Restaurant Openings

Holborn Dining Room's dedicated gin bar stocks 400 different variants of the spirit

Holborn Dining Room opens 400-strong gin bar

By Emma Eversham

Holborn Dining Room, the restaurant at Rosewood London, has opened a gin bar which its owners claim stocks the largest collection of gins in the capital. 

The Victoria Hotel in Oldham is the latest hotel to be snapped up by Compass Hospitality Group

Compass Hospitality acquires Oldham hotel

By Emma Eversham

Asian hotel operator Compass Hospitality has acquired its second hotel in the UK since receiving a funding boost from The Royal Bank of Scotland earlier this month. 

Hotels with a wellness focus could benefit from the growing trend in holidays-at-home

TRAVEL TRENDS

Staycations increase as overseas safety fears rise

By Emma Eversham

The number of short breaks Brits intend to take within the UK is set to increase this year as worries about personal safety overseas curb appetites for holidays abroad. 

The Seafood Pub Company's Jocelyn Neve (centre) with general managers of the company's sites

Seafood Pub Company acquires eighth pub

By Emma Eversham

Lancashire-based food, drink and accommodation business The Seafood Pub Company will open its eighth site this summer after acquiring former pub The Forest Inn in Pendle. 

VIDEO: Cyrus Todiwala on secret to successful hotel restaurants

VIDEO: Cyrus Todiwala on the secret to successful hotel restaurants

By Hannah Thompson

Indian chef Cyrus Todiwala, with his wife Pervin, is the chef-proprietor of Café Spice Namasté, Mr. Todiwala's Kitchen, and Assado, including sites at the Hampton by Hilton in London's Waterloo and at the Hilton London Heathrow Airport T5. He...

Avocado-only restaurant opens in London

Avocado-only restaurant opens in London

By Sophie Witts

While there are already restaurants dedicated to cereal, grilled cheese, meatballs and chips, the humble avocado now has a whole pop-up restaurant opening in its honour.

Mark Hix to expand restaurant estate following restructure

Mark Hix to expand restaurant estate following restructure

By Mark Wingett

Restaurateur and chef Mark Hix is to expand his current nine­-strong restaurant portfolio after entering into a joint venture with Westbury Street Holdings (WSH), the owner of Searcys, BaxterStorey and Benugo. 

Solita is planning to create its largest site yet with the Heathcote restaurants purchase

Solita buys Paul Heathcote restaurant sites

By Emma Eversham

Manchester-based restaurant group Solita has bought two of chef Paul Heathcote's restaurant sites - The Olive Press and Heathcote's Brasserie in Preston.

Steakhouse and liquor bar Hanger to open in west London

Steakhouse and liquor bar Hanger to open in west London

By Hannah Thompson

Hanger, a new ‘steakhouse and liquor bar’ focusing on hanger steak and old-fashioned cocktails, and with a L’Enclume-trained chef at the helm, is to open in south west London this summer.

Swingers - The Crazy Golf Club will open its first permanent site in the city in May

Swinger's Crazy Golf Club to open next month

By Emma Eversham

Crazy golf-themed cocktail bar and food outlet Swingers – The Crazy Golf Club, is set to open its first permanent site next month following the success of a pop-up in Shoreditch last year. 

Robin Gill replaces Delicatessen with tapas bar

Robin Gill replaces Delicatessen with tapas bar

By Hannah Thompson

Robin Gill, the chef behind the London sites The Dairy and The Manor, is replacing his Delicatessen with a new tapas bar concept called Counter Culture after admitting that the former venture didn’t work at the site.

Hotel 'shop' The Luxury Travel Store has a bar area and interactive booths to show off its Caribbean holiday resorts

Sandals opens first hotel store in London

By Emma Eversham

Unique Vacations Ltd, the company behind Caribbean resorts Sandals, Beaches and Grand Pineapple, has opened the UK's first high street store dedicated to a hotel brand. 

BIRD considers regional expansion for 2017

BIRD considers regional expansion for 2017

By James Wallin

BIRD, the free­range fried chicken concept, will target expansion into the rest of the UK in 2017 with Leeds and Manchester identified as targets. 

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