Soho House will launch a new restaurant at London’s latest ‘Midtown’ hotel, The Hoxton Holborn, this week – Brooklyn-style grill Hubbard & Bell. The 95-cover restaurant, cafeÌ and bar takes its name from Alexander Graham Bell and his wife Mabel Gardiner Hubbard, as the Grade II building was formerly BT headquarters. Head chef Tim Fuller, previously […]
You’ve read our picks for the best Vietnamese restaurants in London, now here’s your chance to try one first hand. Harden’s has teamed up with Pho to offer you the chance to win dinner for two and a bottle of wine at their new restaurant in St Paul’s One New Change Centre. Enjoy moreish Vietnamese […]
A new Hawaiian restaurant in Dalston has seemingly done the impossible. It has managed to open its doors without a single pineapple burger or pizza on the menu. The Pond, brought to us by the chaps behind Beavertown Brewery and Duke’s Brew & Que, is housed within an old warehouse. The menu, which – attention […]
Vietnamese restaurant group Pho is growing apace with the addition of another City site – the One New Change shopping centre near St Paul’s, also home to Jamie’s Barbecoa and Gordo’s Bread Street Kitchen. Opening on the former site of a Caffe Concerto, it will be the company’s twelfth outlet and the largest to date, with 110-covers and […]
Morgans Hotel Group – named after the New York boutique hotel established by the legendary Ian (Studio 54) Schrager 30 years ago – has launched its first Mondrian hotel outside the US. Where? London, of course. The Mondrian London arrived at Sea Containers House on the South Bank in August, with its restaurant opening on 30 September. The […]
The expansion of Porky’s BBQ is fairly picking up speed with the announcement of its second new site this year. An outpost of the barbecue joint, specialising in American-style smoked meats, arrived on the South Bank’s Globe Walk in June and now another restaurant is planned for late October. This latest Porky’s will open in the Boxpark […]
London’s love affair with the all-American barbecue continues with the launch of a new rib shack in South Kensington on 12 September. Crib de Rib is a restaurant, cocktail bar and private dining venue, serving short rib of beef – marinated for 24 hours before being slow cooked, then charcoal roasted – as well as […]
A new all-day café, Fields – big sister to Balham’s much-loved M1LK – is coming to Clapham at the end of September. This latest offering from Julian Porter and Lauren Heaphy will open not far from Clapham Common, next to the skate park on Rookery Road. Bang on trend for eco-friendly foodies, Fields will have […]
Further proof that Soho’s seedy roots are being eradicated. An illegal strip club on Great Windmill Street has been closed down and will be repurposed as a 50-cover restaurant and Folk clothing shop. First-time restaurateur Gordon Ker (pictured) won permission for a change of use of the site and will convert the basement into a […]
Marylebone’s Canvas, which opened six months ago, has closed and relocated to the former site of Le Cercle. Chef/restaurateur Michael Riemenschneider will relaunch the restaurant on 2 September in Wilbraham Place, just off Sloane Square. The new Canvas will not only be bigger (60-80 covers instead of 20) and less central, it will also (crucially) […]
