Top sushi chef Endo Kazutoshi spent lockdown getting this more casual sushi joint ready to open in Notting Hill. We popped along for a look.
Read more: Test Driving Sumi - superlative sushi in Notting Hill
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As of last week, Mayfair had a new pub. But this isn't any old pub, it's a Hedonism Wines pub. The White Horse has taken over the old Hatchett's site on White Horse Street and is the high end wine merchants first public house.
What will you find in a wine-led pub? Well, for starters things like a 1974 Blandy’s Verdelho Madeira, and a Lagavulin distiller’s edition 2005 on the optics.
There are goi…
Read more: The White Horse in Mayfair's Shepherd Market is Hedonism Wine's first wine-led pub
London's Ace Hotel didn't manage to last the pandemic, with confirmation that it had closed permanently back in September. But just because Ace has gone doesn't mean that there won't be a hotel there. Instead - One Hundred Shoreditch will be opening in the space this autumn.
It comes from the group who also own the swanky Pulitzer Amsterdam and London's Sea Containers (that was taken indepe…
Read more: One Hundred Shoreditch takes the place of the Ace Hotel
7/6/21 - updated with opening and menu details
Next up for Tom Kerridge in London, is a very different type of venture. This time he's teaming up with Mark Emms to create Bad Vegan, which will be coming to the top floor of Camden's Buck Street Market.
The "bad" part of the name comes from the fact that although the menu will be predominantly vegan - they will actually have non-vegan si…
If the alto rooftop restaurant at Selfridges wasn't already enough of a draw in this summer months, its latest design iteration should make it practically impossible to get a table there anytime soon.
For the summer, it's been taken over by Dior and given a summery makeover by the fashion house. So the roof has been draped with Dior's toile de Jouy, with new summer seating, parasols and deckchair…
Read more: Selfridges' alto rooftop restaurant gets a Dior makeover for summer
4/6/21 - updated with full details.
Fans of the Kudu group of restaurants and bars will no doubt be thrilled to learn that the team are opening a new restaurant in South East London. The new restaurant in Peckham/Nunhead will be called Kudu Grill and has taken over the old Babette site on Nunhead Lane which was, before that, the Edinburgh Castle pub.
"As South Africans, we can’t resist a good bra…
Read more: Kudu Grill in Peckham will be a new braai restaurant from the Kudu team
We bring you sad news today as the hugely popular return of Stevie Parle to Portobello Dock has played out, it seems. Posting on Instagram last night Parle revealed that his popup restaurant Joy would be closing at the end of this month. And not by choice.
"Sadly, despite our best endeavours and contrary to our expectations we were not given an opportunity to sign a long lease," revealed Parle, "…
Read more: Joy at Portobello is closing at the end of this month
One of the most successful Ivy spin-offs, the Ivy Asia, is opening a second restaurant in London after the wildly successful St Paul's outpost. And yes, this restaurant on the King's Road will indeed have the very Insta-famous onyx floor.…
Updated 4/6/21 with The Night Owl opening date
It's all happening at Finsbury Park. As part of the station's massive redevelopment, there's plenty to look out for with a large new M&S food store, Picturehouse Cinema and Honest Burgers all coming to the station environs.
But that's not all. It looks as though this part of N4 is going to get two new bars, both of which make a big deal of their…
Read more: The Night Owl and Someday Canteen are two new music led bars coming to Finsbury Park
We take a trip out of town to Newbury to try both the inside and alfresco restaurants at The Vineyard in Stockcross - and try a fair few of their Californian wines too... …
Read more: Test Driving The Vineyard at Stockcross - a wine-soaked retreat, both inside and out
After success at London Bridge and with their lockdown deliveries, Where The Pancakes Are is opening a new restaurant in Fitzrovia, filled with all the sweet and savoury pancakes (and Dutch Babies) you could ever want. …
Read more: Fitzrovia is the new answer to Where The Pancakes Are
One of Latin America's top chefs is teaming up with one of the regions top mixologists for a London restaurant and cocktail bar opening that should be as huge as it sounds.…
The latest BAO is coming to Shoreditch and it's something od a departure for the team. This time the main focus will be on noodle bowls, inspired by Taiwanese beef noodle shops (but there will be bao buns too).…
Read more: BAO's next restaurant is a noodle bar in Shoreditch
The people behind the much-loved Diogenes The Dog are opening a new wine bar, with low intervention and natural wine as the focus. …
Read more: Aspen & Meursault is the new Battersea wine bar from Diogenes the Dog
Is this a sign of things to come? We've been hearing on the grapevine about London restaurants operating reduced hours due to staff shortages. In Mayfair, for example, La Petite Maison last week announced it would be temporarily closing on Sundays and Mondays.
Now another Mayfair classic dining spot is joining it. In a post on Instagram last night, Le Gavroche owner Michel Roux Jr announced that,…
Read more: Staff shortages hit Michel Roux Jr's Le Gavroche's legendary set lunch
