The landmark Regency Café in Westminster has been put up for sale at £170,000 – but the landlord, Westminster Council, says its future is safe. Hailed as a “post-War gem” in the new 2025 Harden’s guide, the greasy-spoon has barely changed since it was opened in 1946 – and is “still as great as it ever […]
Indian restaurant Mathura in the Old Westminster Fire Station reopens today (11 October) under a new name as Yaatra – less than a year after its launch. The venue in Greycoat Place served its final meals as Mathura on Saturday night. Mathura was billed as high-profile chef Atul Kochhar’s most ambitious venture yet when it […]
Open for just a few weeks each year during the House of Lords recess, this dining room at the Palace of Westminster will admit members of the public from 18 September-6 October. Peers’ Dining Room is taking bookings for lunch only via ResDiary from 19 August. A new three-course lunch menu using seasonal British ingredients […]
The Cinnamon Collection’s Vivek Singh and José Pizarro (Bermondsey’s José and Pizarro, and José Pizarro in the City) will team up on 19 July, integrating José’s trademark classic Spanish style with Vivek’s modern Indian cooking. This is the only evening in a series of dinners at Westminster’s impressive Cinnamon Club where both chefs will collaborate on all five-courses. […]
A collaborative dinner between Texture chef-patron Aggi Sverrisson and The Cinnamon Collection’s (Cinnamon Club et al) Vivek Singh will fuse modern Indian and Icelandic cuisines. Sounds interesting? Tickets are now available for this one-off collaboration at the Cinnamon Club on 21 June. It is one of a series of guest chef dinners to be held at the grand Westminster […]
Westminster’s “majestic” nouvelle Indian, The Cinnamon Club, reopens this week following a £1 million renovation ahead of its 15th birthday celebrations in March 2016. It has long been the jewel in Vivek Singh’s restaurant empire crown (which includes Cinnamon Soho and Cinnamon Kitchen) thanks to its extraordinary location in the Grade II listed former library building […]