Casual Dining

Vinyl focused restaurant Drifter to open in Brighton

09-Apr-2024 By Restaurant

Rob Shenton and Charlie Bunn, the respective owners of Brighton restaurant Riddle and Finn’s and Hickstead Estate, are launching are music-driven restaurant on the south coast.

Brighton’s Kindling relaunches as a steak specialist

09-Apr-2024 By Joe Lutrario

Brighton restaurant Kindling has reopened with a focus on steaks following a six month hiatus.

The Gladwin Brothers to open The Pig’s Ear pub in Chelsea

08-Apr-2024 By Restaurant

Restaurateurs the Gladwin Brothers will open their first pub venture, in Chelsea, later this year.

Justin Carter named Loungers group managing director in one of three key appointments

08-Apr-2024 By Restaurant

Loungers has made three key appointments across its business as it continues to expand.

Pizza Pilgrims: “Getting B Corp status is the beginning, rather than the finish line”

05-Apr-2024 By James McAllister

Pizza Pilgrims co-founder Thom Elliot chats about the group’s journey to B Corp status, and how he hopes to use it to build a better business for the future.

Zia Lucia opens first regional restaurant in Reading

04-Apr-2024 By James McAllister

Pizzeria group Zia Lucia has opened its first restaurant outside of the capital in Reading.

Euan MacDonald and Mel Culross launch No No Please on Brighton’s Preston Street

04-Apr-2024 By Joe Lutrario

Siblings Euan MacDonald and Mel Culross have launched a restaurant and bar offering a broadly South East Asian-inspired menu close to Brighton seafront within the site that was most recently home to Really Happy Chicken.

Ping Pong to trial 15% ‘brand charge’ ahead of tipping law introduction

03-Apr-2024 By James McAllister

London-based dim sum chain Ping Pong has scrapped service charge and is replacing it with a discretionary 15% ‘brand charge’ to fund wage rises for all of its restaurant teams.

The Breakfast Club cuts costs in a bid to improve performance

03-Apr-2024 By Restaurant

Cost cutting helped The Breakfast Club improve its financial performance last year, the group’s latest results have shown.

“I just have nothing left” – Ben Ambridge closes The Fox's Revenge pub and Onda restaurant

02-Apr-2024 By James McAllister

Cornish chef Ben Ambridge has announced the closure of his Summercourt pub The Fox's Revenge and its nearby sister restaurant Onda in Wadebridge.

Bill’s develops new bar brand following ‘record-breaking’ financial results

02-Apr-2024 By Joe Lutrario

Bill’s is trialling a new more bar-orientated sub brand that will offer a wider variety of sharing dishes alongside draft beers and more hot drinks options.

The 'world’s best pizza' is coming to London

02-Apr-2024 By Restaurant

Londoners will be able to try the ‘world’s best pizza’ for the first time thanks to a partnership between Neapolitan pizza restaurant group Fatto a Mano and Master Pizzaiolo Franco Pepe.

Shares in Revolution Bars suspended after it fails to publish interim results

02-Apr-2024 By James McAllister

Revolution Bars has had its shares temporarily suspended from the AIM index of the London Stock Exchange after being ‘unable’ to publish its interim results last week.

Latest opening: Unlock

28-Mar-2024 By James McAllister

Napoli-born siblings Arianna and Giovanni Izzo’s first London opening is part pizza restaurant; part cocktail bar; and part art space.

Generation Next

The man who went from scotch egg slinger to seasoned restaurateur

28-Mar-2024 By James McAllister

With his HAM Restaurants group, Crispin and Bistro Freddie founder Dominic Hamdy is slowly building a London-centric empire.

Hunky Dory Group and Di Maggio’s Restaurant Group partner for new Glasgow venue

27-Mar-2024 By Restaurant

Scottish restaurant group Hunky Dory Group has unveiled plans for a new contemporary Chinese restaurant in Glasgow.

Chickpea Group to make Somerset debut

27-Mar-2024 By Restaurant

The trio behind the Wiltshire based Chickpea Group have acquired a seventh pub in what will be their first venue in the county of Somerset.

Latest opening: Dream Xi’an

26-Mar-2024 By Joe Lutrario

Shaanxi cuisine specialist Guirong Wei is expanding her culinary horizons with a new restaurant in Tower Hill.

Brighton’s Lost in the Lanes launches evening menu

26-Mar-2024 By Joe Lutrario

Brighton’s Lost in the Lanes restaurant will launch a more ambitious evenings-only menu early next month.

Dishoom to take the Permit Room to Cambridge

26-Mar-2024 By James McAllister

Indian restaurant group Dishoom is taking its fledgling spin-off brand the Permit Room to Cambridge for its second site.

Big Mamma looking to open Manchester site

25-Mar-2024 By Restaurant

Restaurant group Big Mamma is understood to have found a site in Manchester for what would be its first UK opening outside the capital.

Rigatoni’s halves estate less than three months after brand overhaul

25-Mar-2024 By James McAllister

Rigatoni’s, the Manchester-based restaurant group that previously traded under the name Sud Pasta, has announced the closure of its second site in as many months.

Whitbread looks to offload underperforming Beefeater and Brewers Fayre sites

25-Mar-2024 By James McAllister

Whitbread is looking to sell or convert around a third of its Beefeater and Brewers Fayre pubs estate.

San Carlo sets its sights on international expansion

25-Mar-2024 By Shwetali Sapte

San Carlo Group is preparing to open at least six restaurants in the next 18 months, according to managing director Marcello Distefano.

Tony Rodd to oversee the stoves at new Margate restaurant

25-Mar-2024 By James McAllister

Chef Tony Rodd is to oversee the stoves of a new neighbourhood-style restaurant and wine bar being launched in Margate by former Jamie Oliver Group MD Ryan Jacovides.

