Westfield Stratford City, the £1.45bn retail and leisure development located next to the Olympic Park in east London, opens its doors to customers today with almost 70 food and drink sites ready for operation.
Two first-time restaurateurs who previously worked together as documentary makers are to bring a Caribbean dining concept to the huge Westfield Stratford shopping centre, due to open near tratford’s Olympic Park next week.
The contents of an iconic, 19th Century hotel in Worthing, West Sussex is to be auctioned off next weekend ahead of development plans to transform the building into an upmarket spa hotel and flats.
Italian restaurant chain Rossopomodoro has expanded its UK operations beyond London for the first time, with a new site at Selfridges’ food hall in Birmingham.
Cheshire entrepreneur Mark Harrison has opened the first ‘bubbly and Bentley’ bar on the site of the former taproom bar at the Royal George Hotel in Knutsford.
The Dorchester Collection has today began a soft launch for its ninth property 45 Park Lane in London, home to US chef Wolfgang Puck’s CUT steak restaurant.
US-based Mexican restaurant chain Chipotle is to open its second UK restaurant in London’s Baker Street next week, as it continues to embark on a roll-out strategy across the country.
Notting Hill restaurant The Ledbury has been named as serving the best food in London, according to restaurant guide Harden’s, after topping the publication’s over £85 category.
The founder of American-style sports bar brand Bar Sport says he is aiming to see a branch in every town and city across the UK as the company’s second site opens in the Midlands.
A new casual pan-Asian restaurant is due to launch near Spitalfields, London next week, headed by a former employee of Nobu London, Buddha Bar and Watatsumi.
Former Manchester United footballer Gary Neville could be about to follow fellow England stars Ashley Cole and Steven Gerrard into the hospitality industry after getting the green light to build a restaurant on the site of a former social club in Lancashire.
Having launched its last restaurant in 2009, London-based British restaurant chain Bumpkin has now revealed plans to roll out several restaurants over the next year, starting with sites in Westfield Stratford and the City.
A vending machine selling bread and milk has been installed outside a pub in Staffordshire after its licensee was refused permission to open a shop on the premises.
Restaurateur Arjun Waney will re-open private members’ club The Arts Club next month with La Petite Maison’s Raphael Duntoye in charge of the food and DJ Mark Ronson as director of music.
The Jumeirah Carlton Tower Hotel in London’s Knightsbridge is to relaunch its legendary Rib Room Bar & Restaurant with a new chef – Northcote Manor’s Ian Rudge – at the helm.
Knightsbridge rib restaurant Chicago Rib Shack will launch a scaled-down food court style concept called Baby Rib Shack at Westfield Stratford City next month and could roll the brand out elsewhere if it is a success.
The Sustainable Restaurant Association (SRA) has given Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's River Cottage Restaurants the highest score yet awarded to a restaurant.
Nitenite, the windowless hotel concept which launched in Birmingham in 2006 is looking for a new owner for its city-centre hotel following its holding company's move into administration.
Harbour Hotels, operator of five coastal hotels in Dorset, Devon and Cornwall, has been given the go-ahead for a multi-million pound refurbishment of its Salcombe Harbour hotel.
Wolverhampton City Council has revealed plans to purchase and demolish a 50-year old hotel deemed an ‘eyesore’ after Hilton Worldwide pulled out of discussions to operate the property as a Hampton by Hilton.
Jamie Barber, the man behind Hush, Villandry and Kitchen Italia, is to join Jamie Oliver’s first Union Jacks restaurant at Central St. Giles with a new Brazilian barbecue concept.
Travelodge has announced it is planning to invest £135m in opening hotels near National Parks in response to high demand for accommodation in the UK's top rural locations.
Italian restaurant chain Zizzi is launching a dedicated cichetti (small plates) menu across its UK sites following a successful trial at three of its restaurants.
An apprentice restaurant scheme that lost vital government funding this year received a further blow this week when it was forced to close two branches due to the London riots.
Whitbread, the UK’s largest hotel and restaurant group, is to sell and leaseback seven Premier Inns and adjacent restaurants to LaSalle Investment Management for £53.8m.
Cote Restaurants, the French bistro chain founded by Andy Bassadone and Chris Benians and owned by Richard Caring, has opened its first site in Wiltshire.
