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- London is getting a hot new rooftop bar ABar Rooftop at the Mandarin Oriental Mayfair
It may not be the optimum time of year in London to be unveiling a new rooftop bar, but that's not stopping the folks at the Mandarin Oriental Mayfair. They're about to throw open the doors to the Abar Rooftop at their hotel just off Hanover Square.
The new bar boasts views across Mayfair, an area not all that blessed with good rooftop drinking spaces, and there'll be room for 50 indoors along
... - The Emory x Tato features award-winning Argentinian cocktails on a rooftop now open to all
We’re not sure what snared our attention first: the mesmerising tango takeover videos on The Emory Hotel’s Instagram or the lure of access to a London rooftop that was previously only open for guests. Either way, you need to know that Argentinian bartender ‘Tato’ is bringing his
... - Test Driving Cornus - a sophisticated second album from the Medlar team
New rooftop restaurant Cornus is the first opening in over a decade from the team who brought us Medlar. We took a trip to Belgravia to check it out.
- London's best rooftop bars and restaurants
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- Medlar team to open rooftop restaurant Cornus in Pimlico
18/7/24 - updated with opening date and menu details
Fifteen years might be a long time between new restaurant concepts, but the team behind Medlar in Chelsea are finally ready to impress London with their next endeavour. It’s called Cornus and is opening atop the Ice Factory in Belgravia, an area surprisingly bereft of rooftop spaces.
They brought in Gary Foulkes as
... - Test Driving Los Mochis City - sushi and tacos against a high rise backdrop
It's already one of the buzziest new openings in the City. We took the lift up to the rooftop at Los Mochis City to check out the scene for ourselves.
- Kaso is the new rooftop bar and restaurant at One Hundred Shoreditch
It's been just two years since the East London hotel One Hundred Shoreditch opened its doors, but it's already changed both of its restaurants in that short time. On the ground floor Sticks 'n' Sushi has taken over from the original spot Goddard & Gibbs and now on the rooftop, the unimaginatively named The Rooftop has given way to Kaso.
Although the look hasn't changed, the menu certainly
... - 1864 Bar and Kitchen is the new-look John Lewis rooftop
They've had restaurants up on their rooftop before, but this year John Lewis Oxford Street are trying something new with 1864 Rooftop Bar & Kitchen (which is named after the year John Lewis was founded).
This time around, it's a team-up with Benugo, and it sounds like they're going for more of a party vibe than before, with space for 200 standing, but only just over 60 if you
... - The Devonshire is doing bar food now AND it's opened the roof terrace
Unless you've been hiding under a very capacious rock you'll know that getting a table at The Devonshire in Soho is currently one of the hardest restaurant reservations to secure in London right now.
So we're happy to bring you news of two changes at the pub that have radically enhanced your chances of
... - Endo Kazutoshi opens Kioku by Endo restaurant and bar at The OWO
24/4/24 - updated with opening details
The (nearly) last piece of the puzzle that is The OWO is coming into place. The prime spot in the refurbished Old War Office, the rooftop, is being taken up by top chef Endo Kazutoshi, who will be opening Kioku by Endo there.
Kioku, is the Japanese word for memory. The restaurant, Endo says, "will combine
... - Test Driving TT - smoking on the rooftops of Shoreditch
TT in Shoreditch has made its rooftop restaurant permanent and brought in a chef who's behind a new wood-fired menu. We popped up to the roof to see what he's cooking.
- The old House of Fraser building on Oxford Street is getting a rooftop restaurant with panoramic views
Have you been wondering what the plans are for the old art deco House of Fraser building on Oxford Street? Well, it's getting more than £130m thrown at it in a massive refurb that's planned to bring with it new shops, a gym and even an indoor swimming pool. The building is being renamed The Elephant, but you can guarantee we'll all be calling it the old House of Fraser
... - The Med-inspired Circe's Rooftop Bar takes over from Bar Elba in Waterloo
Earlier this year, Waterloo rooftop venue Bar Elba closed, but that's not the end for one of the few rooftop spaces in this area. It's being reborn as Circe's.
Taking over the rooftop of Mercury House, it comes from bar veteran Tobias Jackson. He's worked on bars like The Escapologist and Blame Gloria as part of Adventure Bar Group. As with Bar Elba,
... - Test Driving Brooklands at The Peninsula London - a hot new rooftop spot for Londoners
With jaw-dropping views over London and interiors to match the rooftop restaurant at bar at The Peninsula London need to be seen in person.
- NYC's Peruvian Llama Inn comes to Shoreditch
Updated 14/8/23 with soft launch info
A new Peruvian restaurant is coming to London via a somewhat unexpected route - New York.
Llama Inn opened in New York back in 2015 and has been a hit ever since. Just this year it made it onto the New York Times' Top 100 Restaurants list and its chef Erik Ramirez was a finalist on the James Beard "Outstanding Chef" list this year too. So
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