Back at the end of November 2023, the ground floor of the redeveloped Arding & Hobbs building at Clapham Junction reopened as Botanica Hall. Now the upper part of the building is getting ready to open, and this part is being billed as "Clapham’s first private members club", The Arding Rooms.
Inside, it looks like the design will benefit from the restored domed atrium of the
...London's pizza game has improved immeasurably in recent years, but there's also a pizzeria just north of the M25 that everyone's been talking about. Gracey's in St Albans has been getting rave reviews, but not every Londoner wants to travel that far for their pizza fix.
But now that's changing as Gracey's have come to London instead. While they've done quick pop-ups before, this is a
...29/11/24 - Updated with opening details
A Dutch burger group is hoping that the London love affair with smash burgers is very much still in the ascendancy. Fat Phill's started life in Amsterdam five years ago and they already have loads of branches in the Netherlands. Here in London, they've picked Clapham Junction as their first UK restaurant.
Looking at what they're serving up in Amsterdam Londoners
...Mahali and Co have been winning a lot of fans over the past few years as both a bakery delivery and catering company, but now they've landed their own place in Battersea.
The duo behind it are Ru-Yan Foong and Miguel Jocson, both pastry chefs who trained in Sydney, who set up Mahali and Co back in 2019. Ru-Yan's CV includes working for Ottolenghi and The Fat Duck while Miguel was head pastry chef at The
...A Hot Dinners exclusive
Islington-based The Tamil Prince has made life a whole lot more tasty for North Londoners, and now it’s South London’s turn. That's right, we're bringing you the exclusive news of the opening of Tamila in Battersea.
Launching on the former site
...They already have a big indoor space in Battersea Power Station, but now Arcade Food Hall are going alfresco too.
They're taking over the Coaling Jetty at the Power Station, which is that huge jetty by the riverside that you'll certainly have seen if you arrived at the Power Station by boat. They'll be making some changes to the jetty, the main one being that they're putting in
...We already knew they were bringing El Pastor to Battersea, but much like their other recent developments, the Harts Group don't just stop at one new opening. It turns out they're opening a second outpost of their Drop bar, previously seen at King's Cross, aptly called Two Drops.
While the original was wine-focused, the aim for this is a little wider.
...13/3/24 - Updated with the opening date and new dishes
The openings at Battersea Power Station are still coming thick and fast. The latest to join an ever-growing number of impressive places to eat and drink there is El Pastor.
This will be the fourth incarnation of El Pastor, which is already in Borough, Soho and King's Cross. If you've yet to come
...This time last year, Dishoom went east to open a restaurant in Canary Wharf and now they're heading south of the river for the first time, to Battersea.
The Battersea Dishoom will be opening right next to the power station, and there's a little of that influence in the design, which is described as "fusing Bombay nostalgia and futurism". For the first time at any of the Dishooms, in a nod to the nearby dogs'
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Just coming off a recent residency at The Sea, The Sea, TATA Eatery's Ana Gonçalves and Zijun Meng are planning their next big thing, Solis, which is opening in the new Arcade food hall in Battersea.
Solis is being billed primarily as a chicken and steak grill, but one with a difference, taking specific influences from Spain,
...The past few years have been quite the rollercoaster for restaurateur and chef Tarell Mcintosh (Chef T). Having survived the pandemic his restaurant Paradise Cove (formerly known as Sugercane) was robbed and then he was eventually forced to call it quits, closing it for good in January.
It was a sorry end for the Caribbean restaurant that received ...
9/8/23 - updated with the opening date
The Table has been open in Southwark for 17 years and now they've finally decided it's time to open a second restaurant, The Table Battersea.
Best known for their brunch, which has been the only menu they've had so far, they're coming to Battersea Rise. The expansion comes as a part of the work needed to bring the original Table
...If you haven’t been to check out all the food options at the rejuvenated Battersea Power Station yet, we’re about to give you another reason. Following on the success of their noodle shop format ...
Breeding like…well, rabbits, the next London site for Four Hundred Rabbits Pizza has just been announced and it’s another win for South London; it’s in Battersea Rise. Already operating outlets in Crystal Palace, the ...
The team behind Other Side Fried are trying something very different for their latest opening - a neighbourhood restaurant and wine bar in Battersea. We went down to try it out.