Upscale Japanese omakase restaurant Hannah, in the former County Hall building on the South Bank of the Thames, has relaunched as Donabe Hannah – London’s first Japanese claypot cooking specialist – with a new wood-fire concept to follow in Stratford, East London. Hannah won increasing recognition over a seven-year run for its Kyoto-style tasting menus under former […]

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Peckham’s Forza Wine, which started out as a supper club 11 years ago, is to take over a large terrace at the National Theatre as the South Bank arts centre consolidates its push to become a serious drinking and dining destination. The 160-cover venue is scheduled to open on the theatre’s northwest terrace in September. […]

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London’s National Theatre is to have a new seafood brasserie complete with a marble-topped oyster bar featuring a display fridge of smoked salmon and eel. Named after Denys Lasdun, the architect who designed the Brutalist-style South Bank arts complex, the Lasdun is scheduled to open in May. The project is a co-production between the KERB, […]

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