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- Test Driving Whiskey & Seaweed - Core by Clare Smyth's three-Michelin-starred bar
The new bar at Core by Clare Smyth not only features amazing cocktails but a snacks list with mini versions of the restaurant's signature dishes. We went down to try Whiskey & Seaweed.
- Palestinian ceramics and wine go on sale at Akub in Notting Hill
If like us you covet the amazing crockery you see in London restaurants then the arrival of the new shop at Akub in Notting Hill will be of interest to you. They've just launched an online shop to help promote the Palestinian suppliers and makers whose products are used in the restaurant.
The launch collection comprises nine stoneware pieces by ceramist Nur Minawi that have been
... - Test Driving Juno - a tiny omakase doing things differently in Notting Hill
Pairing Japanese and Mexican influences, Juno is a six seater omakese restaurant in Notting Hill serving up an extraordinary food experience.
- Juno in Notting Hill will be London's smallest omakase restaurant with just six seats
London's newest omakase experience is definitely coming with bragging rights. As there are only six seats at Juno in Notting Hill, simply managing to get a booking there is going to be an impressive feat.
The new counter dining 'experience' is opening on the first floor of Mexican/Japanese restaurant Los Mochis in Notting Hill. The restaurant's executive chef Leonard Tanyag (ex-Zuma) will be running the show alongside
... - Test Driving Wild Notting Hill - crudo and A-listers on Westbourne Grove
Neighbourhood restaurants in Notting Hill hit different as this already successful West London spin off from Chelsea's Wild Tavern shows.
- Chai Guys Bakehouse will serve up fusion pastries on Portobello Road
Updated 9/11/23 with menu details and new opening date
Over the past few years, Abhilash Jobanputra and Gabriel Unger have built up a loyal following for their Chai Guys stalls in places like Seven Dials Market, Covent Garden and Old Spitalfields Market. But this year marks the time when they switched it up as the pair are opening a bakery cafe in Notting Hill.
Their bakehouse on Portobello Road,
... - Orasay
Notting Hill restaurant from Jackson Boxer with a seafood focus.
- Core by Clare Smyth opens Whiskey & Seaweed Bar in Notting Hill
Back at the end of summer, Clare Smyth's three Michelin-starred restaurant Core shut its doors in Notting Hill for what they described as "a refurbishment of our bar and dining room". Now it turns out that they've spent that time not simply refurbishing the restaurant but in fact building a new bar.
Whiskey & Seaweed (the e in the name will be a nod to Clare's Northern Irish heritage) is named after
... - Ladbroke Hall sees art and dining collide in Notting Hill
17/10/23 - Updated with a look inside and details of the menu
Back in 1903 the UK's first purpose-built car factory and showroom opened in Notting Hill. In the intervening years, the building has had many other uses including, most recently, operating as a photography studio. Now it's in its most recent iteration as Ladbroke Hall, a self-styled 'arts stage' which brings together
... - The Knight of Notting Hill takes over from The KPH
Updated 6/10/23 with opening date
The pub that was once The KPH in Notting Hill is going through another big revamp and is set to emerge as The Knight of Notting Hill.
It'll be the second free house pub from Zora Singh, who also opened Three Falcons in St John's Wood, which
- The Walmer Castle is reopening in Notting Hill with (another) new owner in charge
Another day, another news story about Notting Hill. That part of London is on fire at the moment when it comes to interesting food and drink openings. Today we bring you news not of a new opening but a reopening. Two prominent teams have so far failed to turn The Walmer Castle into a thriving business. First up we had David Beckham
... - The Trailer Happiness team are opening Portobello 177 in Notting Hill
It's a good year for the team behind Trailer Happiness. Not only is their OG bar in Notting Hill celebrating its 20th birthday this year, but they're also on the verge of opening a new restaurant. Portobello 177 is taking over the space upstairs from the bar on Portobello Road where it'll have room for 50 diners.
Heading up the kitchen will be chef Shay Ola of the Rebel Dining Society who's describing his menu here as
... - Ria's hit up Notting Hill with their Detroit-style pizzas and natural wine
Over the weekend the latest addition to the hotter-than-hot Notting Hill dining scene opened its doors. Ria's is a new all-day spot that kicks off with home-baked cookies in the morning, moving to focaccia sandwiches by lunch. In the evenings things go up a notch as the space transforms into a natural wine and pizza bar.
The pizzas they're serving are deep pan-style Detroit pizza pies made with wildfarmed flour which can
... - Rowley Leigh pops up in Notting Hill with Chez Rowley residency
It's been a while since we last saw chef Rowley Leigh in a London kitchen. After closing Le Cafe Anglais in 2014 (his follow-up to Kensington Place) he helped open Cafe Monico on Shaftesbury Avenue but has been relatively quiet since then. But now the chef is back, popping up at a Notting Hill residency.
Chez Rowley will be an Italian bistro, featuring dishes
... - Wild Notting Hill is a Wild Tavern spin-off
23/9/23 - updated with the opening date
Four years after they opened Wild Tavern in Chelsea, the team behind that is opening Wild Notting Hill. It is, as you'll have guessed from the name, in the heart of W11, having taken over the space left by popular brunch spot 202 on Westbourne Road.
There will be a lot of similarities, Hot Dinners was told, between the OG Wild Tavern and the Notting Hill
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