Chelsea
- The best restaurants in Kensington and Chelsea
From longstanding neighbourhood favourites to more glitzy, new establishments, this part of town has it all. We pick out the best restaurants in Kensington and Chelsea for your delectation.
- Tabisca Italian steakhouse opens in Chelsea
Opening very under the radar between Christmas and New Year in Chelsea is Tabisca, an Italian restaurant which started in Lecce. The original restaurant over there describes its offering as "dishes with particular attention to the flavours of Salento and Puglia".
The restaurant has an enormous menu featuring everything from crostini to meat and cheese platters. But the main focus is meat with
... - Portuguese restaurant Volta do Mar moves to Chelsea
They opened in Covent Garden back in 2019 but now Portuguese restaurant Volta Do Mar have upped sticks and moved to Chelsea.
Opening on Draycott Avenue (taking over the old Bottles Chelsea site) this west London location gives them a new private dining room as well as a small outside terrace when the weather warms up. As for the food, that remains all about the regional cuisine of Portugal,
... - Tom Kerridge is opening the Butcher's Tap and Grill in Chelsea
29/11/23 - updated with the opening date
Tom Kerridge is planning something new for London. The chef has been running Kerridge's Bar & Grill in Corinthia London for nearly five years but for his second place, he's heading west to Chelsea. And this time he's opening a pub.
It's not Kerridge's first pub, of course. He already runs the only two-Michelin-starred
... - Ixchel Mexican restaurant and tequila bar comes to the King's Road
25/10/23 - updated with the opening date
London's Mexican dining scene continues to get ever better with the upcoming restaurant Ixchel in Chelsea.
Headed up by chef Ximena Gayosso Gonzalez, previously at Brat, Ella Canta and Dulce Patria in Mexico City, it features ceviches, tacos and tostadas among other dishes like:
- Sauteed prawn
- Le Deli Robuchon comes to Chelsea, opening on the King's Road
Updated with details of the launch and the opening date
The original Le Deli Robuchon had been pretty popular for a while, but that went into the stratosphere when they launched the (undeniably great) cube croissants which took over TikTok and Instagram. Now they're coming to Chelsea with a second branch on King's Road.
That cube croissant will, of
... - BÓHA London mixes Irish and British influences on the King's Road
A very different kind of British/Irish restaurant has just opened its door in Chelsea that's aiming straight for the luxury end of the London dining scene. BÓHA London has taken over the old Chelsea Lodge site on the King's Road with its restaurant and soon-to-open cocktail bar.
Behind the scenes are a founding team that includes several folk from the drinks business like Jay Bradley CEO of The Craft Irish
... - Lobster roll pop-up kicks off Café Pier's takeover programme in Chelsea
Last month we reported on the revival of an early 20th century cabmen's shelter in Chelsea which had been turned into the diminutive Café Pier. Now the riverside spot is about to get its first pop-up.
Chef Charles Bryant is going to be the first one to take over the space with
... - Café Pier takes over the old cabmen's shelter on Chelsea Embankment
Dotted around the city, cabmen's shelters are a living piece of London's history, dating back to the late Victorian era when cabbies needed somewhere warm to sit and grab a bacon sarnie and a cup of tea. There are still 12 working shelters left in London, with access to those strictly reserved for London's black cab licence holders. But one recently restored shelter in Chelsea is about to open its doors to all
... - 5 food and drink things to look out for in this year's RHS Chelsea Flower Show
If you're heading down to Chelsea for this year's flower show there are a few food and drink themed gardens and displays, along with some new bars and restaurants. Here's our guide.
- A preview visit to The Campaner at Chelsea Barracks
We took in an early doors preview of this new SW1 restaurant, tucked away in the Chelsea Barracks.
- Meat The Fish sees the team behind Mayha opening in Chelsea
Having stormed the Marylebone scene with their sushi spot, Mayha, the Lebanese restaurant group behind that are now gearing up to open Meat The Fish in the heart of Chelsea.
Picked out by the World's 50 Best Discovery list and praised for their amazing sandwiches, Meat The Fish is a grocery delivery service turned restaurant chain that's hoping to serve London with dishes made using the best premium
... - The Campaner at Chelsea Barracks sees Barcelona's Martinez team take on London
Updated 2/5/23 with new opening date
In Barcelona, Terraza Martinez is best known for being the place to enjoy a seafood paella overlooking the sea from their position on the slopes of Montjuic. So it's going to be very interesting to see what the team behind that do with their first London restaurant.
The Campaner (the name means bell ringer in Spanish) is taking over the
... - Andreas on Chelsea Green is opening a new shop, and restaurant Kale Street
For more than a decade Andreas Georghiou and his family have been providing the well-heeled residents of Chelsea and many of London's top chefs with their five-a-day. Now the grocer beloved by the likes of Nigella and Gordon is making plans to expand.
Andreas and his family are getting ready to unveil a brand new grocers shop - they've taken over the building next door to them on Chelsea Green.
... - King's House in Chelsea sees MasterChef winner Dhruv Baker serve up Basque steaks and more
Back in the day, The Jam Tree was quite the King's Road institution. Now its former owner, Ashley Letchford, is back in charge along with Riding House Cafe's Clive Watson. They're relaunching it as new restaurant and bar, King's House.
Anyone who knows the space well (most recently it was The Lost Hours) will remember that one of the big draws is the massive garden at the back. That's now been given a total
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