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Seafood
- The Seafood Bar from Amsterdam lands in Soho
This sustainability-focused restaurant first opened in Amsterdam and has found a space in Soho for its London debut (taking over the space that was The Ref Fort). Expect towers of shellfish and lots more.
- The Sea, The Sea flows onwards to Haggerston
9/6/21 - Updated with images, booking details and opening date
Fishmonger/wine bar/seafood restaurant The Sea, The Sea has been a big hit since it landed in Chelsea on Pavillion Road. That's particularly down to the food by Leo Carreira (the chef previously behind Londrino) which Marina O'Loughlin
... - Test Driving J Sheekey - a London institution celebrating its 125th birthday
Truly a London institution, Sheekey's celebrates a landmark birthday this year. We revisted the Covent Garden restaurant to see how they're looking at 125 years young.
- J.Sheekey is reopening with a weatherproofed year-round terrace
It was one of the last places we visited before the Christmas lockdown, but fans of Covent Garden restaurant J. Sheekey will be aware that the restaurant had yet to reopen its doors this summer. Turns out a 125 year old restaurant needs a bit of work done to look its best, so they've been spending that time giving it a bit of a refurb.
To that end, Sheekeys is getting ready to open again this month and probably the biggest
... - Test Driving Raw on Brick Lane - alfresco cocktails and seafood buns
We take a look at Raw on Brick Lane - dining alfresco with a mix of seafood and cocktails.
- Head to Hackney for Cornerstone To Go on Saturdays
While Tom Brown and James Toth are waiting to reopen Cornerstone they've decided to set the ball in motion, with a series of Saturday pop-up takeaways outside the restaurant in Hackney Wick.
"Because we’re bored of sitting twiddling our thumbs we thought we’d do a lil takeaway event down in the wick this Saturday," said Tom. "Same deal as the one last year, first come first served."
Dishes available to
... - Burger & Lobster open their lobster shack for business at West India Quay
Even if the temperature doesn't quite match the blue skies, it's clear that summer is on its way and over at Canary Wharf, Burger & Lobster are ready for it. Their West India Quay branch has just opened up a lobster shack down by the water, serving up takeaway lobster dishes and drinks.
There's grilled classic lobster - or you can opt for one marinated in The Ribman's Holy Fuck sauce. Alongside that they're
... - Jackson Boxer's Orasay launches an ever-changing seafood menu to support day-boat fishermen
As many regular restaurant-goers know, the restaurant industry depends on the sustainable seafood stock supplied by independent fishermen from day-boats. However, the one-two punch of both restaurants being closed and the impact of Brexit has had a hugely negative impact.
So one restaurant, Jackson Boxer's Orasay in Notting Hill, is doing what it can to help. As the restaurant opens up again, starting with terrace dining on 13
... - RAW is a seafood restaurant, cocktail bar and fishmongers coming to Fitzrovia
This new Fitzrovia seafood place extends the seafood theme to its cocktails and has a handy fishmongers too.
- RAW (formerly Crudo) on Brick Lane will feature a fishmongers, restaurant and a speakeasy bar
This new seafood spot on Brick Lane features a ground floor restaurant and fish shop as well as a secret cocktail bar.
- Stein's on the Quay is the Padstow pop up restaurant to visit this summer
Sunny weather got you planning your summer escape from London? Well, there's a new restaurant in Cornwall's foodie capital, Padstow, that you might want to try.
While a lot of cookery schools fall foul of current social distancing rules, the team at Rick Stein's have cunningly transformed their quayside school into a pop-up restaurant for the summer. Stein's On The Quay, as the name suggests, sits practically in Padstow
... - Prawn on the Lawn moves to a Padstow farm for the summer
In news that has got us googling prices of train tickets to Padstow, Prawn on the Lawn's Cornwall outpost is switching locations for the summer.
Katie and Rick Toogood, who run the restaurant and fishmongers in Highbury & Islington as well as the place down in Cornwall, are relocating their Padstow restaurant to a nearby Cornish farm for the summer.
Prawn on the Farm will be their summer residence, taking over space at nearby
... - Test Driving Wright Brothers At Home - from the shore to your door
While we wait for London's seafood restaurants to reopen for business, Wright Brothers are bringing their amazing seafood from the fish markets of Brixham right to Londoners' doors. We took a box to check it out.
- Richard Corrigan starts Bentley's delivery service with Mr Oyster Boy
Right now, we can't think of anything we'd like more than to perch up at the marble counter at Bentley’s Oyster Bar & Grill with a glass of fizz and oysters being shucked in front of us.
But, while we wait for that day to arrive, we can at least take advantage of chef/owner Richard Corrigan's new delivery service. Mr Oyster Boy, which launches this week, will bring a range of dishes from that restaurant (along with
... - Cornerstone is selling its salmon pastrami and trout ham
This weekend, Hackney restaurant Cornerstone had its second birthday. But as they're currently closed for business, it was a bit of a quiet affair, marked only with a post on Instagram by chef and owner Tom Brown.
While the restaurant itself is closed, clearly Tom wants to keep busy so he's been making his 'sea-cuturie' cured salmon and trout available for pick up from his restaurant. The salmon pastrami and chalk stream farm
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