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My Manor - Jamie Shears on Notting Hill + most-read stories, next week's events & more...

My Manor - Jamie Shears on Notting Hill + most-read stories, next week's events & more...

 

 

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EDITOR'S LETTER

A great West London doner wrap, the perfect place for a special occasion meal and a really good pub are all in chef Jamie Shears' Notting Hill/Ladbroke Grove recommendations in today's My Manor.

And if you're looking for something fun to do in the next week, check out our events guide below featuring everything from a free pint giveaway to a Hoppers DJs and dosas session.

Catherine, Editor - Hot Dinners

 

MY MANOR

My Manor, Jamie Shears of The Audley shares his favourites places to eat and drink in Notting Hill & Ladbroke Grove

My Manor, Jamie Shears of The Audley shares his favourites places to eat and drink in Notting Hill & Ladbroke Grove

In his day job chef Jamie Shears looks after the food at both The Audley Pub and Mount St Restaurant. He lives in Ladbroke Grove; here are his favourite places to eat and drink close to home. 

Jamie's West London recommendations

 


MOST READ

Catch up on this week's most clicked on features on Hot Dinners.

Catch up on this week's most clicked on features on Hot Dinners.

1. We've had quite a lot of burger news recently, but topping it all was our roundup of the new burgers you need to try right now.

2. On the first day of the month is a good reason to look at what's opening in London in August.

3. James Blunt buying a second pub has been very popular news this week.

4. After popping up in Finsbury Park, Lenny's is getting ready to open in Covent Garden, serving up their New Haven-inspired pizzas.

5. And we rounded up the very best of everything we ate and drank in July.

 


RESTAURANT DEALS

50% off food at Guinness Open Gate Brewery

50% off food at Guinness Open Gate Brewery

Where: Covent Garden

Deal: 50% off food

What's on the menu: Hereford beef shin spring rolls, Guinness-braised beef pie to share, fish & chips with IPA-battered market fish and Hampshire pork T-bone.

Get this deal

Win a copy of hot new Italian cookbook At Home With Nima

Win a copy of hot new Italian cookbook At Home With Nima

Prize: Five copies to be won

What's in the book: Recipes include pappardelle with blue cheese, pear and walnut pangrattato, ham and artichoke lasagne and pistachio tiramisu.

Enter the competition


 

WHAT'S ON

Guinness are giving away pree pints. And yes, we know this isn't a picture of a pint, but bear with us.

The Guinness Open Gate Brewery is giving away 100 pints

 

4 August (Notting Hill) - The Barbary launches its Kitchen Counter wine dinner series with a one-night collaboration with Champagne house Billecart-Salmon. Expect a five-course tasting menu paired with a selection of cuvées, from Brut Réserve to vintage Champagnes, with just 15 seats available. Tickets are £150, including the full wine pairing.

5 August (and 2 September) (King's Cross) - Hoppers is bringing back its Dosa Deep House terrace sessions, pairing sunset DJ sets from emerging South Asian artists with dosas, Sri Lankan curries and signature cocktails. The evenings coincide with the return of Hoppers' limited-edition Kalupol Chicken Bun, with £2 from every sale donated to Feeding the Future.

6 August (Fitzrovia) - LIMA hosts a one-night four-hands dinner as head chef Diego Recarte teams up with former Mirazur R&D chef Milton Fragozo. Expect a seven-course menu featuring dishes such as beef and oyster tartare, warm crab salad and beef short rib, with a Pisco Sour on arrival. Tickets are £90. Book by emailing Enquiry@limalondon.com or calling 020 3002 2640.

7 August (Covent Garden) - Guinness Open Gate Brewery London is marking International Beer Day by giving away 100 free pints from midday at Old Brewer's Yard, with a choice of Guinness, Guinness 0.0 or one of its craft beers.

8-9 August (Canada Water) - KERB Goes East comes to Canada Water's Round The Dock event with a free weekend celebrating East and Southeast Asian street food. Expect more than 50 traders serving everything from Sichuan noodles and Korean tacos to bao buns, bánh mì and Filipino barbecue, alongside live music, lion dancing, taiko drumming and an East Asian makers market. 

For more events going on around London, check out our events diary here

 


NEW AND COMING SOON

JUST OPENED

Wagyu Yakiniku USHIO - Fitzrovia

Wagyu Yakiniku USHIO - Fitzrovia
This is a restaurant that originated in Fukukoa Japan and is specialising in all cuts of Wagyu beef, cooked around a counter, omakase-style.

Uchi Bake - Islington
After success in Clapton, Japanese bakery Uchi has now arrived in Islington, serving beef curry buns, sandos and black sesame lattes.

MORE NEWLY OPENED LONDON RESTAURANTS

OPENING SOON

Marrone - Soho

Marrone - Soho
If you can't resist ordering a tiramisu when you see it on a dessert menu, then this cafe is for you as they're ALL about tiramisu in various flavours. Opens 8 August 2026

Waterhouse - Hackney
After The Water House project closed earlier this year, it's now back in a new form which includes a restaurant, kitchen garden and wine bar. Opens 13 August 2026

PLUS MANY MORE UPCOMING LONDON RESTAURANTS


 

AND DID YOU HEAR?

This week's example of "old man shouts at cloud" saw a popular Instagrammer suggesting that people should have a licence before they review on various social platforms, something we can safely say that none of the (ever-diminishing number of) reviewers working for the old-school press have ever had.

Understandably - although it should be noted, not initially - this eventually got some pushback. Particularly when some well-respected writers suggested it was the terrible idea it always was. It's an age-old debate though (here's our piece from the last time this all flared up in February) and we're sure that there will be another new thing people can whinge about coming along any minute now...

 


SPOTTED SOMETHING?

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