Restaurant

Chelsea Mexican restaurant Azteca to open sister Battersea site

23-Feb-2024 By Restaurant

Chelsea-based Mexican restaurant Azteca is extending its presence in the capital with a second restaurant.

The Lowdown: the rise of the Italian-American restaurant

23-Feb-2024 By James McAllister

Fans of vodka pasta and gabagool have plenty to salivate about with Italian-American restaurants popping up across the capital and beyond.

Friday five: the week's most-read hospitality stories

23-Feb-2024 By Restaurant

New openings from Santiago Lastra and MJMK, Creative Restaurant Group, and Permanently Unique Group were among this week's most-read stories.

Ex-Oren head chef Sam Lone to head up new TT Restaurant and Rooftop

22-Feb-2024 By Restaurant

Cocktail bar TT - formerly known as TT Liquor - will open a restaurant at its Kingsland Road site next month.

Italian restaurant Vivi to open in Liverpool next month

22-Feb-2024 By Restaurant

The family behind popular south Liverpool restaurant Cucina Du Vincenzo is opening a second venture nearby.

Nightjar and Bar Swift team to revive Oriole in Covent Garden

21-Feb-2024 By Restaurant

The team behind acclaimed cocktail bars Oriole, Nightjar and Bar Swift is opening a pop-up restaurant, bar and innovation space ahead of a permanent location that will open later in the year.

Flash-grilled: Tim Siadatan

21-Feb-2024 By Restaurant

The chef founder of Padella and Trullo on his reverence of Fergus Henderson, being tired of the smash burger trend, and the cruciality of blue roll.

The Conduit London reveals new rooftop restaurant

21-Feb-2024 By Restaurant

Brooklyn-founded restaurant Rucola will open at The Conduit London next month.

Unlock to bring Neapolitan pizzas to Hackney Wick

21-Feb-2024 By Restaurant

Hackney Wick will be home to a new a pizza restaurant, cocktail bar and art space when it opens next month.

Santiago Lastra is heading to Mayfair for a new regional Mexican restaurant

19-Feb-2024 By Restaurant

Mexican chef Santiago Lastra is making the move to Mayfair for the opening of his second London restaurant.

Team behind Tattu to open Italian-American restaurant Louis in Manchester

19-Feb-2024 By Restaurant

The surge in popularity of Italian-American restaurants is showing no signs of slowing with one opening in Manchester later this year.

Chicken restaurant Social Bird lands in Newcastle

19-Feb-2024 By James McAllister

A contemporary, chicken-focused restaurant is spreading its wings in Newcastle having acquired the former Marco Pierre White Steakhouse Bar & Grill site on Fenkle Street.

Northcote's existing restaurant will become a brasserie under plans for a second hotel dining offer

19-Feb-2024 By Restaurant

Northcote’s Michelin starred restaurant will be transformed into a more ‘simplistic and affordable’ brasserie under plans by the hotel’s owners to create a second restaurant at the venue.

Tom Waters to take pop-up restaurant Gorse permanent

16-Feb-2024 By Restaurant

Former The Fat Duck and Bonhams chef Tom Waters is making his pop-up restaurant permanent with a bricks and mortar site in Cardiff.

Latest opening: Bellazul

16-Feb-2024 By Restaurant

A new Mediterranean dining spot has come to Marylebone.

Friday five: the week's top restaurant stories

16-Feb-2024 By James McAllister

This week's top news stories include Soho House hitting back at claims it’s ‘worth zero’ and Heston Blumenthal calling for greater urgency in tackling fraud on Companies House.

Ruth Hansom: “You don’t want to go to a chef’s restaurant and they’re not there cooking”

16-Feb-2024 By James McAllister

The first ever female winner of Young National Chef of the Year has launched her debut solo venture – a 16-cover, modern British fine dining restaurant in Bedale, North Yorkshire.

