Venues

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

Roxy Ball Room set for further expansion

18-Dec-2019 By Sophie Witts

‘Competitive socialising’ concept Roxy Ball Room is to open its ninth UK site, in Birmingham, in January 2020.

Latest opening: Davies and Brook

18-Dec-2019 By Joe Lutrario

Daniel Humm’s much-anticipated Claridge’s restaurant looks set to cause a stir with its casual yet polished service and incredibly precise cooking.

Simon Martin on winning Manchester's long-awaited Michelin star

18-Dec-2019 By Tony Naylor

He’s bagged Manchester its first Michelin star in 42 years, but that’s only the start for Simon Martin

Chop specialist Blacklock to open a restaurant in Covent Garden

17-Dec-2019 By Stefan Chomka

Chops and steak specialist Blacklock is to open a fourth restaurant in the capital next year, in Covent Garden.

Andrew Lloyd Webber and Caprice Holdings partner on theatre restaurant

17-Dec-2019 By Sophie Witts

Caprice Holdings is teaming up with stage composer Andrew Lloyd Webber to open a restaurant at London’s Theatre Royal Drury Lane.

Lee Tiernan on Black Axe Mangal: "The more extreme I go, the less mediocre I can be"

17-Dec-2019 By Stefan Chomka

It’s small, noisy, insalubrious and deeply divisive, yet Lee Tiernan’s Black Axe Mangal is also one of the capital’s most exciting and riotous restaurants. And now the former St John chef has his own book out.

Japanese street food restaurant opens in Hackney

17-Dec-2019 By James McAllister

A Japanese street food restaurant is to open today (17 December) on Hackney’s Broadway Market.

Alan Yau to launch London sando bar

16-Dec-2019 By Sophie Witts

Wagamama founder Alan Yau is teaming up with mozzarella bar Obicà to open an Italian-Japanese sando shop in London early next year.

Burger & Lobster founders open Chelsea restaurant

16-Dec-2019 By Sophie Witts

Two of the founders of the Burger & Lobster restaurant group have launched a Mediterranean concept in London.

PizzaExpress to close Za spin-off site

13-Dec-2019 By Sophie Witts

PizzaExpress is to close its spin-off concept Za on 20 December after nine months of trading.

Latest opening: 14 Hills

13-Dec-2019 By Stefan Chomka

D&D London's latest project is an ambitious and crowd-pleasing garden in the sky

Jamie Oliver's Fifteen Cornwall closes after nearly 14 years

12-Dec-2019 By Sophie Witts

Fifteen Cornwall in Watergate Bay, one of the last remnants of Jamie Oliver’s UK restaurant empire, has closed with immediate effect.

Ultracomida to double up in Cardiff

12-Dec-2019 By Joe Lutrario

The husband-and-wife team behind Wales-based Spanish bar and restaurant group Ultracomida are to open a second site in Cardiff bringing their total number of venues to four.