Strand

• Test Driving Osteria del Mare, the kind of mid-tier seafood restaurant that London needs

  

  Osteria del Mare is the new seafood restaurant from the team behind Bocconcino. We hit up the Strand for some crudo and pasta.

• Osteria del Mare from Bocconcino is opening on the Strand

  

  Glitzy Italian restaurant Bocconcino has long been a part of the Mayfair set of dining spots most beloved by footballers and folk who aren't worrying too much about the bill at the end of the meal. They then opened a more affordable version in Soho and next, just as the original restaurant celebrates its tenth anniversary, they're about to try their luck in another area of London, the

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• Test Driving The Savoy Grill - still a classic after 135 years

  

  Gordon Ramsay has been in charge of the Savoy Grill for 21 of its 135 years in action. We wend down for a re-visit to see how the Grill holds up today.  

• Café Petiole is an "almost vegan" cafe in Somerset House from Tendril's Rishim Sachdeva

  

  15/5/24 - updated with the opening date

  After opening up Tendril in its permanent Mayfair location last year, Rishim Sachdeva already has his next restaurant planned, Café Petiole in Somerset House. 

  Like Tendril, this will be a "mostly vegan" affair, a small all-day cafe which will also have a few grab-and-go

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• Test Driving Outcrop - a nature focused popup grabbing attention at 180 Strand

  

  With so much talent involved in the Outcrop popup at 180 Strand it's not so surprising to find that the net result is wonderful.

• Simpson's in the Strand is selling off the silverware (and lots more)

  

  Simpson's on the Strand has had something of a troubled history of late. It was one of London's truly iconic restaurants, originally opening as a club in the early 1820s, before becoming a coffee shop and then eventually a restaurant in 1848. Over the years it remained one of London's mainstays but of late it perhaps struggled to find its relevance. In 2017 it had a major refurb but

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• Outcrop sees the AngloThai and Luca teams pop up at 180 Strand

  

  14/7/22 - updated with new photos of Outcrop

  We've been waiting for the opening of AngloThai by John and Desiree Chantarasak but while it looks like we'll have to wait a while longer for that, they will in the meantime be popping up with a restaurant on The

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• Gordon Ramsay's The Savoy Grill reopens with new wine room and bar

  

  After a two month closure, Gordon Ramsay's The Savoy Grill has just thrown open its doors again to show off a brand new look. The main restaurant has been given what they're describing as a Gatsby makeover with blush silk-lined walls and a new colour scheme making the whole space look very elegant indeed.

  It's not just about the wallpaper though - the restaurant now has a new look scalloped pewter bar and

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• Only Food and Courses takes over the kitchens at The Cheshire Cheese

  

  The chef behind the 80s and 90s-inspired popup Only Food and Courses is about to move into more permanent digs. Robbie Lorraine, who first unveiled his restaurant pop-up at Pop Brixton in 2020, has found his restaurant a fixed residency in Temple. He'll be taking over the food offering at The Cheshire Cheese (that's the one off the Strand, not Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese on Fleet Street).

  The pub's been taken over

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• Ikoyi are moving to The Strand

  

  Updated 29/11/22 with the new opening date

  They've been one of London's fastest restaurants to reach two Michelin stars and now it appears that West-African restaurant Ikoyi are on the move. After much speculation, confirmation comes from co-founders, Jeremy Chan and Iré Hassan-Odukale that they'll be heading over to 180 The Strand for their new home. They've already hosted a dinner in the building itself,

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• Jackson Boxer previews his new restaurant in ‘Lumette’ Residency at 180 Corner

  

  If you'd like a first look at what chef Jackson Boxer (Brunswick House, Orasay) is working on for his next restaurant, he'll be previewing it for just three days next month.

  Lumette will be Jackson's residency at 180 Corner at 180 Strand and it'll showcase dishes from a project the chef has been working on for most of this year "with a view to opening a new restaurant in 2023".

  Alongside his friend Max Osborne,

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• Oche sees a new darts venue land in London

   

  The competitive socialising scene in London (here billed as "gastro gaming") is getting even bigger with a second dart venue for London (following the very successful Flight Club). This one is called Oche, and although it's their first London opening, they have already launched around the

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• Test Driving Toklas - Brutalist design meets an great, ever changing menu

   

  Toklas is part bakery part huge restaurant with an ever-changing European menu (and an amazing terrace to boot). We went to check it out. 

• Gordon Ramsay is opening Restaurant 1890, his third restaurant at The Savoy

   

  Gordon Ramsay continues his stealth takeover of The Savoy with the reveal today that he's about to launch another restaurant at the hotel (in addition to his existing ones there, The Grill and The River Restaurant). 

  This one will be called Restaurant 1890 (so-called because that's the year that Georges Auguste Escoffier joined The Savoy). it's a

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• Wolfox cafe and wine bar eyes up the old Savoy Taylors Guild on the Strand

  

  It's been home to a tailors since the early 20th century and its distinctive frontage on the Strand is Grade II listed, but next year the historic Savoy Taylors Guild is going to switch from cutting cloth to serving food.

  The site's been taken over by Wolfox a coffee and restaurant group with places in Brighton and Leeds. Here at their first London opening they're planning a "high end cafe and wine bar".

  If that follows

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