Venues

Keep up to date with the latest openings, closures and property deals in the restaurant, pub and hotel sectors.

Bowl food concept Sow closes debut restaurant

14-Aug-2019 By Sophie Witts

Bowl food concept Sow has closed its debut London site after two months of trading.

National Restaurant Awards Explores: York

14-Aug-2019 By Joe Lutrario

As part of a new series of food tours featuring venues on Restaurant magazine’s list of the top 100 restaurants in the UK, we head to gastronomic hotspot York to visit a trio of forward-thinking establishments.

Latest opening: Flor

14-Aug-2019 By Joe Lutrario

James Lowe and John Ogier’s follow-up to Lyle’s is stripped back and buzzy with an accessibly priced menu that takes its cues from the buvettes of Paris and the pintxos bars of San Sebastián.

Harrods to open H Café in Henley

14-Aug-2019 By James McAllister

Harrods is to open its first stand-alone café in Market Place, Henley, this October.

Vegan-focused café and restaurant concept to open in London

13-Aug-2019 By James McAllister

A restaurant that claims to ‘reimagine plant-based dining to cater to all’ is to launch as part of a new lifestyle concept store opening at London’s Embassy Gardens next month (9 September).

Soren Jessen's Borealis restaurant closes

12-Aug-2019 By James McAllister

Nordic restaurant Borealis, which opened close to Borough Market in southeast London in August last year, has closed.

Julie's to reopen following four year closure

12-Aug-2019 By James McAllister

Julie’s restaurant in London’s Holland Park is to finally reopen in September, more than four years after it initially closed for refurbishment.

Zia Lucia team to launch pasta concept

09-Aug-2019 By James McAllister

The team behind neighbourhood-style pizzeria Zia Lucia is looking to make its mark on London’s burgeoning accessibly-priced pasta restaurant scene with the launch of a new concept.

Haya to open in Notting Hill

09-Aug-2019 By James McAllister

Former Dinner by Heston Blumenthal chef Oren King is to oversee the kitchen at a new neighbourhood-style Mediterranean restaurant opening in London’s Notting Hill this September.

The training restaurant that teaches mindset as well as skills

09-Aug-2019 By James McAllister

With London restaurants struggling to find chefs, the capital’s catering colleges are once again feeling the heat. Could student restaurant OKN1 in Hackney, which focuses on preparing chefs for the psychological rigours of the workplace, hold the answer?

Supermac's eyes UK expansion following partial victory against McDonald's

07-Aug-2019 By James McAllister

Irish fast food chain Supermac’s is hoping to set up shop in London within the next year, following the end of a branding dispute with McDonald’s.

Latest opening: Eggslut

07-Aug-2019 By James McAllister

Another week, another US operator landing on UK shores; this time it’s the turn of ‘chef driven, gourmet food concept’ Eggslut, which has opened in Notting Hill.

D&D London to open in Bristol

06-Aug-2019 By James McAllister

D&D London is heading to Bristol with the opening of a restaurant and events venue within the Quakers Friars piazza at Cabot Circus shopping centre early next year.

Dip & Flip closes Brixton restaurant

06-Aug-2019 By Sophie Witts

London restaurant group Dip & Flip has closed its Brixton site after three years of trading.

The gate keeper: Michael Daniel on his restaurant group turning 30

06-Aug-2019 By Stefan Chomka

As his vegetarian restaurant group The Gate turns 30, managing director Michael Daniel discusses what it’s like to suddenly be at the centre of the biggest food movement in a decade.