Now we can reveal the survey result everyone’s been waiting for…Our annual, 2017, restaurant survey included for the first time a category for that most vital and celebrated of occasions: the afternoon tea. Although some Yorkshiremen claim (with rightful pride in the legendary Betty’s) that “thou gets best posh cuppa ‘up north”, this is a corner […]
AA Gill is thoroughly unimpressed by Shaftesbury Avenue’s new Chinese hotpot restaurant Shuang Shuang – an “anxiety-inducing concept” where diners are asked to assemble their own soup from a conveyor belt of ingredients. It’s making The Sunday Times critic nostalgic for the days of turtle soup terrines, Michael Winner, and drinks trolleys… “This is by […]
In the well-heeled environs of Mayfair, just around the corner from Claridge’s, a new socially-conscious restaurant project supporting social mobility. Spring Workshop, is an all-day café and evening bar, but it is also a community hub offering apprenticeships and work experience (irrespective of background), literacy events and a coffee training scheme for homeless people. Open […]
Simon Rogan officially launched his new chef’s table experience Aulis at Fera at Claridge’s, in Mayfair, today (7 January). The space is located adjacent to the main kitchen at Fera, and functions not only as a development kitchen for chefs, but also as an exclusive, intimate and interactive private dining room for diners. The six-seat […]
How odd. You might think that Claridge’s – foreign royalty’s London home-from-home – would be the very last place you’d find P R O G R E S S. But we think history may well record that their latest dining room, Fera, launched last week, was ‘revolutionary’. Why? First, we need to […]
