Chef Selin Kiazim returns to the London food scene next week with the opening of Turkish restaurant Leydi in the new Hyde hotel near the Old Bailey in Farringdon – 18 months after the closure of her Shoreditch spot Oklava. Selin has vowed to “put Turkish food on the map” with the new venture, saying that […]
Revivalist brewer Jamie Allsopp is opening a new pub in Kensington next month, the Blue Stoops, in the next step of his resurrection of Allsopp’s, the brewery named after his seven times great-grandfather Samuel Allsopp. The brewery was founded almost 300 years ago in Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire – a world leader in the industry – and […]
A new restaurant and bar with one of the most spectacular vistas in London’s West End opens on Monday. The appropriately named Kitty Hawk perches on top of the Page 8 Hotel in St Martin’s Place, with a bird’s-eye view over Trafalgar Square and Nelson’s Column. Kitty Hawk takes over a rooftop site with an […]
Mimosa restaurant at the Langham hotel and the Thames Foyer at the Savoy have closed down – the latter to be replaced by the new Savoy Lounge as the hotel’s venue for afternoon tea. Mimosa opened less than six months ago as a replacement for Michel Roux’s Roux at the Landau, and was the London outpost […]
The brother-and-sister duo behind north London Nigerian tapas spot Chuku’s have revealed ambitious plans to spin the concept out on a national scale with half a million pounds in funding. Emeka (left in picture) and Ifeyinwa Frederick launched Chuku’s – billed as ‘London’s first Nigerian tapas restaurant’ – in Seven Sisters in 2020, after several years experimenting […]
The Royal China restaurant in Baker Street has been fined £360,000 and its licence to sell alcohol revoked after a Home Office raid earlier this year found nine members of staff working illegally. Westminster Council has also banned the restaurant from serving hot food after 11pm and playing music. The May raid on the well-known […]
Well-known Cheshire-based chef Aiden Byrne and his wife Sarah have launched a crowdfunding campaign to open an “intimate” fine-dining restaurant near their home in Knutsford. Due to launch in October, the restaurant will be called Li-Ly and will open for three lunches and four dinner services a week – “creating a work-life balance for us, our […]
A new restaurant opening in Moseley next month promises to serve the first authentic Afghan cuisine in Birmingham. Kabuli has taken over the former site of Greek-Cypriot souvlaki specialist Soufi, which closed after two years. Kabuli’s founder, Farhad Spinzar, was born and grew up in Kabul before moving to Birmingham in 2001. Missing his homeland, […]
The brothers behind Blanchette in Soho have opened a new live-fire grill restaurant in Kingly Court called Goldies. Yannis and Max Alary say: “Combining flame with sustainable local produce, our menu will provide dramatic and smoky sensations, with twists on classic dishes and our twice-fried Goldies frites.” While 10-year-old Blanchette – named after their mother […]
The highly rated pop-up AngloThai duo are to open their first bricks-and-mortar restaurant this autumn, having found a permanent space in Marylebone. AngloThai are Desiree and John Chantarasak, the latter a chef who combines ingredients ‘from a British landscape’ with ‘recipes rooted in Thailand’. Desiree runs a drinks list with a focus on natural and […]
