The Ivy WC2 Menus from £54 pp Richard Caring’s famous Theatreland idol – now the original of a fast expanding brand – emerged from a massive overhaul too late to be rated (just before the survey closed). Too often a let down in recent years, a handful of first-days reports say its “beautiful refurb” is “superb in every detail” […]
After launching the Ivy Market Grill in 2014 and the Ivy Chelsea Garden earlier this year, Richard Caring has further expanded his most bankable brand. His restaurant group Caprice Holdings have snapped up the former site of Pavilion in Kensington – a surprisingly short-lived venture by Foxton’s estate agency founder Jon Hunt and chef Adam […]
This week saw a double helping of reviews for Richard Caring’s latest Mayfair venture, the lavishly appointed and ludicrously (yet somehow brilliantly) named Sexy Fish. Both the Evening Standard’s Grace Dent and the Telegraph’s Joseph Connolly paid the Berkeley Square newcomer a visit, and opinion was very much divided. Grace, being the meeja dahling that […]
Richard Caring’s hotly-anticipated new venture on Berkeley Square officially opens today (19 October). It has been almost a year and a half since the restaurateur’s Caprice Holdings group snapped up the Mayfair site and for much of that time a shroud of secrecy has surrounded the restaurant. Even the name was not announced until quite […]
Theatreland fixture The Ivy reopens today (1 June) after a major refurb which sees the renewal of almost everything – with the exception of the iconic stained glass windows. The landmark restaurant turns 100 in 2016, and it seems that Richard Caring’s Caprice Holdings plan to have the old girl looking her best for the centenary celebrations. […]
Sitting pretty alongside Bentley and Bugatti, members’ clubs and haute couture, Richard Caring’s latest (as-yet-unnamed) venture opens in Berkeley Square this September. The restaurateur snapped up the piece of prime real estate, on the site of a former Nat West bank, last year. According to Caprice Holdings the large, 200-cover, dining spot will be another […]
Ahead of its restaurant reopening on 1 June, Theatreland fixture The Ivy has launched its new-look private dining room. Diehard fans will be pleased to hear (and see from these images) that the old girl’s trademark harlequin stained-glass windows and dark oak panelling remain. However there are a few fresh touches. Designed by Martin Brudnizki Design Studio, […]
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 […]
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, […]
On Tuesday, the world will raise a glass to St Patrick’s Day – a celebration of Ireland and its rich cultural history, but mostly a time to drink too much Guinness. For those who would rather not spend 17 March down the pub, Harden’s has got some great suggestions on where you can tuck into some […]
