Venues

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

Further restaurant openings - Feng Sushi, The Tannin Level, Molloy's, J.Baker's Bistro Moderne

20-Jun-2007 By BigHospitality Writer

Feng Sushi Joining Skylon at the prestigious Royal Festival Hall is Feng Sushi. The new branch is the sixth for the quirky sushi chain, following successes in London including Borough and Chalk Farm. Eat in. Takeaway and delivery will all be ...

The Casino - the brand new Vegas-style casino on Leicester Square in London

20-Jun-2007 By BigHospitality Writer

WHO? - The brand new Vegas-style casino on Leicester Square in London – in the old Empire ballroom - has already caused a stir with its flash opening party, but don't overlook its two new second floor restaurants: Fu Lu Shou, a pan- Asian ...

The Bullfinch - Geronimo Inns adds Sevenoaks pub

20-Jun-2007 By BigHospitality Writer

WHO? - Geronimo Inns, founded by Rupert and Joanna Clevely in 1995, adds Sevenoaks pub, the Bullfinch, to its 16- strong portfolio. It's run by husband and wife team, Karen and Steve Jordan. ON THE MENU? - Ham Hock Terrine with Homemade ...

Northern Soul Food - Nick Julian ex-General Manager of Loch Fyne Leeds goes it alone

20-Jun-2007 By BigHospitality Writer

WHO? - Nick Julian, ex-General Manager of Loch Fyne, Leeds, goes it alone, aided by Head Chef, Will Pugh (another ex-Loch Fyne man). ON THE MENU? - Yorkshire Black Pudding, Caramelized Onions, Bubble and Squeak; Mount Grace Suckling Pig Porchetta ...

Fish Club's Sea Cow

20-Jun-2007 By BigHospitality Writer

Owners of upmarket fish and chip restaurant and takeaway with a wet fish counter – The Fish Club in Wandsworth – have bought the site of rival company Sea Cow on Clapham High Street to open their second Fish Club. Steve Orme and James ...

Russians buy Circus in Soho

20-Jun-2007 By BigHospitality Writer

Circus restaurant in Soho, which was owned by London-based Image Restaurants, has been sold to a Russian businessman. Founder Chris Bodker said, ;We had half a dozen uninitiated offers for Circus and we got an offer we would have been foolish to ...

Raviolo restaurant serving ravioli for the health conscious

06-Jun-2007 By BigHospitality Writer

The spiel? ;It's a seasonal Italian influenced menu and we source quite a lot of products from Italy. Obviously our house speciality is ravioli with a choice of fillings and sauces all of which are served in a relaxed environment,; says ...

Battered - Fish and Chips restaurant with a twist

06-Jun-2007 By BigHospitality Writer

WHO? - Fish and Chips with a twist on the waterfront in Leeds. Battered is the second venue from Hub Leeds Ltd, responsible for giving burgers the gourmet treatment at nearby Oracle. ON THE MENU? - Chip Shop Fishcakes in Breadcrumbs; Bowl of Scraps ...

City Inn - open a fifth hotel

06-Jun-2007 By BigHospitality Writer

WHO? - A fifth hotel for City Inn, the business brand founded by in 1995 by Sandy Orr, Donald MacDonald and David Orr. Executive Chef is David Gale, who joins from Selfridges' Manchester store. ON THE MENU? - Cumbrian Ham and Celeriac Salad with...

Van der Goot's buy first suburban pub

06-Jun-2007 By BigHospitality Writer

The owners of The Greyhound pub in London's Battersea are to open a pub just outside of Bromley which will be the first of the company's slightly more casual ;suburban pubs;. Mark and Sharlyn van der Goot have bought The Crown in ...

Acorn House team to open restaurant in Hoxton

06-Jun-2007 By BigHospitality Writer

The team behind Acorn House in London's Kings Cross, which promotes environmental and sustainable practices as well as training, is to open a second restaurant, this time in Hoxton. The Shoreditch Trust and Bliss Consultancy (which is Acorn ...

Beckett and Gott to roll out one of the Underdog brands

06-Jun-2007 By BigHospitality Writer

Will Beckett and Huw Gott, owners of the Hawksmoor gastropub and Green & Red Mexican restaurant, both in East London, are currently looking for a new site to roll out one of the brands under their Underdog company. Beckett said the pair are in ...

The Brioche Restaurant; The Salamander restaurant; Delicatessen café Gurmé

06-Jun-2007 By BigHospitality Writer

Daniel Garratt, formerly of the Savoy Group in London, has bought The Brioche Restaurant in Totnes, South Devon, which he plans to open in the evenings as well as the customary lunchtimes. Garratt's wife Traci is from nearby Harbertonford. The ...

Award-winning Nottingham team open tapas venture in the city’s Lace Market

06-Jun-2007 By BigHospitality Writer

Nottingham has had a bit of, some might say, unfair hype for being a city that likes a drink. But there's no denying that in the last five years its restaurant scene, greatly helped by the ever-evolving Nottingham Restaurant Awards, has come on ...

Camino in Cruz del Rey - all-day Spanish concept restaurant

06-Jun-2007 By BigHospitality Writer

WHO? The opening of Spanish bar and restaurant Camino in Cruz del Rey (that's King's Cross to you or me) gives this up-and-coming destination a real fillip. Cantaloupe Group's Richard Bigg, co-owner of hot spots like Cargo and Market ...