It is Wednesday lunchtime and Sam’s Riverside near Hammersmith Bridge in West London is packed, including a private celebration in the 18-seat private dining room to one side. A young couple who walk in on the off chance of a table are disappointed to find none available – but are quite happy to eat lunch at […]
Highly regarded Hammersmith independent The Carpenter’s Arms has been acquired by Jack Greenall, scion of the Lancashire brewing dynasty who also owns The Surprise near Chelsea Physic Garden and the Walmer Castle in Notting Hill. In Black Lion Lane off the St Peter’s Square Regency enclave, the Carpenter’s is regularly listed in the annual Harden’s […]
The River Café, Ruth Rogers’s iconic Italian restaurant overlooking the Thames near Hammersmith, has opened a café next door – and yes, they’ve called it The River Café Café. The new café, which launched this week, is open every day from 9am until 10pm (4pm Sundays, closed on Mondays), serving an all-day Italian menu prepared by […]
Two prominent chef-led neighbourhood restaurants in London are to close after more than a decade. Chef-patron Bryn Williams will serve his last dinner at Odette’s in Primrose Hill tomorrow, 25 May, while L’Amorosa near Hammersmith will close its doors on 13 July. Announcing that he had sold Odette’s after 16 years, Bryn said “It’s been […]
A new competitively priced fish restaurant in Hammersmith could be the first of several across London if it is well received. Faber is the culmination of an East End lockdown seafood project from Matt Ward and Anthony Pender. The new restaurant takes its name from Zeus Faber, the Latin for John Dory, and its menu […]
West London restaurateur Sam Harrison is opening a café just a few doors from his smart Hammersmith flagship, Sam’s Riverside, which overlooks the Thames. Sam’s Kitchen, which launches in April, has taken over what used to be Café Plum in Crisp Street, and is described by Sam as “the perfect little local corner café”, serving […]
High-profile West London-based restaurateur Sam Harrison has said he might close his popular new restaurant, Sam’s Riverside, by Hammersmith Bridge, after being forced to remove a marquee for outdoor dining by the local council. He said the move was costing the business £15,000 in lost trade a week and had forced him to cancel 50 […]
An ambitious new restaurant serving a menu of “micro-seasonal” dishes opened this week in an 18th-century baroque mansion hidden among the high-rise modern buildings of Hammersmith roundabout, a few steps from the bus and tube stations. Cellar occupies the ground floor and terrace of grade II listed Bradmore House, which was transformed three years ago […]
Noted west London Italian restaurant L’Amorosa finally reopened this week after a catalogue of disasters forced a complete overhaul of its premises, extending its closure well past lockdown. Chef-patron Andy Needham, a former head chef at Zafferano near Knightsbridge, has won consistent high ratings since opening L’Amorosa eight years ago. The latest Harden’s Best UK […]
Restaurateur Sam Harrison – who owned Sam’s Brasserie in Chiswick and Harrison’s in Balham, until both sites were sold to Foxlow in 2015 – has announced plans to open a new restaurant and bar in February 2019 as part of the major rejuvenation project of Riverside Studios in Hammersmith, west London. Facing the Thames with […]
