside the dim sum menu are more substantial offerings such as Kim Chi Rice and slow cooked soups. On […]
