Latest openings: the Bankside hotel, Flat Iron King's Cross, the Lost & Found Sheffield, and many more

Bankside hotel

Bankside hotel is being developed as part of the One Blackfriars development and is close to the Tate Modern and Borough Market. It features the 80-cover Art Yard Bar & Kitchen, alfresco dining space, bar, lounge, gym and function space for 120 guests.

The six-storey glass building, designed by architect Ian Simpson of Simpson, Haugh and Partners, features a mid-20th century aesthetic from film set producer turned interiors architect Dayna Lee.

The hotel features the Art Yard Bar & Kitchen, an all-day dining space overseen by the former head chef of 45 Jermyn Street, Lee Streeton. The menu focuses on seasonal, British produce and makes use of a wood-fired oven, offering light breakfasts, hearty British classics and sharing cuts of oven-roasted meats. As suggested by the name, it will also feature artworks from local and UK artists.

Bedrooms 161

Management US-based Amerimar Enterprises

Owner Amerimar Enterprises and Canadian property investment company Realstar

General manager Douglas McHugh, who will also continue to manage the four-AA-star, 331-bedroom St Ermins hotel, Westminster, London

Head chef Lee Streeton

Design Dayna Lee of Los Angeles' Powerstrip Studio

Restaurant Art Yard

Website www.banksidehotel.com

Fat Baby at Night Tales

Japanese-style izakaya grill concept Fat Baby has launched at nightclub Night Tales Bohemia Place in London's Hackney. Headed by ex-Umu and Pitt Cue chef de partie Greg Round, the menu features a selection of Japanese favourites, including yakitori, gyoza and katsu sandos.

Typical dishes Crab monaka; pork gyoza; quail karaage with honey mustard glaze; and oxtail koshihikari rice

Website nighttales.co.uk

Flat Iron

Self-taught butcher Charlie Carroll has opened his steak brand in London's King's Cross, specialising in the underused feather blade. Flat Iron King's Cross serves other cuts, such as the underblade fillet, tri tip and rump cap from Flat Iron's own Yorkshire herd of rare- and native-breed cattle. DIY Bloody Mary boxes can also be ordered to tables.

Covers 110

Founder Charlie Carroll

Website www.flatironsteak.co.uk

Kuti's Brasserie

Fine dining Indian restaurant Kuti's Brasserie has opened at Southampton's Royal Pier. The brasserie was formerly located on the city's Oxford Street until it was closed by fire in April. Ravi Rao, former sous chef of Michelin-starred Vineet Bhatia in London, oversees the menu.

Owner Kuti Miah

Executive chef Ravi Rao

Covers Ground floor: 110; first floor: 60; Chandelier cocktail bar: 30; rooftop terrace: 60

Website www.kutis.co.uk

Motley

Motley restaurant has opened at the Qbic London City hotel in Whitechapel, focusing on sustainability. A selection of ‘waste not' dishes will use produce that would otherwise have been discarded, such as leftover potato hash as well as potato peel and leek ends soup. The restaurant uses local suppliers, and the menu is described as ‘veggie forward'.

Covers 130

Design Finch Interiors

Website www.motleybar.com

Queen Victoria Arts Club

The Queen Victoria Arts Club has opened in Leicester within a formerly derelict Grade II-listed Victorian Baroque property. An exclusive members' restaurant is to be developed later this year. Owner Cassie Soulsby previously owned the Entropy restaurants on Hinkley Road and Dover Street.

Covers 80, with 50 downstairs

Owner Cassie Soulsby

Head chef Steve Durham

Website www.queenvicleicester.com

The Lost & Found

Revere, the premium arm of Marston's, is set to open a sixth Lost & Found bar on Ecclesall Road in Sheffield. Taking inspiration from the Sheffield Botanical Gardens as well as its industrial past, the venue will feature plants and floral features as well as raw, industrial materials.

Covers 178

Operator Revere

Design Concorde BGW

Website www.the-lostandfound.co.uk

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