TGI Fridays staff to hold UK’s first strike over tips
Waiters say new policy could cost them up to £250 a month in lost earningsWorkers at TGI Fridays are to stage the UK’s first strike over tips after ballots at two branches of the restaurant chain...
View ArticleMoorcock Inn, West Yorkshire: ‘Head-spinningly good’ – restaurant review |...
This is an astonishingly assured opening. Start planning your visit now, says Jay RaynerMoorcock Inn, Moorbottom Lane, Sowerby Bridge, West Yorkshire HX6 3RP (01422 832 103). Meal for two, including...
View ArticleThe best of Lisbon’s new restaurants
The Portuguese capital’s food scene is one of the most exciting in Europe right now, offering a mix of innovative and traditional cuisine at restaurants overseen by acclaimed chefs Acclaimed...
View ArticleSteakhouse chain Cau may close putting 700 UK jobs at risk
Gaucho group appoints KPMG to assess options for future of Cau, which has 22 branches in BritainThe Argentine restaurant group Gaucho is considering the closure of its casual dining steakhouse Cau with...
View ArticleHide, London W1: ‘Ridiculous, but I like ridiculous things’ – restaurant review
They’ve spent a fortune on this new Piccadilly site, and hired a wunderkind chef, but the safe dishes still outnumber the exquisite onesWhen everyone asks what Hide, the new, multi-floor dining...
View ArticleUpstairs at No 1, Cromer: ‘A damn fine mouthful’ – restaurant review
Few seaside chippies would dare to offer such an amazingly varied menu, but here they pull it off remarkably wellUpstairs at No 1, 1 New Street, Cromer, Norfolk NR27 9HP (01263 512 316). Meal for two,...
View ArticleSat Bains: 'We are a working-class two Michelin-star restaurant'
Under a flyover off the A52 you’ll find Michelin-star chef Sat Bains. Here he talks about his Punjabi heritage and why Brexit might be the ‘nail in the coffin’ of British food cultureAs with all the...
View ArticleGordon Ramsay’s restaurant group hit by £3.8m loss
Kavalake to close Maze in London but five new venues will be opened overseasGordon Ramsay’s restaurant group has swung to a multimillion pound loss as it plans to shut one of its flagship venues, Maze...
View ArticleBodean’s restaurant review | Grace Dent
Britain has moved on from slapdash hospitality. Someone should tell Bodean’sAt a recent sojourn in Bodean’s, I was slapped again by a fact about the “casual dining crunch” that most industry experts...
View ArticleTGI Fridays staff go on strike in UK's first dispute over tipping
Waiting staff angry after chain offers kitchen workers share of tips in lieu of pay riseTGI Fridays faced protests outside restaurants in London and Milton Keynes as waiting staff joined in the UK’s...
View ArticleRobot waiters, beef dresses and Hello Kitty soup: dining at Spice World hotpot
A meal at Sydney’s oddball Sichuan restaurant will stay with you, one way or another•Sign up to receive the top stories in Australia every day at noon If you choose to eat at Spice World hotpot...
View ArticleHeinz Beck, London: ‘everything is overengineered’ – restaurant review
With its fastidious attention to the food, a meal at Heinz Beck can leave you feeling utterly hollowHeinz Beck at Brown’s Hotel, Albemarle Street, London W1S 4BP (020 7518 4004). Meal for two,...
View ArticleLast stand for Strand club where India’s past has stood still
The India Club epitomises post-colonial culture but is under threat from developersTo enter the India Club on the Strand in London is to encounter an authentic version of post-colonial India....
View ArticleI went to work in a restaurant that hates me – and the special was roasted...
My review of Home in Leeds didn’t go down well with the owners. Then I agreed to do a stint for charity in their kitchen …I don’t like to talk about all the charity work I do, because I don’t do any,...
View ArticleCelebrity chef Mario Batali investigated over alleged sexual misconduct
New York police investigation follows CBS 60 Minutes broadcastEx-employee alleged she was drugged and sexually assaultedThe New York police department is investigating allegations of sexual misconduct...
View ArticleCheap Nando’s for young Tories? The Conservatives are really winging it |...
The eatery crushed the Tory scheme. But after austerity, it will take more than a chicken discount to make young people join the partyPeople are always sniping about the cesspit that is social media,...
View ArticleCromer’s odyssey: from Victorian escape to foodie hub
It’s the classic crabbing-from-the-pier seaside town but alongside the faded grandeur is a thriving community with a fab food sceneMention Cromer and someone within earshot will think “crabs”. Cromer...
View ArticleSevern and Wye Smokery – restaurant review | Grace Dent
The best dishes here are the ones the chefs have had little to do with“Life is a journey, not a destination” may be the type of motivational spaff that imbeciles have on fridge magnets, yet within it...
View ArticleLast orders at the Gay Hussar – the left’s hotbed of plots, gossip and goulash
For 65 years, the Soho restaurant has been the place where Labour lunches. But next month might see it shutThe Gay Hussar is among the most celebrated restaurants in London but its fame rests not so...
View ArticleAlchemilla, Glasgow: ‘I used every last ounce of willpower to decline...
This food isn’t intricate or precise. It is not made to be photographed. It is designed to be fabulous to eatAlchemilla, 1126 Argyle Street, Glasgow G3 8TD (0141 337 6060). Meal for two, including...
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