Restaurant Openings

Geronimo Inns sells The Bullfinch

04-Feb-2009 By Emma Eversham

The food-led pub operator sells The Bullfinch pub near Sevenoaks in Kent to McMullens

Glasgow’s Parkville Hotel undergoes £650k revamp

29-Jan-2009 By Becky Paskin

The Parkville Hotel in Glasgow is to undergo a £650k refurbishment project to add a 100-seater restaurant and events space to the premises

Barny’s healthy fast food restaurant opens in London

28-Jan-2009 By Becky Paskin

A restaurant serving ‘healthy fast food’ has been opened in London by playwright Tom Stoppard’s son Barny

St. Pancras Grand launches dedicated Whisky Bar

26-Jan-2009 By Becky Paskin

The Searcys restaurant in London’s St. Pancras station has launched a dedicated Whisky Bar, with a menu compiled by Johnny Walker

New £2.5m sister site for Bournemouth’s Connaught Hotel

21-Jan-2009 By Becky Paskin

A hotel adjacent to Best Western’s Connaught Hotel in Bournemouth is to get a £2.5m redevelopment

Claudio Pulze's Osteria Dell'Angolo opens

19-Jan-2009 By Emma Eversham

Restaurateurs latest venture, Italian restaurant Osteria DellAngolo, opens in London today with Tuscan head chef Michele Brogi at the helm

Dorchester Collection to turn Surrey manor house into hotel

16-Jan-2009 By Emma Eversham

The luxury hotel group plans to open Coworth Park hotel in Surrey in 2010 as part of ambitious plans for growth across the UK and America

Flash sells off contents as restaurant closes

14-Jan-2009 By Emma Eversham

The team behind temporary London restaurant Flash appeals to budding restaurateurs to buy the contents of its restaurant as it shuts for good after 11 weeks trading in an art gallery

First self check-in only hotel launched by Premier Inn

07-Jan-2009 By Emma Eversham

Premier Inn is following in the steps of automated restaurant Vapiano by launching its first fully self check-in hotel

Restaurant rescued by Ramsay falls victim to credit crunch

02-Jan-2009 By Emma Eversham

A lack of bookings has forced Brighton restaurateur Allan Love to close his fish restaurant Loves Fish which was given a makeover by Ramsay in 2007

New Year’s launch for Conran’s Boundary

24-Dec-2008 By Becky Paskin

Terence Conran’s first private venture in 20 years, Boundary in Shoreditch, set to launch on New Year’s Eve

Blumenthal's Little Chef a revelation says food writer

23-Dec-2008 By Emma Eversham

The Good Food Guide editor Elizabeth Carter gives the Popham branch of Little Chef a glowing review and believes Heston Blumenthal could turn the ailing chains fortunes around

London's Cafe Royal closes its doors

19-Dec-2008 By Emma Eversham

The 143-year-old venue will trade for the last time as the Cafe Royal on Sunday before work starts to turn it into a luxury hotel

Mayfair’s Cipriani restaurant must change name or close

11-Dec-2008 By Becky Paskin

The Cipriani family’s eponymous restaurant in Mayfair has been ordered to change its name by the High Court after infringing the trademark of the famous Hotel Cipriani in Venice

Whitbread to convert Amstrad HQ into hotel

28-Nov-2008 By Emma Eversham

Premier Inn has applied for planning permission to turn the former headquarters of technology company Amstrad into a 120-bedroom hotel

Heston Blumenthal's Little Chef plans unveiled

28-Nov-2008 By Emma Eversham

The Popham branch of roadside cafe chain Little Chef has been given the Heston Blumenthal treatment as part of his mission to breathe new life into the brand

A Day at El Bulli: an insight into the ideas, methods and creativity of Ferran Adri?

26-Nov-2008 By Carina Simon

Carina Simon finds out what Ferran Adria has to say about the book that takes us behind the scenes of his famous restaurant El Bulli

Doubletree opens in London

20-Nov-2008 By Emma Eversham

The Courthouse Hotel in Londons Regent Street is re-branded a Doubletree by Hilton as part of the expansion of the brand across Europe

Martin Wishart to open in Loch Lomond

11-Nov-2008 By Becky Paskin

The Michelin starred chef is set to open a second restaurant in the west of Scotland, back at his old stomping ground, Cameron House

Second Berkshire restaurant for Wogan's daughter

10-Nov-2008 By Emma Eversham

Sir Terry Wogans daughter Katherine Cripps and her husband Henry celebrate the launch of their second pub restaurant in Berkshire

The Pass restaurant opens ‘in-kitchen’ dining experience

10-Nov-2008 By Becky Paskin

The Pass at South Lodge Hotel in West Sussex has opened to offer guests a unique ‘in-kitchen’ dining concept

