The Brewhouse and Kitchen is a perfect example of looking at trends, customer needs and a future-proof business plan… Take a microbrewery, craft ales, group parties, damn fine food and a hands-on experience and you have a top day or night out, and just about every birthday and Christmas present for everyone you know sorted […]
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We love to have fun, we love good service and we love to be entertained – meet the team at Be at One! Crafted by a number of talented yet disenchanted bar types from across the land – a successful concoction of 33 bars (to date) has shaken up the way we enjoy cocktails and […]
This piece was written before our dear friend Gerard passed away, I will be spending time with Nina and our extended family at Spot in the Woods this Spring… meanwhile I would like you to read this in the spirit of the last time I met with Gerard in 2018… Working with people, food, photos […]
So many restaurants, so little time! Ordinarily 13 is viewed as an unlucky number – but not today keen reader, it couldn’t be a more exciting number – as that is how many restaurants and bars there are in the hip Hotel Puente Romano in the uber-cool Spanish city of Marbella in Andalusia. This labyrinthine […]
This landmark hotel has been impressing guests for over 50 years! After an elaborate refurbishment that commenced in 2015 and was completed in 2017, and in its 50th-anniversary year, the Royal Lancaster now stands proud over Hyde Park with uber-cool suites, dining propositions and attention to detail that only a privately owned estate can boast! […]
It goes through its economical ups and downs, its islands and high rises, but one thing that Dubai never loses is its higher than high standards; its surrounds, its dining and hospitality, and you can’t go higher than the Burj Al Arab if you want seven-star service! The hotel is quite something and improved we […]
If the thought of a chauffeur service out of swanky Dorset boroughs such as Sandbanks and Canford Cliffs conjures up Made in Chelsea, less than subtle throaty roars of exhaust… think again. Think power without the roar, think class without the swank, and think to the future, which we all know is green! Enter PRESLA, […]
In the heart of the emerging 67-acres of King’s Cross redevelopment, from industrial wasteland to a hospitality mecca – Dishoom one of the original tenants, from an old (godown) goods shed in 1928 a young Irani started to sell chai & home baked goods, today in a busy restored Victorian industrial building enjoy small plates […]
Another of the King’s Cross contenders – a gold medal for this split-level, volume venue. Bustling, big, efficient with choice. Grande Café on the floor & the Restaurant on the mezannine. Oysters, herring, shrimps, Black Forest ham, schnitzels, sausages & sea bass. There’s schupfnudeln plus other vegan choices with good plate sizes – arrive hungry! […]