Martinis sit at the heart of the Brutes menu, with a martini card allowing drinkers to customise their cocktails according to their preferred base spirit, style and garnish. That means you can have your martini dry, wet, dirty or brutal, and garnished with everything from blue cheese olives and gildas to pickled onion Monster Munch and chicken scratchings.
Last month, I found myself sitting in what looked like the world's most boring strip mall restaurant. Beige walls, no signage except for a tiny brass plaque, and a parking lot filled with understated luxury cars. I'd been invited by a source who'd built three successful companies before turning forty. As we ate perfectly prepared Dover sole at 7 PM on a Tuesday, surrounded by other quietly powerful diners, something clicked. This wasn't about exclusivity or showing off. This was about something else entirely.
Costa Navarino has established itself in recent years as one of the Mediterranean's leading luxury sustainable destinations for discerning travellers, offering a unique blend of luxury and sustainability.
Launching on March 1, Akoko's West African inspired menu will be headed up by the Akoko burger, £16, which will see an aged British beef patty seasoned with a special spice blend as well as tamarind jam, sosu kaani scotch bonnet chilli sauce, yassa-spiced onions and melted goat's cheese. The Akoko burger will come in Heard's signature roast potato bun and be served with dibi dipping sauce inspired by Senegalese barbecue.
When it opened in 2011, Dinner by Heston Blumenthal quickly became one of the most talked-about menus in the capital. The dishes, inspired by historic British cuisine, included items such as the now-legendary Meat Fruit, a chicken liver and foie gras parfait moulded to look like fruit inside a mandarin jelly. These avant-garde recipes earned Blumenthal and the team at Dinner their first Michelin star in 2012, and a second followed in 2014.
The Chancery Rosewood in Mayfair, open on the site of the former US Embassy on Grosvenor Square to the tune of £1 billion, was one of the biggest launches of last year. As well as boasting 144 suites, the hotel is home to a number of high-profile restaurants, including a London outpost of NYC's Carbone; Tobi Masa from Masa Takayama, who's behind NYC's three-Michelin-starred Masa; and Mediterranean spot Serra, led by ex-Berenjak and Murano chef Alex Povall.
The restaurant is a reincarnation of the original Automat that once stood a few roads over on Dover Street (in the very same site that now holds Martin Kuczmarski's wildly in-demand bar and restaurant, The Dover), and brought New York's brasserie-style diner concept to British shores. In-the-know Londoners loved it, lapping up the diner-esque menu and the Art Deco styling (patterned carpets and all).
If you've dined out in London in the past 20 years, chances are you've eaten at one of Jeremy King's spots. The serial restaurateur has been involved in the making of (literally and figuratively) classics such as Le Caprice, The Wolseley, The Ivy, and J Sheekey, and his more recent projects include The Park and Arlington. But despite being a legend of the London scene, King has never brought his expertise over the pond - until now.
I have an opportunity to make the food I love and reconnect with guests outside of the Rotunda, and to meet new friends along the way too. My team and I are ready to welcome you all and we hope you enjoy this demonstration of my sushi and hospitality in a different setting.
'In recent weeks, The Park has been subject to unexpected visits by camera-wielding influencers. This has taken us completely by surprise, probably because we do not spend a lick of time on TikTok. But some of our digitally-oriented team members have shared that The Park and its restrooms are trending.'
Hélène Darroze at The Connaught is celebrating Valentine's Day in London with a special menu, showcasing the best of fine French dining and fresh British ingredients. The meal begins with caviar paired with sea urchin and dashi jelly, continuing with indulgent dishes such as black truffle with cacklebean egg, Dover sole from Newlyn in Cornwall, and veal from Corrèze, France. Dessert comes in two parts: rhubarb and chocolate courses.
There's a brand new number one in Time Out's list of the best London restaurants with views , and it's a newly-opened joint just by Hyde Park. Congratulations to Shanghai Me, which opened last year on the 28th floor of the London Hilton on Park Lane. The same address was once home to Galvin at Windows, which closed in 2024 after 18 years of trading.
When it opened in 2021, Brixton Market's Temaki quickly became a hit with the city's sushi aficionados. The restaurant, which was London's first dedicated to handroll sushi, received a Time Out reviewer's praise for its 'triple whammy of expertise, exceptional produce and classy execution'. Alas, the south London Temaki wasn't to last. The California-style sushi joint shut its Brixton outpost last summer. Now, however, Temaki has announced a grand return to the city - this time in central London. A new location will open on Mayfair's Maddox Street
The best restaurants in South Kensington are no secret to the most cultured among us. This corner of London is more synonymous with groundbreaking exhibitions than a buzzy food scene - but hey, who can compete with the V&A, Natural History Museum and Science Museum as neighbours? Alas, culture vultures require sustenance like everyone else, and there are plenty of exceptional places in these parts ready to tend to those post-gallery rumbles.