Rugby player to turn Scottish property into restaurant

06-Nov-2008 By Becky Paskin

A Red Lions rugby player has bought a former Edinburgh private members club, with a view to turning it into a restaurant/ bar

Lindsay House closes; Corrigan’s Mayfair opens

06-Nov-2008 By Becky Paskin

Richard Corrigan announces the closure of Lindsay House on the day his new eponymous restaurant at Grosvenor House opens

Local family buys Washingborough Hall Hotel

04-Nov-2008 By Becky Paskin

A local Lincolnshire family known for their business acumen in the area have bought the 200 year-old Washingborough Hall Hotel for an undisclosed sum

Fifty restaurants unveiled at Westfield London grand opening

30-Oct-2008 By Becky Paskin

The launch of Westfield London today unveils 50 new restaurant outlets, including eight brand new UK openings

Scalzo brothers launch all-day brasserie and gallery

30-Oct-2008 By Becky Paskin

The brothers behind caf? chain Patisserie Valerie open a brasserie and art gallery in London’s Belgravia

Russian Goodman steakhouse to open in Mayfair

24-Oct-2008 By Becky Paskin

The Mayfair branch of Goodman steakhouse will be the first outlet to open outside of Russia

Restaurant to become art installation

20-Oct-2008 By Emma Eversham

The team behind east Londons Bistrotheque restaurant create a temporary restaurant within a new exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts

Prisoners to serve haute cuisine in new public restaurant

16-Oct-2008 By Becky Paskin

High Down jail in Sutton is training prisoners to work in its new onsite restaurant to serve haute cuisine to paying guests

Hilton opens first Doubletree hotel in Scotland

09-Oct-2008 By Emma Eversham

Hilton Hotels Corporation launches its first Doubletree by Hilton hotel in Scotland as part of expansion plans for the brand across Europe

Chris Galvin to launch new restaurant

06-Oct-2008 By Becky Paskin at The Restaurant Show

The Galvin at Windows chef has told BigHospitality of plans to launch a new restaurant at Spitalfields

Tottington Manor goes on sale and Landmark London gets new ballroom

02-Oct-2008 By Emma Eversham

West Sussex manor house hotel Tottington Manor is put on the market and the Landmark London unveils its brand new grand ballroom

Brighton’s Gingerman sold to Drakes hotel

02-Oct-2008 By Becky Paskin

The Gingerman group of Brighton restaurants have sold the Gingerman at Drakes to the boutique hotel

La Dolce Vita chef opens waterside Leicestershire restaurant

23-Sep-2008 By Becky Paskin

Ward Ludbrook has opened the Waterfront Restaurant and Bar overlooking the Union Whard marina in Market Harborough

Gherkin restaurant gets new name

18-Sep-2008 By Emma Eversham

The restaurant and bar at the top of the Gherkin building in London is renamed 40/30 by its operator Searcys 1847

Ubon by Nobu to close

17-Sep-2008 By Emma Eversham

The Japanese restaurant in Canary Wharf will close on September 26 as the group plans to relocate its second London restaurant to another site in the capital

Historic Rye guesthouse now on market

10-Sep-2008 By Becky Paskin

Durrant House, a restored grade II listed guesthouse dating back to 1377 is now on the market in the East Sussex town of Rye

Searcys reopens Barbican restaurant

09-Sep-2008 By Becky Paskin

A refurbished Searcys Restaurant and Bar will reopen at the Barbican next week, just two weeks after the launch of the St Pancras Grand site

Warner Leisure opens two new restaurants at Holme Lacy House Hotel

09-Sep-2008 By Becky Paskin

Warner Leisure Hotels unveils The Orchard and Le Bistro restaurants at its Herefordshire hotel Holme Lacy House

Opal Lounge gets two-week £200k decadent revamp

08-Sep-2008 By Becky Paskin

The Edinburgh nightclub and celebrity hangout is due to reopen this week following a very speedy refurbishment

Just St. James reopens after £500k restaurant revamp

08-Sep-2008 By Becky Paskin

The Mayfair restaurant and bar has reopened following a major facelift to move and raise the restaurant

Heathrow’s Sofitel opens Brasserie Roux

05-Sep-2008 By Becky Paskin

Albert Roux’s latest restaurant is now open at the luxury Sofitel site at Heathrow’s Terminal 5

Luxury Cornwall hotel and spa build under way

29-Aug-2008 By Becky Paskin

CMR Leisure have begun development of a luxury boutique hotel and spa in rural Cornwall

Anton Edelmann launches into Time and Space

28-Aug-2008 By Becky Paskin

The Anton chef’s molecular gastronomy restaurant at the Royal Institution set for launch next month

Quay produce

27-Aug-2008 By Paul Wootton

To celebrate the Speciality and Fine Food Fair Barny Haughton of Bordeaux Quay in Bristol creates two dishes exclusively for Restaurant magazine using ingredients from the event