Notting Hill

• Bollywood's Karan Johar turned away from Notting Hill restaurant

  

  Having 12.5 million followers on Instagram isn't enough to get you a table for dinner in London unless you've reserved somewhere. That's what Bollywood filmmaker Karan Johar discovered this week when he attempted to charm his way into a Notting Hill restaurant.

  In a post on Instagram yesterday KJo, who was out and about with actress Sara Ali Khan, is shown trying to get into a place that, following a bit

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• Patty & Bun bring burgers to Notting Hill

  

  Burger slingers Patty & Bun have reached two digits with their latest opening - the newest in Notting Hill will be their 10th restaurant in London

  They've opened on Portobello Road (taking over from a Kurt Geiger shop) and will be selling the usual burgers that have made them one of the best burgers in

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• The Residency brings music and a veggie-friendly menu to Notting Hill

   

  Notting Hill is getting a new music-led restaurant and bar in the shape of The Residency. 

  It's opening on Westbourne Grove (taking over from the Gourmet Burger Kitchen site) and is promising a veggie-friendly menu with influences by both European & Caribbean cuisines by Head Chef Carniel Francis (previously Bentley's and Berners Tavern). On that menu, you'll find

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• Test Driving The Princess Royal - Notting Hill meets The Med

  

  Cubitt House, the people behind The Thomas Cubitt and many other London pubs, have unveiled The Princess Royal in Notting Hill with a menu by Ben Tish. We head west for a look... 

• The Princess Royal

  Notting Hill pub from the Cubitt House group

• Notting Hill’s Walmer Castle to reopen as a Scottish restaurant and whisky bar

  

  While there was a lot of buzz about David Beckham and Guy Ritchie buying Notting Hill’s Walmer Castle pub in 2018, it was quietly taken over by entrepreneur and hotelier Piers Adam in February 2022. Adams already co-owns The Punch Bowl with Ritchie and is probably best known for his clubs like Mahiki.

  The pub will reopen in collaboration with Scotland’s oldest whisky hotel, The Craigellachie, to feature

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• The Act sees London's theatreland hit Notting Hill with a live singing bar

  

  The people behind Soho's Freedom Bar and Soho Residence are heading west to Notting Hill for their next, The Act. As the name hints, it'll be a little more than a standard bar, being dubbed a "theatre bar".

  So what exactly is a theatre bar in practice? Apparently, you can expect "live vocals from London’s top chanteurs" and they'll also have pop-up appearances from London stage shows too. All that sounds great particularly if you're a

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• The Princess Royal in Notting Hill is a new pub for Cubitt House and Ben Tish

   

  28/2/22 - Updated with the opening date and menu details

  Recently Ben Tish left his Fitzrovia restaurant Norma and joined up with pub group Cubitt House to completely revamp their food offering (in a role not too dissimilar to the one he had at Salt Yard). As part of this, he's been overhauling the food in pubs like The Coach Makers Arms in Marylebone (together with

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• The Ledbury is reopening

  

  Updated 7/2/22 with reopening date and booking info

  The Ledbury was one of the first casualties of the first lockdown back in 2020, with Brett Graham making a somewhat abrupt decision not to reopen. Ever since, however, there have been rumours of its reopening and now it's actually

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• Portobello Schoolyard is Notting Hill's new Saturday food & drink market

  

  A new Saturday food market is coming to Notting Hill and it does sound very promising. It'll be taking over the grounds of Vicente Cañada Blanch Spanish School, hence the market's name - Portobello Schoolyard.

  They already have a few impressive debuts lined up for the market. It'll be the first time you'll be able to buy Phil Howard's OTTO

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• La Brasseria head to Notting Hill with their Italian luxe trattoria

  

  You may have been busy this summer visiting old London restaurant haunts, making up for lost dining time during lockdown. While it’s been a mixed bag of emotions seeing who’s still standing and who is still sadly boarded up, the inspirational openings keep coming. We’re happy to see that lovers of Italian food can still get their fix at Marylebone’s La Brasseria Milanese, which first opened back in May 2018. Now the owners,

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• Test Driving Sunday in Brooklyn - NYC's pancake brunch hits Notting Hill

   

  They're already becoming well known for their huge pancakes, but what's the rest of brunch at Sunday in Brooklyn like? We went to Notting Hill to find out. 

• Buvette

  NYC restaurant comes to Notting Hill

• New York restaurant Sunday in Brooklyn is coming to Notting Hill

  

  Sunday in Brooklyn has been a big hit in New York - and they're the latest NYC restaurant to make a splash in Notting Hill. They'll have dishes from the original restaurant (including the famed pancakes) and a big focus on brunch. 

• Test Driving Sumi - superlative sushi in Notting Hill

  

  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.