Chris Hicks and Alex Bagner to open The Blue Pelican in Deal

16-Feb-2024 By Restaurant

The husband-and-wife team behind The Rose in Deal will open a restaurant and wine bar in the coastal town later this month.

Robert Thompson to open a brace of restaurants in Ryde

16-Feb-2024 By Restaurant

Robert Thompson will open two restaurants within Royal Maritime House in Ryde this year.

William Drabble to double up at Althoff St. James’s Hotel & Club

15-Feb-2024 By Restaurant

William Drabble is to open a new restaurant and bar within Althoff St. James’s Hotel & Club, home to the chef’s Seven Park Place restaurant.

Plans approved for new Northcote restaurant overseen by Lisa Goodwin-Allen

15-Feb-2024 By Restaurant

Plans to build a new, high-end restaurant at luxury hotel Northcote have been approved.

Former executive chef at Mexico's Pujol to open Dué restaurant next year

14-Feb-2024 By Restaurant

Jesús Durón, former executive chef at Mexico City’s globally-renowned restaurant Pujol, is teaming up with Yardbird Hong Kong co-founder Lindsay Jang to open a restaurant in London next year.

Saltie Girl closes London outpost

14-Feb-2024 By James McAllister

Boston-based US seafood restaurant Saltie Girl has permanently shuttered its only London restaurant little more than a year after its launch.

Rhubarb Hospitality Collection to expand in Germany as turnover rises

14-Feb-2024 By Restaurant

London-based contract caterer and restaurant operator Rhubarb Hospitality Collection is expanding its footprint in Germany having signed a new contract in Hamburg.

“Hospitality in Britain has been broken": Sheffield restaurant Juke & Loe to close

14-Feb-2024 By Restaurant

Michelin-rated Sheffield restaurant Juke & Loe will close next month after almost seven years.

Gino D’Acampo reopens Manchester restaurant under new name

13-Feb-2024 By Restaurant

Gino D’Acampo has opened his new restaurant within Manchester’s INNSiDE by Meliá hotel.

The Gladwin Brothers' The Fat Badger closes

13-Feb-2024 By Restaurant

Gladwin Brothers Richard and Oliver have closed their The Fat Badger restaurant in Richmond two years on from its launch.

The team behind Nest head to Norfolk for new farmhouse-based restaurant

12-Feb-2024 By Restaurant

The team behind Shoreditch restaurant Nest are heading even further east with the opening of a restaurant in Norfolk.

Northern-based operators to speak at next month's R200 Conference in Manchester

12-Feb-2024 By Restaurant

Representatives from restaurant businesses including San Carlo, Rudy’s, Gusto Italian, and GSG Hospitality will be speaking at next month’s R200 Restaurant Conference in Manchester

The Cardinal Bar and Kitchen to open at London's Hotel Saint

09-Feb-2024 By Restaurant

All-day dining restaurant The Cardinal Bar and Kitchen will open at Hotel Saint in the City this spring.

Alberto Landgraf’s Bossa closes quietly

08-Feb-2024 By Restaurant

Bossa, Brazilian chef Alberto Landgraf’s debut London restaurant, has closed its doors after less than a year of trading.

Robert Thompson to close his eponymous restaurant and relaunch it later in the year

08-Feb-2024 By Restaurant

Robert Thompson has announced he will close his Isle of Wight restaurant later this month after nine years and reopen it in a new location.

Martin Kuczmarski: the man behind London's most captivating new restaurant

08-Feb-2024 By Stefan Chomka

With his debut solo restaurant, the former chief operating officer at Soho House Group is bringing old school hospitality and glamour to Mayfair.

“Sadly we won't be a restaurant anymore” – Bournemouth’s Terroir Tapas closes its doors

06-Feb-2024 By James McAllister

Bournemouth-based zero waste restaurant Terroir Tapas has permanently closed its doors, with its founder saying the financials results ‘do not reflect the efforts and ethos the team strive for’.

