Restaurant Group warns of profit decline after fall in customer numbers
Frankie & Benny’s owner expects annual sales to be down by 2.5-5%, after being hit by fewer people visiting retail parksThe company behind the restaurant chains Frankie & Benny’s, Chiquito and...
View ArticleTips should go to workers, not employers, says government report
Charges on gratuities in restaurants, hotels and bars should be scrapped or limited, according to a review of tipping practicesTips in restaurants, hotels and bars should go to workers and not their...
View ArticleHome help for the shortage of chefs | Letters
Tim Evans makes a brilliant point about there being “highly qualified chefs in the UK already in the women who cook for their families every day... Why are they not encouraged to move into the...
View ArticleCafe Monico, London W1: ‘A celebration of safe’ – restaurant review
The food is fine, but you’ll hunt high and low for a frissonFrom its position sandwiched between two theatres, it’s not hard to figure out whom this new opening is targeting. Owners the Soho House...
View ArticleThe Sichuan, London: restaurant review
The special fish dish at the Sichuan is a masterpiece. But beware, says Jay, it’s not for those who are shy of chilliThe Sichuan, 14 City Road, London EC1Y 2AA (020 7588 5489). Meal for two, including...
View ArticleCurry restaurants in crisis as immigration rules keep out chefs
Around 600 curry houses have shut in 18 months, with fears that a third of the industry could closeDavid and Samantha Cameron enjoy a curry. They tucked into chicken korai and saag paneer at...
View ArticleZizzi cuts staff perks days after introduction of new living wage
Pizza chain reduces workers’ tips and restricts choice of free meals in changes it says are not linked to fair pay schemeWaiting staff at the pizza chain Zizzi have had the amount they earn from tips...
View ArticleRestaurant Group warns of profit decline after fall in customer numbers
Frankie & Benny’s owner expects annual sales to be down by 2.5-5%, after being hit by fewer people visiting retail parksThe company behind the restaurant chains Frankie & Benny’s, Chiquito and...
View ArticleTips should go to workers, not employers, says government report
Charges on gratuities in restaurants, hotels and bars should be scrapped or limited, according to a review of tipping practicesTips in restaurants, hotels and bars should go to workers and not their...
View ArticleHome help for the shortage of chefs | Letters
Tim Evans makes a brilliant point about there being “highly qualified chefs in the UK already in the women who cook for their families every day... Why are they not encouraged to move into the...
View ArticleWaiters, what do you really think about tipping?
There’s been plenty of stories of restaurants skimming tips from staff for admin fees. What happens where you work?The government launched a review last year into tipping, looking at 150,000 businesses...
View ArticleWaiters reveal what they really think about tipping
A review highlights serious failings in how tips are managed by some businesses. Here, we ask waiters for the inside story on service chargeDid you know that there is no legal requirement for...
View ArticleOlive Garden protests target drugged chickens and fair wages
Darden Restaurants, the largest full-service restaurant group in the US, is facing pressure to use antibiotic-free meat and pay better wagesDozens of protesters picketed Olive Garden restaurants in...
View ArticleTop 10 budget cafes and restaurants in Belfast
Belfast is bursting with options for good, affordable food – from fish and chips and Tex-Mex to southern Indian and modern British. Updating our 2011 guide, here are great places to eat for under £10 a...
View ArticleDapur, London WC1: ‘It looks, and smells, like the real thing’ – restaurant...
Our lunch for two costs 15 quid. Given the freshness of the ingredients, and the vibrancy of the pastes and spices, this is quite the bargain After 10 years of living in a small seaside town that’s...
View ArticleMannings, Truro: restaurant review | Jay Rayner
A hotel restaurant with a long and complex menu does not bode well for Jay. But Mannings fails to disappoint…Mannings Hotel, Lemon Street, Truro, Cornwall TR1 2QB (01872 247 900). Meal for two,...
View ArticleMarcus Samuelsson: the restaurant king of Harlem
Born in Ethiopia, adopted in Sweden, star chef in America. Marcus Samuelsson cooked for the Obamas, now he’s coming to London. Plus, his grandmother’s classic meatball recipeA walk through Harlem at...
View ArticleCrepes, cocktails and the ghosts of Soho’s long-gone restaurants
Buried in a 1930s volume, I find lavish descriptions of London’s top restaurants and discover eating out has changed less than you thinkSo far, the V&A hasn’t been in touch about my idea that it...
View ArticleThe Hotel Portmeirion: ‘It’s the living definition of trying too hard’ –...
This isn’t food to revel in, it’s food designed for a breathy, titillated voiceover on mainstream television My first visit to Wales for these pages was such a blast that a press release arrives at an...
View ArticleGuinea Grill, London: restaurant review | Jay Rayner
Serving up perfect steaks for more than 60 years, this Mayfair restaurant has authenticity a hipster would kill forThe Guinea Grill, 30 Bruton Place, London W1 (020 7499 1210). Meal for two, including...
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