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 […]
Pizza Pilgrims will open their second London branch in Kingly Court, off Carnaby Street, today (28 July). The new restaurant – a Pizzeria & Frigittoria – will offer the Dean Street original’s signature pies plus new dishes and specials. Also on the menu; arancini stuffed with slow-cooked ragu and mozzarella and Pizza Fritta – deep fried calzones […]
From the team behind Wahaca, the bright and buzzy Mexican street food chain, comes an all new venture to Brick Lane’s Old Truman Brewery. Well, we say all new, the concept is still very much centred on Mexican food, but with a (now commonplace) American twist. The US influences at DF/Mexico, which opened on 24 […]
With its Cornhill location, Silk & Grain – which has launched on the former site of The Door – could prove a handy hang-out for City types. The menu remains very steak-focused (although now more British than Argentinean), but the owners have gone all-out on the bar and cocktail menu, hoping to make the bar as […]
Italian burger brand Ham Holy Burger is to open its first UK outlet in a new ‘social space’ this week at the flagship John Lewis store in Oxford Street. Ham Holy Burger has four sites in its homeland (in Milan and Rome). Launching alongside the burger bar is a restaurant from the company’s sister pizza brand, […]
A French import that’s been pleasing Londoners with its pâtisserie and café au lait since 2000, Paul has unveiled an all-day brasserie In Covent Garden. Le Restaurant de Paul is the company’s first foray into full-on dining and opened on 15 July. The menu features brasserie favourites such as coq au vin and confit de canard alongside […]
Hot on the heels of Caterina55, another Italian restaurant Scarpetta has launched in the City this month. Now open in Cannon Street, the casual dining spot offers ‘artisan pasta’ to eat in and takeaway for the busy City bunch working around Bank. Founded by Uberto Jasson D’Oria and Patrick Philion, Scarpetta offers a range of fresh pastas […]
In the UK they are almost as ubiquitous as Starbucks or McDonald’s, now PizzaExpress will be rolled-out across China, following a £900m buyout by a Chinese private equity firm. The chain, founded in London’s Soho back in 1965, has more than 500 outlets across the country and has inspired the biggest European restaurant sector deal of […]
With the Scottish independence referendum imminent, who knows what the future may hold? Perhaps the next time we travel to visit our northern neighbours we will need to go armed with passports? Edinburgh is a particular highlight for those who love eating out, being the best-provided dining conurbation outside the Smoke. So just in case […]