Chotto Matte’s enormous Manchester restaurant to launch in early 2025

22-Mar-2024 By Joe Lutrario

Japanese-Peruvian restaurant group Chotto Matte has confirmed that its debut regional restaurant will launch in early 2025, around six month later than originally planned.

Bird House London to launch fourth venue in the capital

21-Mar-2024 By Restaurant

The London based hospitality group behind venues The Hawk’s Nest, Skylarking, and Peckham Arches will open a taproom and brewery later this month.

Art’otel Hoxton reveals details of ground floor restaurant

21-Mar-2024 By James McAllister

The soon-to-launch Art’otel Hoxton hotel in London has unveiled details of its ground floor restaurant, which is set to open in May.

Delivery sales rise 8% in February as takeaways drop again

21-Mar-2024 By James McAllister

Britain’s leading managed restaurant groups achieved year-on-year sales growth of 8% in delivery sales in February 2024, CGA by NIQ’s new Hospitality at Home Tracker shows.

Gino D’Acampo’s My Pasta Bar brand wound up

21-Mar-2024 By James McAllister

Gino D’Acampo’s London-based My Pasta Bar brand has been wound up by administrators.

Operator behind Sucre and CLAP London to launch Pan-Asian restaurant in Shoreditch

20-Mar-2024 By Joe Lutrario

The group behind Soho’s Sucre and the more recently opened Knightsbridge restaurant CLAP London will launch a new Pan-Asian dining concept in Shoreditch early next month.

Gusto launches £65 subscription-based membership programme in casual dining first

20-Mar-2024 By Joe Lutrario

Largely Northern-based Italian group Gusto has become the UK’s first casual dining brand to launch a subscription-based membership programme that requires guests to pay upfront to access discounts and other benefits.

Majestic Wine ‘exploring deal’ to purchase Vagabond

19-Mar-2024 By James McAllister

Specialist wine retailer Majestic has confirmed it is exploring a deal to purchase beleaguered bar group Vagabond.

Wine importers Joe Haynes and Ben Butterworth partner with chef Tom Hurst to launch Farringdon restaurant

19-Mar-2024 By Joe Lutrario

Wine importer Joe Haynes and Ben Butterworth will team up with chef Tom Hurst to launch a restaurant and wine bar in Farringdon this spring.

CC Capital in talks to take Soho House private

19-Mar-2024 By Restaurant

CC Capital, the investment firm led by former Blackstone executive Chinh Chu, is in talks with Soho House over a potential bid to acquire the members club group.

Harts Group will celebrate the cheese toastie at its new Two Drops bar at Battersea Power Station

18-Mar-2024 By Restaurant

Harts Group will open a bar at Battersea Power Station alongside its El Pastor Mexican restaurant brand.

Prezzo returns to profitability following restructure

18-Mar-2024 By James McAllister

Prezzo has returned to profitability following a restructure of its business that saw it close nearly a third of its estate last year.

Soho House reduces losses as membership waitlist hits ‘all-time high’

18-Mar-2024 By James McAllister

Soho House has reduced its losses and seen membership revenues increase, according to its latest financial results.

Laura Harper-Hinton: “We don’t see Caravan as a London brand”

15-Mar-2024 By Joe Lutrario

The Antipodean trio behind successful restaurant and coffee brand Caravan are hitting the road later this year having lined up their debut regional site.

MCA Hospitality Awards winners revealed

15-Mar-2024 By Restaurant

Brands including Albert’s Schloss, Gail’s Bakery, Five Guys, Nando’s, Dishoom, and F1 Arcade we among the winners at last night’s MCA Hospitality Awards.

Restaurant groups deliver modest sales growth in February amid 'subdued trading'

14-Mar-2024 By James McAllister

Britain’s top hospitality groups achieved modest like-for-like sales growth of 1.4% in February, the latest CGA RSM Hospitality Business Tracker reveals.

Mexican restaurant Condesa to open in Bristol

14-Mar-2024 By Restaurant

Bristol-based hospitality group Season + Taste will open its latest restaurant in the city this month.

Honest Burgers sees turnover rise by 26%

13-Mar-2024 By Restaurant

Honest Burgers has reported a turnover increase of more than a quarter in its latest accounts.

Megan's heads to Twickenham

13-Mar-2024 By Restaurant

Neighbourhood-style restaurant brand Megan's will open its latest restaurant in the capital this spring.

ASK Italian switches to 100% regenerative flour for its pizza

12-Mar-2024 By Joe Lutrario

ASK Italian has become the first major Italian restaurant group to make its pizza with regenerative flour.

Kolamba duo to open second restaurant in Spitalfields

11-Mar-2024 By Restaurant

Kolamba founders Eroshan and Aushi Meewella will open their second London restaurant, on Spitalfields’ Blossom Street.

Sticks'n'Sushi and Deliveroo announce exclusive partnership

11-Mar-2024 By James McAllister

Danish-owned sushi and kushiyaki specialist Sticks’n’Sushi has launched an exclusive partnership with Deliveroo.

Blacklock to make regional debut in Manchester later this year

11-Mar-2024 By Joe Lutrario

Blacklock will open a restaurant in Manchester later this year marking the successful chophouse concept’s first site outside the capital.

Popular Leeds Indian restaurant Manjit’s Kitchen to close

11-Mar-2024 By Restaurant

Leeds-based Indian restaurant Manjit’s Kitchen has announced it will close next month citing an unsustainable rise in costs as the reason.

Sam Harrison to bring Sam’s Kitchen to Chiswick

08-Mar-2024 By Joe Lutrario

West London duo Sam Harrison and Fanny Stocker are switching their Sam’s Larder deli in Chiswick over to their café concept Sam’s Kitchen.