W1 Archive

  • Tweet The credit crunch was meant to spell doom and annihilation for our restaurants; people would no longer have any money to dine out and we would apparently be resigned...

    Bistro du Vin, W1 & EC1

    Tweet The credit crunch was meant to spell doom and annihilation for our restaurants; people would no longer have any money to dine out and we would apparently be resigned...

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  • Tweet Despite its residence in The Langham, one of London’s most prestigious hotels, and having one of the city’s most elegant and beautifully designed dining rooms, The Landau has never...

    Roux at The Landau, W1

    Tweet Despite its residence in The Langham, one of London’s most prestigious hotels, and having one of the city’s most elegant and beautifully designed dining rooms, The Landau has never...

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  • Tweet Opened by legendary restaurateur Alan Yau in 2001, the original Hakkasan has gone on to be one of the most fashionable and successful restaurant brands in the world.  However,...

    Hakkasan Mayfair, W1

    Tweet Opened by legendary restaurateur Alan Yau in 2001, the original Hakkasan has gone on to be one of the most fashionable and successful restaurant brands in the world.  However,...

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  • Tweet Whilst a dining experience is ultimately about food, restaurateurs often overlook the fact that the service and hospitality side of things can be the making or breaking of a...

    Tempo, W1

    Tweet Whilst a dining experience is ultimately about food, restaurateurs often overlook the fact that the service and hospitality side of things can be the making or breaking of a...

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  • Tweet Do you remember the last time you visited a London restaurant where you didn’t need sunglasses to help you see through the dazzling décor and a trip to Selfridges...

    Bellamy’s, W1

    Tweet Do you remember the last time you visited a London restaurant where you didn’t need sunglasses to help you see through the dazzling décor and a trip to Selfridges...

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  • Tweet Vibrant restaurant and bar el cantara has opened to bring a Spanish/Moroccan influenced dining experience to the heart of Soho.  With a surfeit of European, Oriental and Indian restaurants...

    el cantara, W1

    Tweet Vibrant restaurant and bar el cantara has opened to bring a Spanish/Moroccan influenced dining experience to the heart of Soho.  With a surfeit of European, Oriental and Indian restaurants...

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  • Tweet Elysée has been snuggled away in Fitzrovia since 1936, firmly establishing it as London’s oldest Greek restaurant.  Following a 12 month refurbishment program, the restaurant and bar has seen...

    Elysee, W1

    Tweet Elysée has been snuggled away in Fitzrovia since 1936, firmly establishing it as London’s oldest Greek restaurant.  Following a 12 month refurbishment program, the restaurant and bar has seen...

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  • Tweet Having taken inspiration from the ‘pizza al taglio’ (cut pizza) which is sold throughout Italy, Melito uses carefully sourced ingredients and traditional cooking techniques to offer simple, affordable and...

    Melito, W1

    Tweet Having taken inspiration from the ‘pizza al taglio’ (cut pizza) which is sold throughout Italy, Melito uses carefully sourced ingredients and traditional cooking techniques to offer simple, affordable and...

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  • Tweet Café Luc is a new venture by seasoned restaurateur Luc van Oostende that has opened with the aim of becoming a local favourite amongst the impossibly discerning residents of...

    Café Luc, W1

    Tweet Café Luc is a new venture by seasoned restaurateur Luc van Oostende that has opened with the aim of becoming a local favourite amongst the impossibly discerning residents of...

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  • Tweet Impressing a recently inducted City boy isn’t really as easy as one would think.  When it came to taking out my banker cousin for dinner, it turned out he...

    Babbo, W1

    Tweet Impressing a recently inducted City boy isn’t really as easy as one would think.  When it came to taking out my banker cousin for dinner, it turned out he...

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