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7+ hour, 45+ min ago (737+ words) Modern Chinese restaurant group Tattu has signed for a 13, 200 sq ft floating restaurant at Canary Wharf on a 15-year lease. The group intends to open its second London restaurant at 5 Water Street in the winter. Led by Studio WYZE, the…...
Little Baobab launches Food and Live Music Nights!
4+ day, 9+ hour ago (461+ words) I was originally a barrister then worked as lawyer across the world, before starting my own private equity firm. I have been and continue to act as a director of public and private firms, as well as being involved in…...
Arcade Covent Garden to open on 15 May
1+ week, 3+ hour ago (250+ words) London-based food hall operator Arcade achieved the impossible in 2022 and made Centre Point a destination, a mere 56 years after the building first opened. "It's second venue second, a 24, 000 sq ft food hall opened at Battersea Power Station, opened to great…...
Restaurant review - The French House, Soho
1+ week, 1+ day ago (343+ words) As a restaurant, upstairs at The French has had a mixed history. Even Margot and Fergus (the knight of St John) Henderson gave it their best though it never quite gained traction. But more recently Neil Borthwick, a man whose…...
Restaurant review - The Pig and Butcher, Islington
1+ week, 1+ day ago (617+ words) The word "gastropub" has now been somewhat overused. In the wrong hands, it"s a license to charge twenty quid for an average burger served on a piece of wood. It can be pretentious without the substance. In the right…...
Coco di Mama's wayward child turns one: Don't Tell Dad comes of age
2+ week, 5+ hour ago (435+ words) There's something deliciously subversive about'Don't Tell Dad. Not just the name " a wink, a nudge, a promise of mischief " but the DNA behind it. This is, after all, the restaurant from Daniel Land, co-founder of Coco di Mama, that most…...
We tried the best Scandinavian food in London - and it did not disappoint
2+ week, 22+ hour ago (449+ words) The London Economic - Do Not Process My Personal Information There are meals you enjoy, meals you remember, and then there are meals that feel like you've briefly stepped into another world. The chef's table at Ekstedt at The Yard firmly…...
Rum Kitchen celebrates opening with 50% off food from 16th to 19th April
2+ week, 6+ day ago (187+ words) Opening on 16th April, Rum Kitchen aims to bring classic Caribbean food and late night energy to Inverness Street in the heart of Camden. If you're all about DJs spinning into the early hours, beach shack-style food, rum-fuelled cocktails and unstoppable…...
Restaurant Review - Chargal, Mayfair
3+ week, 2+ day ago (390+ words) Chargal Mayfair, a wonderful Turkish restaurant " or rather dining concept " opened in December 2025 on Berkeley Street in Mayfair on the site which Jeru London occupied until last summer. The food at Chargal is fantastic. Be warned, however, the portions are…...
Restaurant review: The River Restaurant, The Savoy
3+ week, 5+ day ago (295+ words) One of those rather nice, very reliable special places. But then, it sort of fell off my radar for a while. Which is oddly more than can be said about The Gallery " the room you pass through en route from…...