More news this week on the hospitality industry’s tipping scandal – but this time it’s actually good. It seems NYC-restauranteur Danny Meyer (Shake Shack, Gramercy Tavern, Maialino, Union Square Cafe) agrees with Harden’s on this one as he’s banned the practice at his New York restaurants. We stated months ago, when this whole furore began, that […]
London restaurants now have an even easier way to accept table reservations thanks to a new partnership between Harden’s, the UK’s leading restaurant guide, and tech start-up Twizoo. Innovative technology developed by Twizoo means that restaurants can automatically take real-time bookings in response to customer tweets, creating the first service globally to offer automatic restaurant bookings […]
We all know the flapping, fluster and general furore that can precede planning a dinner party. Buying candles and napkins, checking you have enough champagne flutes and glasses, choosing the right wines to go with your menu – deciding on a menu in the first place. It is a complex and intricate business. A menu […]
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. Trending […]
We’ve teamed up with TwoRuba to offer one lucky reader the chance to win a bar tab worth £100. Whether your tipple of choice is the ‘YBT’ (You’ve Been Tangoed, a blend of orange and hazelnut delivered under a smoking cloche); ‘The Gentleman’ (perfect for Negroni lovers); a twisted classic; or a champagne creation, there’s […]
Start the New Year with “Breakfast in Bed,” courtesy of Brew in Putney and Harden’s. We’ve teamed up with the new Antipodean café on Lower Richmond Road to bring you the chance to win breakfast for two in one of the restaurant’s Bedouin-inspired beds with exotically coloured blankets and fabrics from Indonesia. Enjoy dishes like Turkish eggs, poached and […]
The results are now in from our annual survey of restaurant-goers – one of the most comprehensive in the UK – and we can reveal which London restaurants are hot (and which are not). This year saw unprecedented growth in the net number of new restaurants opening in the capital (101), beating the previous 2006 […]
The Editors’ review of Heddon Street Kitchen It’s a competent operation but we can’t help but feel Ramsay’s association has inflated prices. Grace Dent can’t find her sea legs at Sea Containers Why would anyone call a restaurant something so “bloody awful”? the Evening Standard’s reviewer wants to know. Tuscan wine dynasty opens […]
Harden’s has teamed up with GOAT and Jack Daniels to bring you the chance to win a table for four at the Chelsea bar and restaurant’s speakeasy event: Fat Sam’s. As well as free entry to the Fulham Road night spot on Friday 18 September, the prize also includes a bottle of Honey Jack Daniels and two […]
Harden’s, the UK’s biggest annual survey of restaurant-goers, is now in its final week. To give you a bit more time to craft your reviews we’ve extended the deadline (for the last time) until 3 July. Each year, Harden’s surveys thousands of ‘ordinary’ diners who contribute reports on restaurants from across the UK. Last year over […]
