The India Club in the Strand is to close down on 17 September, after apparently losing a six-year battle against redevelopment. The freeholders, Marston Properties, first submitted plans to develop the site as a luxury hotel in 2017. The Club – which these days is not restricted to members – raised funds to fight for its survival, […]
A new restaurant serving ‘wild’ meat opens this week on the Knepp estate near Horsham in West Sussex – England’s largest rewilding project, where herds of cattle, pigs, ponies and deer roam free. Wilding Kitchen Restaurant is set in a converted 18th-century barn next to a new courtyard garden, where produce is grown using regenerative […]
Here’s our regular round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about up to 20th August 2023. * The Guardian “This is why we put on shoes and go out to eat.” Grace Dent reviewed Mountain, the new Tomos Parry restaurant in Soho; as with his other openings, this has created “a gasping hubbub […]
Le Gavroche, arguably the most important restaurant in Britain of modern times, is to close down next January after 56 years. The announcement was made by Michel Roux Jr (pictured in 1989 with his father, Albert), who took over as chef-patron in 1991 (coinciding almost exactly with the launch of our first edition, Harden’s London […]
Veteran chef Rowley Leigh is making a comeback at the age of 73 with a three-month pop-up bistro called Chez Rowley, which opens next month in Notting Hill. He describes the venture as “a bistro with nostalgic dishes and classic technique at its heart designed to be enjoyed family style. The true show stopper, poulet […]
Bob Bob Ricard, the decadently fun Soho restaurant famous for its ‘press for Champagne’ buttons on each table, is to open a spin-off rotisserie chicken specialist next month. Bébé Bob, in Golden Square, will offer ‘affordable’ wines and Champagnes, although a £75 mark-up limit indicates that some prices will be pretty high, while the chickens […]
Hit New York Peruvian restaurant Llama Inn has unveiled a London offshoot at the Hoxton Hotel in Shoreditch. The rooftop venue opens officially on 1 September, but guests can sample its menu at a soft launch until then. Co-founders Juan Correa and chef Erik Ramirez (pictured) opened the original in Brooklyn in 2015, earning plaudits […]
Maverick chef Marc Wilkinson has reopened his extraordinary one-man restaurant Fraiche at a secret address near the Shropshire market town of Oswestry – and with only eight seats, it is even smaller than before. To start with, while Marc develops the wine list, diners are invited to bring their own bottles with no corkage fee – […]
L’Atelier Robuchon is making a return to London, five years after closing down following the death its founder, the great French chef Joël Robuchon. The new restaurant is scheduled to open on 14 September in Clarges Street, Mayfair, on the site now occupied by its more casual stablemate Comptoir Robuchon. Head chef of the reopened […]
Here’s our regular round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 13th August 2023. ***** The Times “Two people at the top of their game. Near perfection.” Chitra Ramaswamy awarded what we believe to be her first 10/10 across the board this week, dining at Eòrna, a “tiny-in-numbers, […]
