Tasty openings and plate-licking news from the world of restaurants across the UK. Here's our February 2025 hottest restaurant picks.
Lucky Cat Bishopsgate
Move over Duck & Waffle, Gordon Ramsay Restaurants open Lucky Cat by Gordon Ramsay this month at 22 Bishopsgate, London’s tallest office building this February. Got vertigo? Skip this paragraph as the 60th-floor restaurant will officially be the highest place to eat high-end Asian-inspired menu food with 360’ views of the city. Expect a menu of maki, nigiri, raw salads and bao buns and robata grill meats. Extending to the 61st floor is the Lucky Cat cocktail bar - the highest rooftop bar in Europe. a retractable roof, so in the summer guests can experience the fresh air at 61 floors up! JA.
Opens 2 February
Lucky Cat Bishopsgate, 22 Bishopsgate, City of London, London EC2N 4BQ
Dove
Orasay in Notting Hill may have closed its doors but that only made way for a new restaurant, Dove, to open. Servicing a menu using costly seafood proved prohibitive in the former guise. Chef Jackson Boxer has moved to cooking other dishes that light his fire, and that of discernible diners.
Ricotta dumplings, lobster cream, lime leaf and fried potato pizzette, bonito, burrata and Mortadella feature. Roast half herb-fed chicken, Tokyo turnips and Cafe De Paris butter also caught my eye. The menu is a well-considered work of culinary art. PL.
Now open
31 Kensington Park Rd, W11 2EU.
La Mome
When Marcus Wareing closed his restaurant at The Berkeley last year, many wondered what would replace it. Answer: a high-end restaurant with an A-List following. Le Mome London adds to highly successful Cannes and Monaco sister restaurants from Ugo and Antoine Lecorché.
The Riviera is brought to life with a South of France/Mediterranean menu and the interior is adorned with images of the 1960s Riviera heyday. What's for dinner? Many of the restaurant's signature dishes, including whole wild fish of the day. PL.
Now open
Knightsbridge - Wilton Pl, London SW1X 7RL
The Prince Arthur
Some are calling it a disruptor of the London pub scene. High-end, it serves its own range of caviar, created in conjunction with The London Caviar Company. There's also a seafood counter.
The most sophisticated storage and pouring equipment available for Guinness has been installed to ensure the most perfect pint outside of Ireland, (look out The Devonshire). Jeremy Clarkestone's Hawkstone beer is also available. Upstairs, Basque cuisine reigns supreme. Dishes include grilled carabinero and monkfish, clams & lobster bisque. PL.
Now open
11 Pimlico Rd, London, SW1V 8NA
Sandwich Sandwich
The popularity of mega sandwiches continues to surge. Sandwich Sandwich has opened its first London restaurant and is already planning a second one. Fillings include: sliced southern fried chicken, house coleslaw, spicy creole sauce, overnight roasted sirloin of beef, red onion, tomato, cheddar & horseradish mayo, and hoisin pulled pork, cucumber & spring onion. A second London store is set to open near Fenchurch Street soon. PL.
Now open
1 Gresham Street, London, EC2V 7BX
Side Plates
Lola's South Kensington
Diary note everyone - Lola's South Kensington is opening on Friday 7th Feb and the first 250 people to hot foot it over will get a free mini cupcake.
Find them at 10 South Kensington Station Arcade, SW7 2NA
Hand & Flowers Classic Menu
Tom Kerridge's The Hand & Flowers celebrates 20 years with the launch of a ‘Classics’ Menu this month. Featuring iconic dishes from across the past two decades, including stalwarts Hand & Flowers Warm Gala Pie with "Matson" Spices Sauce (2016) and Braised Shin of Beef with Roasted Bone Marrow and 'H&F' Carrot (2005). The menu is £95 for three courses.
126 West St, Marlow SL7 2BP
Features Editor, Chatting Food: Jo Aspin
Jo Aspin is a freelance writer specialising in UK restaurants, travel, food and drink. She is also a Director at hospitality PR agency Amy Williams Consultancy, based in London.
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