Celebrated restaurateurs (and, as of 2014, hoteliers too) Chris Corbin and Jeremy King opened their first restaurant outside of central London, in Islington, this week (14 December). The Wolseley-et-al duo, who launched Fischer’s in Marylebone and The Beaumont hotel with its much-lauded Colony Grill Room last year, have taken over the site of Browns (a very grand […]
Looking for the best places to celebrate the New Year in style, watch the fireworks display or perhaps just enjoy a fun night out with friends that doesn’t cost the earth? Look no further, our New Year’s Eve roundup has something for everyone. Then again, perhaps you’ve just pulled off an elaborate financial heist and […]
One of the capital’s most revered Italian restaurants, which celebrated its 25th anniversary in April, will close at the end of December with hopes of relocating. Enoteca Turi, a fixture in Harden’s London guide since 1995, has been serving up “beautifully cooked regional cuisine” plus a wine list “about the size of the Encyclopaedia Britannica” […]
We’ve teamed up with the good people of Twizoo to announce the top 5 trending restaurants on Twitter each week in London. Twizoo is an app that gives restaurant recommendations based on what people are saying on Twitter, and analyses over 50,000 incoming tweets per week to determine which restaurants are attracting the most buzz. Trending Restaurants 3-9 December […]
A new private members club dedicated to wine opened on 7 December on Pall Mall. But if you’re an oenophile and would like to join then, sorry to say, there’s already a waiting list as membership was full some time before the place launched. Housed within Sir Edwin Lutyens’ inimitable former Banking Hall, 67 Pall Mall’s raison […]
Scottish chef Tom Kitchin has followed in the footsteps of a number of fellow high-end restaurateurs by cutting staff hours to improve employees’ quality of life. His Edinburgh restaurants the The Kitchin (pictured) and The Castle Terrace are to close for a week every three months to give staff time off, thereby retaining talent for […]
Not too many reviews in critics’ corner this week with Marina O’Laughlin’s and Fay Maschler’s columns absent from the Guardian and Evening Standard respectively. We shall have to muddle through without their pronouncements and hope for a return next week. Among the reviews that caught our eye were three for D&D London’s latest dining behemoth, […]
To celebrate their fabulous new opening in September this year, The Hour Glass pub is offering you the chance to win a meal for two including a glass of champagne on arrival, three delicious courses and a bottle of house wine. The Hour Glass pub in South Kensington offers everything that a neighbourhood pub should […]
D&D London relaunched its Mayfair Italian Sartoria on 7 December following an extensive three-month refurb’. Even more interesting than the new look, though, is the new chef the group has attracted to head up the kitchen – Francesco Mazzei. The Italian chef has moved from one impressive all-rounder to another, going from the City’s L’Anima to D&D’s […]
What better way to get into the mood for Christmas than by gliding elegantly around London’s longest-standing outdoor ice rink? (Well, in your mind’s eye anyway!) Whether you’re a skating novice or an old hand, the City’s Broadgate, by Liverpool Street station, is the place to wrap up warm and don a pair of skates […]
