Former Smithfield bar Oriole is reopening this month in Covent Garden with a significantly upgraded restaurant serving Latin American-influenced dishes – and live jazz music as an added extra. The operation has run as pop-up called Prelude this summer, and launches next week in its new home in St Martin’s Courtyard, Slingsby Place. Guests are […]
Kinkally, a new restaurant and bar inspired by the food of Georgia in the Caucasus Mountains, opens in Fitzrovia’s foodie enclave of Charlotte Street next Wednesday (6 December). Named after ‘khinkali’ – large meat-filled twisted dumplings from Georgia that are massively popular throughout the former Soviet region – the venture is a first restaurant from […]
Kudu Collective, the South African-flavoured restaurant group based in southeast London, kicks off a reshuffle next week with the transfer of its Smokey Kudu cocktail bar to Chelsea – its first venture into west London. The 30-cover bar opens on Tuesday 12 April inside the RIXO vintage-inspired fashion store in the King’s Road, having vacated its […]
A Ukrainian bar specialising in “nalivka”, or infused vodkas, has opened in Tottenham Street, Fitzrovia. Pinch also serves themed cocktails, such as the Kharkiv and the Kyiv mule, and a tapas-style menu of snacks and simple dishes. Conceived as a “modern take on traditional Ukrainian heritage”, Pinch has been launched by Yana Galiyeva and her […]
More exciting cocktail news this week as Flemings Mayfair announces a new drinks list inspired by the forthcoming film release of Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express. These literary libations are now available at the hotel’s art deco Manetta’s Bar, which can be accessed via a new entrance on Clarges Street. L’Oriental: A scarlet-red aperitif, L’Oriental […]
Richard Corrigan’s “opulent” fine dining HQ, Corrigan’s Mayfair, will add to its appeal with a new standalone bar launching in late June. Dickie’s Bar is a collaboration between the Irish chef, Gregory Buda from The Dead Rabbit, New York – voted the World’’s Best Bar (World’’s 50 Best, 2016) and Richard Ryan, founder of Drinksology. The […]
An unusual and eccentric take on Indian dining is coming to the Old Brompton Road next month in the form of Flora Indica, a new restaurant, bar and lounge opening on 15 July. The ground floor will comprise a 30-seater cocktail lounge, while the lower-ground floor dining room can seat up to 70. Private dining is also available, with […]
Go the traditional route Mac & Wild W1 Available 23-30 January 2016 £35 pp If it’s fine Highland produce you’re after this Burns’ Night, look no further than Fitzrovia’s new(ish) star, from the folks behind pop-up sensation The Wild Game Company. Mac & Wild will be celebrating the Scottish bard Robbie Burns for a whole […]
The Jones Family Project has just launched a new sharing Negroni cocktail – and we’re offering you the chance to try one for free! Take a friend along to this welcoming bar and grill in trendy Shoreditch and split a fruit-infused Negroni (London’s fashionable drink of the moment) served in a porthole-shaped container. Officially the […]
