The Araki, a nine-seater Japanese counter in Mayfair that at over £350 a head is Britain’s most expensive restaurant, has been crowned London’s Top Gastronomic Experience at the first ever Harden’s London Restaurant Awards, justifying sushi master Mitsuhiro Araki’s gamble in closing down his Michelin three-star operation in Tokyo to move around the world. He shared the […]
Ben Chapman, founder of one of London’s hottest restaurants of last year – Smoking Goat – is set to open a second Thai BBQ venture in September 2016. Kiln, in Soho’s Brewer Street, will be a ‘side of the road type restaurant’ serving grills and a speciality daily noodle dish. The cooking is inspired by […]
Caprice Holding’s “brilliant”, “friendly” and “glamorous” (the superlatives go on) seafood staple, J Sheekey’s Oyster Bar, will become the J Sheekey Atlantic Bar this summer. With the new name comes a new menu and a revamped, 50-seater dining terrace, launching on 22 June. The menu will include an all-new lobster section (available until 10 September when […]
For the first time in a history that spans almost a century, Richard Caring’s theatre land idol The Ivy is set to open for weekday breakfast from Tuesday 10 May. Executive chef Gary Lee has created a menu featuring English breakfast classics, including a traditional Full English, as well as an entire section dedicated to eggs, where […]
We’ve teamed up with the good people of Twizoo to announce the top 5 trending restaurants on Twitter each week in London. Twizoo is an app that gives restaurant recommendations based on what people are saying on Twitter, and analyses over 50,000 incoming tweets per week to determine which restaurants are attracting the most buzz. […]
Five stars for food from AA Gill?! A rare occurrence indeed. The first British spin-off (in Covent Garden) of Les Halles restaurant Frenchie wows the Sunday Times critic… “Frenchie is that thing I’d almost given up hoping I would see again: a really, really good modern French bistro. Not nostalgic or revisionist, but a sensible, […]
Covent Garden’s “glamorous” – bar attached to the adjacent “doyenne of seafood restaurants” J. Sheekey – will host an all-female guest chef series this spring and summer, in association with Guardian Members. The first three chefs to take up residency in J.Sheekey Oyster Bar‘s kitchen will be Rosie Birkett, Olia Hercules and Anna Jones. Six women have […]
Dazzling City spot, Sushisamba, has announced it will open a second London location in early 2017 – taking over the (rather beautiful) former home of Brasserie Blanc in Covent Garden’s iconic Market Building. Sushisamba Covent Garden will occupy the Opera Terrace, which is located at the top of the Grade II-listed building, comprises a balcony […]
Yet another Japanese-influenced restaurant is due to open in London’s West End this month. Gyoza Bar will launch next door to sushi, sashimi and robata grill spot Murakami in Covent Garden on 15 February. As one might expect from the restaurant’s name the menu features small dishes including gyoza dumplings, ramen and bao buns. Only local […]
A chef who trained at River Cottage and went on to found a supper club with his business partner has announced their first permanent restaurant in Neal’s Yard, Covent Garden. Ivan Tisdall-Downes and Imogen Davis’s game-focused venture, Native, launching in early-February, will specialise in rare-breed meats, wild food and nose-to-tail cooking. Davis and Tisdall-Downes, who previously trained at […]
