Results tagged “restaurants”

MODERN EUROPEAN
16" West Brasserie
3/5

IN A NUTSHELL
The newest addition to Greenwich's eating offer is in a prime location, and the food's not bad either.

London's newest shopping centre opened its doors this morning and thousands of people turned up to get a taste of it.

Shops at the Westfield Stratford City opened at 10am and eager patrons were queuing up to get in from 8 o'clock. But travel problems on the Overground have hindered other people's efforts to get there.

There's nothing cheesy about the latest planned addition to Canary Wharf's food offer - apart from what it sells.

Upmarket mozzarella bar Obika is set to open in the West Wintergarden later this year. It specialises in recipes based on Mozzarella di Bufala Campana.

For many people he's the godfather of Italian cookery and when it comes to spreading the word about good food Antonio Carluccio is nothing short of evangelical.

The veteran restaurateur and chef's career spans more than 50 years, during which he's received the equivalent of a knighthood in Italy and been awarded the OBE.

CONTEMPORARY BRITISH
Babylon
4/5

IN A NUTSHELL
Glitzy venue great for special events serving up colourful and contemporary British cuisine.

Canary Wharf has seen a glut of new restaurants opening in recent weeks but one Michelin-starred chef decided against moving to the area.

Atul Kochhar, who has a Michelin star for his Benares Indian restaurant in Mayfair, was poised to open in the Park Pavilion in Canada Square before the credit crunch made him change his mind.

He's earned a reputation as one of the most ferocious of food critics but east London restaurants have on the whole avoided the scorn of Michael Winner.

The former film director has become something of an enfant terrible, with his trenchant views in his weekly Winner's Dinners column in the Sunday Times.

MODERN EUROPEAN
The Parlour, Park Pavilion
4/5

IN A NUTSHELL
Funky bar/restaurant proves to be a popular newcomer in the heart of Canary Wharf.

Canary Wharf will be turning Japanese from this week and for Rainer Becker, the culinary mastermind behind Roka, it's a cuisine the area has been crying out for.

Roka is the Japanese word for a meeting place where food and drink is shared with friends and the new restaurant opened today.

It's been "coming soon" for what seems like an eternity but Baguette finally opened for business this morning.

The sandwich bar in Canada Square mall has for months been surrounded by hoardings advertising its arrival and it served its first customers at 11am today.

The former Chili's restaurant site in Cabot Place is to be transformed into an upmarket burger restaurant.

The premises will be taken over by award-winning burger chain Byron's, which has several other restaurants in London, including outlets in Kensington and Kings Road.

Things are set to get a little spicier when the first authentically Mexican restaurant to grace Canary Wharf opens its doors next month.

Wahaca, the award-winning restaurant chain founded by Thomasina Miers and Mark Selby, aims to bring a taste of the Mexican streets to the Wharf and broaden some horizons.

There was a surfeit of celebrity chefs in Canary Wharf this week with Jamie Oliver and Rick Stein both here to promote their latest cookbooks.

While Oliver had Wharfers in a stew as they queued to meet him on Tuesday, laid-back Stein was here the day before to chew the fat with The Wharf about the whole TV cooking phenomenon.

South Quay has for too long been overlooked as a dining destination but one restaurant aims to change that by offering good food at affordable prices.

Astons, in Marsh Wall, has revamped its menu, along with its image, making it a definite contender in the eating stakes.

Hustling and bustling. That's what goes on down Greenwich market on a searingly bright Sunday afternoon.

But if you can fight your way through the throng, and it's no mean feat with the masses clamouring for sushi and hog roast, you might just find one of the town's gems.

RESTAURANTS may be disappearing by the week in Canary Wharf, but the area’s retail managers are refusing to buckle amid the gloomy news.

This week, plans for a Tom’s Kitchen at Canada Square were scrapped, while Dion joined Beluga in shutting its doors for good at West India Quay.

The evening Wharf is not a place for the faint-hearted.

Roll out of your comfortable air conditioned steel and glass box and you are confronted by a glut of humanity, each individual seeking the satisfaction of food and drink.