The Gladwin brothers – the trio behind London’s “quirky” faux rustic Notting Hill spot The Shed and Chelsea’s Rabbit – will open up their family run vineyards to the general public for the first time from May. Visitors to Nutbourne in West Sussex can take part tastings and see how the grape goes from the vine to bottle to […]
D&D London’s Le Pont de la Tour may have “sensational” Tower Bridge views but our reporters noted a lack of passion food-wise in last year’s survey. Perhaps a new partnership is just the (ahem) caffeine injection the restaurant needs? The South Bank icon has teamed up with ethical coffee brand CRU Kafe to introduce a range […]
Scottish pop-up Dram & Smoke is migrating east for spring with a five week stint in a former sofa factory by the riverside in Hackney Wick. Previous projects included sold out runs in a steelyard in Vauxhall and a leather tannery in London Bridge. Their spring project will feature the same Highland hospitality and, of course, […]
The end of April also marks the end of native oyster season (until September anyway!), so with that in mind Harden’s has teamed up with one of London’s best bivalve bars, Bentley’s Bar & Grill. We’re offering one lucky reader and their guest the chance to win a meal for two at the Piccadilly restaurant, […]
Exciting news from the world of London cocktail clubs, the Experimental Group (behind Chinatown’s ‘so-hip-you-can-hardly-find-it’ drinking den The Experimental Cocktail Club) is opening a Shoreditch site. The new bar Joyeux Bordel will launch on Curtain Road on 16 April. Young Turk Daniel Willis – now of The Clove Club – is consulting on the music. It’s […]
The Columbo Group – the folks behind Shoreditch and Camden’s Texan BBQ joints The Blues Kitchen – have just announced a third outpost coming to south London. The group has purchased the Electric Social in Brixton and will develop the site with a view to opening the restaurant and bar in autumn 2015. This will be the third […]
Harden’s, the country’s most authoritative restaurant guide, today (31 March) launched its 25th annual survey of diners. Our London pocket guide and companion volume, Harden’s UK Restaurants, are based on one of the most detailed annual surveys of restaurant-goers in the UK. Over 6,250 people took part last year, contributing some 65,000 reports on more than 3,000 restaurants across […]
Many of our reporters feel that it’s time for “a complete overhaul” at old Theatreland favourite, The Ivy. However that once-idolised restaurant’s name still carries sufficient cachet for Caprice Holdings to aim to expand the brand across London. Late last year saw the launch of The Ivy Market Grill, a stone’s throw from the original in Covent Garden, […]
From its inauspicious roots as a Brixton Market pizzeria, Franco Manca – as famous for its queues as it is for its sourdough crust – has built an enviable restaurant empire. So enviable in fact that David Page’s Fulham Shore wants to buy it. The restaurant group behind The Real Greek (which saw an uptick in positive […]
“Foodie hipster heaven” The Clove Club will become the first UK restaurant to charge diners who cancel their reservations less than 24 hours in advance or fail to show up at all. From April restaurant-goers who make bookings at the old Shoreditch Town Hall dining room will be required to register their debit or credit […]
