Former Typing Room chef Lee Westcott will next week unveil the first of his two restaurants at a new luxury hotel and rewilding scheme at Selsdon on the southern outskirts of London. Vervain, billed as an all-day dining room, opens next Thursday (13 April) at Birch, which has replaced the former Selsdon Park Hotel and […]
A former Co-op shop in a village near Balmoral rescued by King Charles is to reopen this month as an upmarket fishmonger/restaurant, part of Swiss art dealers Manuela and Iwan Wirth’s growing Artfarm hospitality group. Fish Shop at Ballater, in Royal Deeside on the edge of the Cairngorms National Park, will serve fish ethically sourced […]
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 […]
Ploussard, a new neighbourhood restaurant and natural wine bar, opens tomorrow (1st April) in Battersea Rise, close to Clapham Common. Named after a relatively obscure wine grape from the Jura, Ploussard serves a list of low-intervention and natural wines – including, yes, a Côte de Julien made from ploussard – alongside a seasonal menu that […]
Former Gordon Ramsay chef Tamer Hassan is to open an ambitious Asian restaurant in Sunderland which he is pitching as “Victorian glamour meets downtown Tokyo”. Hidden Lotus will occupy part of the Grade II listed late-Victorian Sheepfolds Stables, scheduled to open after renovation later this year under the city’s £500million riverside masterplan. The restaurant will […]
Hot-shot chef Tom Sellers opens his latest restaurant tomorrow (1st April) – Story Cellar off Neal’s Yard in Covent Garden, a counter-and-basement spot inspired by Parisian brasseries. As the name suggests, it is an offshoot of his celebrated flagship, Restaurant Story near Tower Bridge, which celebrates its tenth anniversary this year with a makeover and a […]
The Gurkhas, a new restaurant serving an “elevated” take on traditional Nepalese cooking, opens in Fitzrovia on Tuesday next week (28 March). The team behind The Gurkhas make an interesting combination: founder Shrabaneswor Rai is Nepalese, but is best-known as the co-owner of Japanese restaurant Hot Stone in Islington and new Japanese opening Kibako in […]
Mano Mayfair, billed as a “swanky Brazilian fusion bar and restaurant“, returns to a permanent address in Mill Street next Friday (31 March), having occupied a perch in nearby Heddon Street last year. Brazilian TV chef Rafa Gomes, who has restaurants in Rio and Paris, is behind the menu, taking over from Luciana Berry, who […]
Floating seafood operation London Shell Co is to open its first land-based site next week – a combined fishmonger and seafood bar off Parliament Hill in Highgate. Brother-and-sister team Leah and Harry Lobek launched the business in 2016, and now run two canal barges – the Prince Regent, which serves meals while cruising through London, and the […]
Kibako, billed as a ‘modern Japanese restaurant’ featuring presentation boxes of exquisite small dishes, opened this week in Windmill Street, Fitzrovia. Taking over the site formerly occupied by Rai, Kibako is from the team behind Hot Stone in Islington’s Chapel Market, highly praised in the 2023 Harden’s Guide for its “high-quality Kobe beef, sushi and […]
