Restaurant Openings

Aqua Kyoto restaurant opens in London

Aqua Kyoto restaurant opens in London

By Emma Eversham

The second restaurant in the trinity of Aqua London, the new venue from the Hong Kong-based Aqua Restaurant Group, opens on the top floor of the former Dickens & Jones department store

Fuller Thomson buys seventh site

Fuller Thomson buys seventh site

By Marta Karcz

Scottish bar and restaurant operator, Fuller Thomson, has enlarged its estate to seven with the purchase of the freehold interest of the Doghouse in Dundee

London’s Stafford Hotel sold for £77.5m

London’s Stafford Hotel sold for £77.5m

By Becky Paskin

The Stafford Hotel in St. James’s, London, has been sold to Britannia Hospitality, the UK arm of an Egyptian construction and tourism company, for £77.5m

Vietnamese restaurant chain to launch in UK

Vietnamese restaurant chain to launch in UK

By Becky Paskin

Pho 24, a Vietnamese fast food restaurant chain, is rolling it’s concept over to the UK, with the first of 30 planned sites to open in London next month

Buckinghamshire's Artichoke restaurant to re-open

Buckinghamshire's Artichoke restaurant to re-open

By Emma Eversham

Laurie and Jacqueline Gear's Buckinghamshire restaurant Artichoke, forced to close last summer following a fire, is set to open in October following a large scale refurbishment

TGI Friday's fined £30k for running 'filthy kitchens'

TGI Friday's fined £30k for running 'filthy kitchens'

By Emma Eversham

The American-themed restaurant chain pleaded guilty to six food hygiene offences in court on Wednesday after inspectors found dead cockroaches, mouse droppings and grease-encrusted cabinets in its kitchens

Future uncertain for Kinnaird Estate's hotel

Future uncertain for Kinnaird Estate's hotel

By Emma Eversham

Staff at Kinnaird Estate in Scotland wait to hear what their future holds after owner Constance Cluett Ward announced her retirement from the hotel business

Operator sought for horror restaurant

Operator sought for horror restaurant

By Emma Eversham

Restaurant operators with an interest in the paranormal are being urged to put in offers to run the Hellfire horror-themed restaurant as the current owner looks to take to the road with his hog roast hearse.

ETM Group opens kitchen at The Lexington

ETM Group opens kitchen at The Lexington

By Emma Eversham

Tom and Ed Martin, owners of the ETM Group, use their expertise in catering to provide the food offering at Islington music venue The Lexington

Bluefin tuna not endangered, say Nobu staff

Bluefin tuna not endangered, say Nobu staff

By Becky Paskin

Undercover video footage of Nobu staff apparently claiming that bluefin tuna is not an endangered species has emerged on the internet, acting as a warning to restaurants to educate their staff properly about fish sustainability

John McClements keeps and rebrands Ma Cuisine

John McClements keeps and rebrands Ma Cuisine

By Becky Paskin

Chef/restaurateur John McClements has relaunched Ma Cuisine in Barnes as Le Provence, just weeks after attempting to sell the site as part of a ‘strategic review’ of his business

Hilton to open two more Doubletree hotels

Hilton to open two more Doubletree hotels

By Emma Eversham

The hotel group continues the expansion of its upscale Doubletree brand in the UK by signing franchise agreements for hotels in Bristol and Milton Keynes

Balaji Hotels buys first UK property

Balaji Hotels buys first UK property

By Becky Paskin

Indian company Balaji Hotels has acquired its first UK-based property in Kettering, Northants, as part of plans to build a small portfolio in Britain.

Barnsley House Hotel finds new owner

Barnsley House Hotel finds new owner

By Emma Eversham

The Cotswold hotel and one of the pubs owned by the same company are bought out of administration by Calcot Health and Leisure

The Criterion Restaurant reopens

The Criterion Restaurant reopens

By Emma Eversham

Marco Pierre Whites former Piccadilly Circus restaurant re-opens under new owner Georgian millionaire Irakli Sopromadze

Galvins name Spital restaurant La Chapelle

Galvins name Spital restaurant La Chapelle

By Becky Paskin

Chris and Jeff Galvin have announced they are to call their latest restaurant at St. Botolph’s Hall in Spital Square Galvin La Chapelle, after a 13th century French chapel they ‘felt a connection’ with

Heston Blumenthal to open London restaurant

Heston Blumenthal to open London restaurant

By Emma Eversham

The Fat Duck chef will open his first London restaurant in the Mandarin Oriental Hotel next year with food heavily influenced by his interest in historic British gastronomy

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