Reporters from The Telegraph won this week’s adventure in restaurant reviewing, with satisfying trips to Alpes and St Leonards. The Standard‘s guest reviewer also landed a plum job at Henrietta, while almost everyone else suffered a case of “nice place, shame about the food”. in The Observer was left with a nasty taste in his […]
Sushi master Endo Kazutoshi is to host a special omakase menu at the Berkeley Hotel in Knightsbridge this summer. The chef, one of the UK’s most celebrated in Japanese food, will run a £150 “one-off culinary occasion” from July 20 to August 31. Described as an “exclusive experience” and a “one-off culinary occasion”, the meal will […]
Another outpost of the well-known Brindisa chain is opening in London. The Spanish food importer and restaurant chain is launching a tapas venue at Battersea Power Station in autumn. There will be a dedicated cheese bar (some of which will be aged in-house) and charcuterie bar, and customers can eat in or take away. The hot […]
Honest Burgers’ new Manchester Hall restaurant is imminent, according to industry rumours. Harden’s first reported the company’s intent at the beginning of the year. And, while a precise date has yet to be announced, a 27th branch in the burger chain is expected as early as this summer. July? August? We don’t know for sure […]
Hollywood star Robert De Niro has shelved plans to open an 83-bedroom boutique hotel in London. There would have been two restaurants, a spa and a member’s club too. The Oscar-winning actor was due to open the hotel in busy Covent Garden after Westminster City Council granted planning permission for the development in 2016. We had expected […]
Emily Roux, the youngest active member of the Roux dynasty, is to open her first restaurant. Roux, daughter of Michel Roux Jr, first hinted at the plan back in March, when she announced she had put in an offer for a restaurant space in Notting Hill. It was known back then that plans were afoot […]
Pierre Koffmann and Marco Pierre White are to work together once more – decades after Marco Pierre White left the mentorship of the French gastronome. The pair will open a new restaurant at the Abbey Hotel, Bath – named Koffmann & Mr White’s – in September. It will be a brasserie, serving food from the […]
The team behind Ottolenghi restaurants is to launch ROVI in Fitzrovia next week. Ottolenghi roots will be apparent in the new dining concept, but the restaurant will have a ‘different feeling and character’, according to an announcement from the group. ROVI’s menu will be in line with current London ‘Flexitarian’ dining trends: vegetables will sit […]
Three London restaurants closed last week after their parent company went into administration. Parabola at the Design Museum, Luytens, a casual, lunch-friendly bistro, and Clerkenwell’s British restaurant Albion all closed with immediate effect on June 20. The closure involves three restaurants owned by Sir Terence and Lady Conran, and Peter Prescott. The Conran family will […]
Roast, the resolutely British (but not always brilliant) restaurant in London’s Borough Market, is to open a second site. The new spin-off will be called Roast Kitchen, and will open this coming autumn in trendy Fitzrovia. Roast Kitchen will have a more casual feel than the original, but will stay true to its name, offering […]
