Soho seafood institution Randall & Aubin will celebrate its 20th birthday in August by rolling prices back to 1996. From Monday 1-Friday 12 August diners can slurp down half a dozen rock oysters and enjoy a glass of the restaurant’s house champagne for just £9.50. Renowned for its seafood, Anglo-French brasserie menu, original Victorian interior, cream tiles […]
In case you’re a bad child and haven’t noticed, this weekend it’s Mothering Sunday. With that in mind Harden’s has the definitive roundup of fab places to show your old ma that all those years making you hold your knife and fork right have paid off at last. Surprise, spoil and delight her with an […]
Fulham’s popular pre-footie gastropub, The Butcher’s Hook (pictured), is expanding its horizons with the launch of a second site in Hammersmith next month. Owner Gus Evans will open his latest venture on 11 August, in the former Ravenscourt Park premises of that cute little boozer The Thatched House (RIP). In the kitchen is John Stanyer, formerly […]
The Editors’ review of Lyle’s A light and bright operation in the School of St John. At last, Quaglino’s to get a refurb D&D London will close the site July-October for a (much-needed) major renovation. Grace Dents finds the food at Ham Yard lacking “But the courtyard is pleasant to get drunk in, […]
After almost coming to a fiery end back in February, Chelsea institution Daphne’s has finally made its comeback. The blaze at the Caprice group restaurant may have been confined to the kitchen vents, with the dining room only suffering smoke damage, but Daphne’s has nonetheless undergone a major refurbishment under designer Martin Brudnizki. This – the Caprice group […]
Yes, it really has been four years since South Africa hosted the World Cup and we all discovered what a vuvuzela was. Now it’s the turn of Brazil. If, like most of us, you’re not planning to make the long trip to South America, never fear, there is still plenty of footy (and foodie) fun […]
