Mitch Tonks (right in picture) is taking over the site of Mark Hix’s (left) Oyster and Fish House in Lyme Regis, which he will relaunch next year as part of his growing Rockfish group. Mark will close the restaurant after 16 years on 7 December. He lost his London restaurant empire during the Covid pandemic, […]
One of the capital’s most popular fish and seafood restaurant concepts of the past decade, London Shell Co, is to abandon its distinctive floating barges, switching focus to dry land. The Grand Duchess static barge moored in Paddington Basin will run its last service tomorrow (28 September), while the Prince Regent will make its final […]
Chef Tom Brown is to close his highly rated restaurant Cornerstone in Hackney Wick, citing rising costs and diners’ changing preferences. Instead, he will focus on Pearly Queen, the more relaxed fish restaurant he opened in Shoreditch last November. Launched in 2018, Cornerstone is one of the most lauded restaurants of the past decade and […]
The chef duo behind popular Finsbury Park food pub The Plimsoll will next month open an ‘Iberian fish bar’, Tollington’s, in a former chippy nearby. Ed McIlroy and Jamie Allan, who first made their mark as Four Legs at the Compton Arms, are retaining the tiling, formica floors and fish fryers at the venue, which […]
Eyebrows were raised and heads were scratched when Alex Hunter announced that his hit seafood ‘chef’s table’ restaurant, The Sea The Sea in London’s East End, was to close down at the end of March. The stylish 14-seater chef’s table – which Alex describes as “a Bond villain’s lair” – will then turn into a venue for […]
Hackney seafood superstar The Sea The Sea will cease trading in its current form at the end of March, pivoting to a new role hosting pop-ups and residencies with the departure of launch chef Leandro Carreira. Launched in summer 2021, the 14-seater chef’s table inside a Haggerston railway arch attracted rave reviews for its 11-course […]
A new competitively priced fish restaurant in Hammersmith could be the first of several across London if it is well received. Faber is the culmination of an East End lockdown seafood project from Matt Ward and Anthony Pender. The new restaurant takes its name from Zeus Faber, the Latin for John Dory, and its menu […]
An ambitious Greek seafood specialist opens next week in Marylebone. Kima – meaning ‘wave’ – is the latest restaurant from Andrews Labridis and Nikos Roussos (pictured), the duo behind nearby Opso and the Soho gastrobar Ino. Meals at Kima are structured around a central fish counter: guests choose a fish and the kitchen transforms it into a […]
Jersey-born chef Joe Baker is to open a wood-fired grill restaurant celebrating the island’s seafood and produce in St Helier, the capital, later this month. Pêtchi – which means ‘try to catch a fish’ in Jèrriais, or Jersey French – will occupy the first and second storeys of the historic Liberty Wharf building overlooking Liberation […]
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 […]