Nico Simeone to launch 'elevated chippie' later this month

06-Feb-2024 By Restaurant

Nico Simeone is to open a new concept - including a speakeasy-style restaurant - at the site that was home to the first Six by Nico.

Michelin Guide 2024 deletions: Hakkasan loses stars at both London restaurants

06-Feb-2024 By James McAllister

Both of Hakkasan’s London restaurants have had their Michelin stars deleted in the little red book’s Guide Great Britain & Ireland 2024.

Michelin Guide 2024: Six new restaurants receive Green Stars

05-Feb-2024 By James McAllister

Interlude in Sussex and St. Barts in London are among six new restaurants to have been awarded a Green Star in the Michelin Guide for Great Britain & Ireland 2024.

Michelin Guide 2024: The Ledbury awarded three stars with flurry of new two stars announced

05-Feb-2024 By James McAllister

Brett Graham’s Notting Hill restaurant The Ledbury has been awarded three stars in the Michelin Guide Great Britain & Ireland 2024.

Longbow Bars & Restaurants to reopen The Ashford Arms

05-Feb-2024 By Restaurant

Hospitality business Longbow Bars & Restaurants will reopen Peak District gastropub The Ashford Arms four years after its closure.

Chickpea Group to open The Market Inn in Salisbury

05-Feb-2024 By Restaurant

Wiltshire-based Chickpea Group will open its latest venue in the founders’ hometown of Salisbury.

The Lowdown: Michelin 2024

02-Feb-2024 By James McAllister

The eyes of the restaurant world will be on Manchester come Monday night as the little red book reveals its latest tranche of stars and awards.

The Alchemist to open 10 new sites following £15m investment

02-Feb-2024 By Restaurant

Cocktail bar and restaurant operator The Alchemist has secured a £15m loan to support the roll out of new sites and refinance its existing debt.

Hawksmoor reports record year for turnover and profit

02-Feb-2024 By Restaurant

Hawksmoor has reported record turnover and profit in 2023, with turnover up by over 20% to £90m.

“This felt a bit more special”: The Unruly Pig’s Dave Wall on reclaiming the title of UK’s Best Gastropub

02-Feb-2024 By Stefan Chomka

The chef-patron at the Suffolk pub on winning the title of UK’s Best Gastropub for a second time, having to change his cooking style, and the runaway success of a discounted Thursday tasting menu.

Endo Kazutoshi reveals details of his forthcoming restaurant at The OWO

02-Feb-2024 By James McAllister

Sushi maestro Endo Kazutoshi’s new restaurant at The OWO in London’s Whitehall will be called Kioku by Endo and is set to launch in the spring.

800 licensed premises lost in final quarter of 2023

01-Feb-2024 By James McAllister

Britain’s number of licensed premises dropped by 0.8% in the fourth quarter of 2023, the latest Hospitality Market Monitor from CGA by NIQ and AlixPartners reveals.

Michelin-starred The Cellar put on the market

01-Feb-2024 By Restaurant

Michelin-starred Fife restaurant The Cellar has been put up for sale.

Restaurant radar: February 2024

01-Feb-2024 By Restaurant

A French bistro in Leeds, a meaty bar and grill in Southport, and a taco restaurant with a sprinkling of Hollywood glamour are among this month's new openings to look out for.

“Operating in London has been increasingly challenging” - Greg Marchand closes Frenchie Covent Garden

31-Jan-2024 By James McAllister

Greg Marchand has closed the Covent Garden outpost of his Parisian bistro Frenchie after eight years, blaming the ‘increasingly challenging’ trading environment in London.

Richard Caring to relaunch Le Caprice at The Chancery Rosewood on Grosvenor Square

31-Jan-2024 By James McAllister

Richard Caring will relaunch his iconic London restaurant Le Caprice at The Chancery Rosewood, the luxury hotel and leisure redevelopment of the former US Embassy building in Mayfair.