Restaurants

The second solo restaurant from ex-Gaucho Managing Director, Martin Williams, M Victoria Street will host a pop-up dining experience this month in support of Not For Sale – a global organisation that works to end human trafficking. Taking place from 19th-24th and 26th-29th March, the temporary restaurant inside M RAW will raise funds and awareness, with 100 per cent of profits being donated to charity. ‘M IS NOT FOR SALE’, the two-week pop-up will celebrate women’s empowerment month, serving a...

Though New World wines are undoubtedly punching with the best in 2018, I’ve always been enamoured with Old World reds – particularly Italian. Of course, South America produces some outstanding bottles (Chilean Carmènère, Argentinian Malbec), some English sparkling wines have begun to seriously compete French Champagne and New Zealand is quickly becoming the home of Sauvignon Blanc. But there’s just something about Italian reds which reaffirms my belief that - as Ernest Hemingway said - “wine is the most civilised...

Victoria has never been a synonymous with great food. Home to Mango Tree and more West Cornwall Pasty Co. huts than anyone could ever need, the area has long served as a beacon of terminal disappointment rather than a dining destination. Once upon a time, not too long ago, a stale Upper Crust baguette served with a dirty look was a comparatively acceptable excuse of a dinner. Last year, however, a shiny new Nova complex opened between the station and...

With the bao trend showing no signs of slowing down, and with a new Mr Bao branch having opened in Tooting just last month, I can already hear you groaning; just reading the title. Fear not, however, as Bun House is a little different. Nestled behind the Palace Theatre on Soho’s Greek Street, the buns served are the fluffy, closed, Cantonese variety. The upstairs is less of a restaurant, more a small room with a takeaway counter and huge steaming...

With plenty of exciting restaurant openings constantly taking place across the Capital, we pick London’s best new restaurant openings taking place over the coming month.   Yard Sale Pizza – Leytonstone Following the success of their three restaurants in Clapton, Finsbury Park and Walthamstow, Yard Sale Pizza will open in Leytonstone this month. Taking over a spot on Leytonstone High Road, the new space has been designed by regular Yard Sale collaborators, Fettle, set to serve Yard Sale’s award-winning pizzas. Handmade...

If London boroughs carried slogans in the same way US states do then "style over substance" would surely be the motto emblazoned across Mayfair's chic streets. You would see it scrawled on the bumper plates of the Lamborghinis that rev at full throttle between traffic lights on the congested streets, or embroidered on the red carpets that cushion the stairs outside its hotels. The bars, that puff a scented mist into your face on arrival and offer cocktails decorated like...

Modern Indian food is in vogue. While Mayfair has reached saturation point, with a ratio of almost one Indian fine dining restaurant per local resident, surrounding areas such as Soho and Marylebone are thriving with more casual restaurants celebrating Indian and South Asian cooking (Kricket, Hoppers, Tamarind Kitchen). Bridging the gap between the two, a second branch of Hankies opened within the Montcalm Hotel near Marble Arch earlier this year, taking over Nirvana Kitchen’s former site. While Hankies’ original London...

Through the opulent lobby and down a spiral staircase - behind a seedy bar with low lighting and a floor-to-ceiling palette of red – The Curry Room is hidden beneath the The Rubens at The Palace hotel. Following a multi-million-pound refurbishment, the hotel now boasts upgraded rooms and guest areas, plus a complete dining overhaul. Alongside the aforementioned Cavalry Bar, The English Grill offers fine dining, while The Curry Room is the hotel’s latest restaurant opening, launched earlier this year....

I should come clean. Although I’m a particular fan of the cuisine - no stranger to jerk chicken and plantain chips are one of my favourite snacks - I am by no means a connoisseur of Caribbean food. This can, perhaps, be attributed to  spending the past 16 years  living on what’s arguably the wrong side of London in terms of  access to any exceptional Caribbean food hotspots.   And so, as we make the short walk from Finsbury Park...