Boath House in northern Scotland has reopened under a new guise with chef Iain Nicholson running the kitchens, just two months after its sudden closure. The Georgian mansion near Nairn, northeast of Inverness, had operated since 2022 as a ‘bohemian retreat’ under artist/entrepreneur Jonny Gent alongside chef Florence Knight, reprising the formula behind their Sessions […]
Diners can eat their greens ‘on the farm’ just a minute from Tottenham Court Road station, at a new restaurant with an on-site vertical hydroponic kitchen garden. The Orangery has more than 35,000 plants growing on-site – said to be equivalent to an acre of traditional farmland. Operated by Square Mile Farms, the operation is billed […]
New dining pub the Kerfield Arms opens in Camberwell next week, from the team behind The Baring in Islington. Formerly known as the Crooked Well, it is on the corner of Grove Lane and Kerfield Crescent. Expectations are high following the success of The Baring. Opening in 2022, it won immediate praise in the annual […]
Upscale Japanese omakase restaurant Hannah, in the former County Hall building on the South Bank of the Thames, has relaunched as Donabe Hannah – London’s first Japanese claypot cooking specialist – with a new wood-fire concept to follow in Stratford, East London. Hannah won increasing recognition over a seven-year run for its Kyoto-style tasting menus under former […]
Jason Atherton’s former Mayfair flagship, Pollen Street Social, reopened without advance publicity this week as Motcomb’s Tavern, the latest incarnation of the long-running establishment that closed in Belgravia earlier this year. The move ends Jason’s association with the site where he launched his stellar career as a restaurateur in his own right, after leaving Gordon […]
Our round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 6th April 2025 London Standard 27 Old Compton Street, Soho David Ellis welcomed the opening of Nima Safaei’s third restaurant in Soho – a “spiritual successor” to the inexpensive old-school Italian restaurants that made the district famous. David’s party of […]
Chef Sally Abé is joining The Bull in Charlbury, the Cotswolds pub from the dynamic Public House group, operators of The Hero in Maida Vale and The Pelican, Canteen and The Fat Badger in Notting Hill. Sally left the Pem last month, having established her reputation as head chef at Brett Graham’s Fulham pub the […]
The first phase of the Cordia Collective, a new rural hospitality project focused on sustainability from chef Chantelle Nicholson, was unveiled this week with the launch of two cafes on a country estate in West Sussex. Baked by Cordia comprises the cafes Gloriette, in a summer house, and Ginkgo, at the entrance to the restored […]
Chef Matt Gillan has confirmed the closure of Heritage, his crowd-funded restaurant-with-rooms in the West Sussex village of Slaugham – and apologised for his “radio silence” in recent months. Acknowledging that suppliers and customers with outstanding vouchers had been unable to contact him, he said “I intend on making this right, however best I can.” He […]
Liberty is the latest landmark West End department store to unveil an ambitious restaurant, with the launch next week of Seventy Five as part of the 150th anniversary celebrations of the store’s 1875 opening. The second-floor venue will be run in partnership with Marlow-based catering company Goose + Berry, making their restaurant debut, and will […]
