Former Ottolenghi head chef Esra Muslu opens her first London restaurant next week, based on Istanbulite home cooking including recipes and traditional methods handed down by her mother. Zahter, named after a wild herb in the thyme family that grows in southern Turkey, is conceived as Esra’s “love letter” to her native country. It occupies […]
Queen of cupcakes and afternoon tea Bea Vo (Bea’s of Bloomsbury) branched out into American diner fare last year when she opened Stax in Carnaby Street’s Kingly Court. Now the restaurateur has announced a second US-inspired burger and diner joint Boondocks, slated to arrive this spring just behind Moorfields Eye Hospital in Shoreditch. The new […]
Significant changes have been introduced at Mikael Jonsson’s outer Chiswick open-kitchen venture Hedone. The lauded “truly staggering!” restaurant – which snagged a coveted place on the Harden’s top 10 gastronomic experiences in London list this year – has reopened after a short closure without a conventional menu and also sans a few seats. Only 24 […]
The Lockhart’s Brad McDonald brings his talents (and authentic Deep South cooking) to Soho with a new BBQ-focused restaurant Shotgun; Matt Whiley (AKA The Talented Mr Fox) put together the cocktail list. This latest slice of Americana to hit London opened in the growing restaurant hub that is Kingly Street (just off iconic Carnaby Street). […]
This perennially popular small chain of cool Mumbai-style cafés is set to open Dishoom Carnaby on Kingly Street in Soho this October. As with the group’s other three outposts (King’s Cross, Shoreditch and Covent Garden) the restaurant will provide a surprisingly genuine homage to the old Irani cafés of Bombay. It includes a Permit Room […]
The hotly anticipated Korean restaurant Jinjuu is slated to open next week in Soho, just off Carnaby Street. It’s one that we here at Harden’s have had our eye on for a few months now as it was originally due to launch in the latter half of 2014 but suffered a few delays, as restaurant […]
A kickstarter-funded café from YouTube cupcake queen, Jemma Wilson, opens today (16 December) in growing restaurant hub, Kingly Court. Located just off Carnaby Street, the complex already houses the like of Pizza Pilgrims, Wright Brothers and Señor Ceviche, with more to come in the New Year. This week Kingly Court’s newest tenant is Crumbs & […]
Another pop-up restaurant has gone permanent. Peruvian BBQ and street food concept Señor Ceviche has found its first full-time home in Kingly Court, just off Carnaby Street. It will join Whyte & Brown, Wright Bros, Pizza Pilgrims and many more in this now quite decent restaurant hub, which sandwiched between the rush of Regent Street’s shop and […]
Pizza Pilgrims will open their second London branch in Kingly Court, off Carnaby Street, today (28 July). The new restaurant – a Pizzeria & Frigittoria – will offer the Dean Street original’s signature pies plus new dishes and specials. Also on the menu; arancini stuffed with slow-cooked ragu and mozzarella and Pizza Fritta – deep fried calzones […]
America may not be a country exactly known for its subtlety, but even by their standards the 4th of July is a major occasion. It’s big, loud and brash, and so is the food that goes with it – food London seems to have fallen head-over-heels in love with. Our passion for cheeseburgers, BBQ ribs […]
