A restaurant that's definitely in questionable taste Whatever next? We've seen some crazy ideas along the way, but The Clinic, a ‘multi sensorial fine dining and wild partying environment', opened in mid-December in Singapore, is ...
Late nights, tempers frayed, nerves a-jangle – you can't imagine just how many times harmony has been restored in this office over an order of pizza from our local Strada. Sometimes it's the only thing that's brought us back from ...
Hof Van Cleve chef to open in Bruxelles-Midi and is interested in a Mayfair outpost Peter Goossens, the three Michelin-starred Belgian chef, is to open a speciality meat restaurant at Bruxelles-Midi train station early next year. Goossens will open ...
WHO? | Restaurateur Tony Kitous of Pasha and Levant, both in London, introduces the flavours of the Maghreb to the City with his restaurant and late night lounge bar, Kenza. Head Chef is Lebanese-born Jad Youssef. The sommelier is Peter Lorimer; ...
WHO? | Thierry Tomasin, former Sommelier at Le Gavroche and General Manager of Aubergine opens a Parisstyle brasserie close to Hyde Park. Head Chef Olivier Duret comes from Scribe in Paris. ON THE MENU? | Cornish Crab in Aspic with Fennel Cream; ...
WHO? | Proprietor Vanessa Pinto subtitles Padstow's latest opening Custard, ‘an English diner'. Restaurant Manager Carrina Mullan comes from Rick Stein's Café; Head Chef Dan Edge is from Rick Stein's Seafood Restaurant. ...
WHO? | Old school chums Tom Pemberton and Alex Mosley join forces in this informal British restaurant in Notting Hill. Pemberton was Head Chef at East London's St John Bread and Wine. ON THE MENU? | Grilled Razor Clams, Thyme and Red Onion; ...
From Viennese trip hop to Depeche Mode, Ayako Watanabe reveals what's playing on the iPod at the Saki Bar and Food Emporium in Smithfield What's it like: Two discs of down-tempo chillout remixes from the masters of the same, Austrian ...
Gordon Ramsay's Dubai outpost, Verre, is to relocate from its current location at the Hilton Dubai Creek to the new Conrad Dubai when it opens in 2009, according to rumours. The 70-cover Verre was Ramsay's first restaurant outside the UK when...
The spiel? ;An authentic American diner (so far, one in Soho, one in Shoreditch) with milkshakes, cocktails and beer. We are here for more than just a burger: it's a whole dining experience,; says Co-owner Andreas Akerlund. Which means? ...
Gilgamesh in Camden Stables, London has been taken over by the owners of the building – retailer turned restaurateur Richard Caring’s Gilgamesh Camden Ltd – after the previous restaurant owners allegedly failed to meet rent ...
With the fiery owner of L’ortolan at the helm, La Bécasse is aiming to fill the void Hibiscus has left in Ludlow It’s the morning after the much-anticipated first night of La Bécasse, the new kid on the Ludlow restaurant ...
WHO? | Sarah and Lino Poli open their second Italian, Boboli – sister of Firenze in Kibworth Beauchamp. Similarly Florence-inspired Boboli – named after the Tuscan city’s Giardini di Boboli – is less formal than Firenze, ...
Former Savoy Chef George Fuchs has bought his first restaurant on the Glamorgan Heritage Coast in Wales. Fuchs and his wife Einar, who will look after front of house, have bought Illtud’s 216, a former 16th Century malthouse in Llantwit Major, ..
WHO? | A former print works building refurbished by The Stanley Street Company. Print encompasses a design hotel, members club, restaurant, bar and club. Head Chef Dave Chapman joins Nick Henry, the General Manager. ON THE MENU? | Seared Tuna Loin, ...
For kids brought up in Britain during the 70s and 80s, the closest they got to experiencing Mexican food was usually supermarket-bought Old El Paso dinner kits
Hong Kong-born restaurateur Alan Yau is set to open a new “fast casual Chinese restaurant” on a site in Soho which he has held the lease on for several years. Yau took the site, on Ganton Street, when the area’s Kingly Court was ...
With plans to modernise the north-eastern town of Darlington focusing specifically on restaurant and retail offerings, the town will receive a muchneeded shot in the arm when new restaurant The Gastro opens at the beginning of September. Owned by ...
New Restaurant Design Bethan Ryder £30, Laurence King Bethan Ryder's latest look at global design trends rounds up 47 inspiring new restaurants from around the world. Kicking off with 11 interviews with major players including Marcel ...
The London Hilton on Park Lane is about to re-open what used to be the Park Brasserie as Podium after a £500,000 refurbishment. Michael Shepherd, General Manager at the London Hilton said, “Podium will be a stylishly designed restaurant ...
Stuck for a unique design feature? Why not leave it up to the talents of your customers? Scissors, sticky-backed plastic, and a marker pen. That's all the hard-up amateur restaurant designer needs to create a totally one-off look for a ...
The Citrus Café in Headingley, Leeds, has been sold in an off-market deal to a Brighton-based multioperator. The café was set up close to the university in 2001 by Jed McCormack and Phil Timms and has been sold to allow McCormack to ...
Entropy for sale as owners rue the city's lack of enthusiasm for cutting-edge cooking. The former site of Entropy restaurant at 3 Dover Street in Leicester is on the market, and is open to offers for the freehold interest. The three-storey ...
Wilsons hotel, restaurant and club on Babbacombe seafront in Torquay, Devon, has been sold to family brewer Hall & Woodhouse from a freehold asking price of £1.1million. Christie & Co handled the sale for previous owners Rod and Laura ...
Southwark's loss is Islington's gain as lease expires and highly-acclaimed Scandinavian tapas concept prepares to move into former Lola's site. Glas, the Swedish tapas restaurant which opened in Borough Market in March 2005 to much ...
WHO? | Founders Jason Robson and Robert Nearn have teamed up with restaurateur and founder of Ping Pong, Kurt Zdesar, and chef David Selex, latterly of The Grocer on Warwick and the Sugar Club. ON THE MENU? | A departure for Selex, who will be ...
Latest opening for Soho House puts comfort and easy luxury in among the Chiswick chains. They've already taken Somerset, Soho, Mayfair, Notting Hill and Manhattan's Meatpacking District and now they're taking the high road – ...
The Rainbow Café has been servicing vegetarians' special needs since 1988 and willingly keeping up with dietary fads. Regular readers of the magazine will recall a recent story we ran on the horror that is dining out in the UK as a ...
East Coast Style in Newquay. WHO? | Managing Director Diane Coppock oversees the refurbishment of the Bay Hotel, including this new bar restaurant. Executive Chef Brian Moore brings his experience of working in Boston to bear on a menu rich in East ...
A year and a half after commencement, Knightsbridge Brazilian project gets going again with a new chef secured. ? Mocoto, the modern Brazilian restaurant in Knightsbridge, on the former premises of Isola, which has been beset by delays, is now to ...
Presentation is everything, so why send out your beautifully crafted food on anything less than perfect tableware? Follow our expert's tips on choosing plates that please the eye. The whole ‘gastropub' thing aside, it never fails to ...
