Restaurants

Covent Garden – an area which, while being home to one of my favourite pubs in London (if you haven’t been to The Porterhouse and you’re a beer-lover like me, you’re missing out), doesn’t have pride of place when thinking of interesting places to eat. Sure, the area is littered with one restaurant after the other, but it doesn’t necessarily conjure particularly special ideals. It’s, therefore, with a heavy heart I arrive at Frenchie. Situated on Henrietta Street, just opposite...

With plenty of exciting launches constantly taking place across the Capital, we pick London’s best new restaurant and bar openings taking place over the coming month. Tapas Brindisa – Battersea Marking 30 years since founder Monika Linton first brought the best artisanal Spanish produce to the UK, Tapas Brindisa’s latest restaurant occupies as space in Battersea’s Power Station development, overlooking the banks of the River Thames. Centred on Spanish home-cooking, with recipes collected over the years by Monika and Brindisa’s chefs,...

Since launching in 2002, Zuma has become renowned as one of London’s (if not the world’s) best loved contemporary Japanese restaurants. Introducing the Japanese robata grill to Europe, Zuma’s original site occupies an isolated Knightsbridge side street, launched by chef/restaurateur Rainer Becker and business partner Arjun Waney. Born in in the Mosel Valley, Becker began his chef career working in some of Germany’s top restaurants, including Michelin-starred Koenigshof in Munich and Goethehaus in Bensburg, before embarking on a 14-year stint...

According to recent YouGov Omnibus research, beef is generally regarded as Britain’s favourite centrepiece meat for roast dinners. (33 per-cent of participants favoured roast beef, followed by roast chicken at 27 per cent). It’s thus unsurprising that the Sunday roast at the new Beef and Brew in Haggerston has quickly garnered much attention. Following the launch of a cosy Kentish Town restaurant in 2015, the team behind Beef & Brew opened their second site during the summer, taking over the...

Home to a natural bounty of ingredients it should come as no surprise that Canada’s Atlantic province of New Brunswick is becoming one of the most celebrated foodie haunts of North America. From Beausoleils oysters farmed in floating trays off Miramichi Bay to oversized scallops and clams picked from the Bay of Fundy the region is flooded with delicious seafood that when paired with other local delicacies such as fiddlehead ferns and even tasty seaweed captures everything from the ridiculous...

This week we ventured over to 1766, the new front of house bar and restaurant at the historic Old Vic Theatre in Bristol. Turns out, we were in for a real treat.

In the spring of 2016, the team behind Trullo in Islington opened small Italian restaurant opened on the fringe of Borough Market. Reservations weren’t accepted; service was quick, making it possible to devour three courses within the hour, and the accessibly priced menu had a prominent focus on ascetic pasta dishes. An instant hit, Padella would set the blueprint for a new casual pasta restaurant. In a similar vein, restaurants such as Pastaio, Lina Stores and Bancone have since opened,...

After spending the entire summer complaining about the blistering heat (I’m British, it’s what I’m good at), I recently caved and reached for the thermostat, having been left undisturbed for the past seven months. Erstwhile, the leaves are discolouring and dropping; the days are getting shorter, and Oxford Street is already beleaguered by Christmas lights. Autumn has fallen and roast season is upon us. I’ve eaten a few roast dinners over the past month, but none have yet topped that...

Opened in London earlier this year, vegan fast-food restaurant by CHLOE. will launch ‘FEELZ’ – a new range of CBD-infused desserts on Monday 15th October, following the success of last month’s pop-up in New York. Since having launched its flagship venue in the heart of the West Village in New York during the summer of 2015, the fast-casual brand has championed plant-based food, with 13 locations now operating internationally, including restaurants in New York, Boston, California and London. Aiming to...