Latest openings: Six by Nico Canary Wharf, Pesca Hove, Katsu Glasgow and more

A look at the latest restaurants, hotels, pubs and bars to open their doors.

 

Six by Nico Canary Wharf

 

Scottish-Italian chef Nico Simeone has opened his largest restaurant yet, and second in London, in Canary Wharf.

 

The Six by Nico group has transformed a former office block on Chancellor Passage into a 40-cover cocktail bar and 100-cover restaurant with an open kitchen.

 

Like all Six by Nico sites, the restaurant offers a £37 six-course tasting menu that changes every six weeks. The opening menu, named ‘the Chippie’, is based around the theme of a British chip shop, with dishes including Simeone’s take on scampi, steak pie, a fish supper and a deep-fried Mars Bar. An optional wine pairing is available at £33.

 

This is the eighth overall location for Six by Nico, following sites in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Belfast, Liverpool, Manchester and London. Simeone plans to open further tasting menu restaurants, with a third site set to launch in his hometown of Glasgow in September.

 

Opened 9 August

 

Founder Nico Simeone

 

Typical dishes ‘Chips & cheese’: Parmesan espuma, curry oil and emulsion, crisp potato terrine; ‘Scampi’: scrabster monkfish cheek, dill emulsion, gribiche, peas, beurre blanc; ‘fish supper’: Shetland cod, pickled mussels, confit fennel, samphire, beer emulsion

 

Website www.sixbynico.co.uk

 

 

Pesca

 

Mele group, which runs Soho’s Mele e Pere restaurant and Gotto Trattoria in London’s Hackney Wick, has opened its first site outside the capital, in Hove. Pesca Trattoria offers classic Italian dishes and features a spritz bar serving products from local distilleries.

 

Opened 7 August

 

Head chef Ashley Cripps

 

Typical dishes Slow-cooked tagliatelle, beef ragù; crab ravioli with lemon and samphire; tiramisù

 

Website www.pescatrattoria.co.uk

 

 

Katsu

 

Japanese curry shop Katsu has opened in Glasgow, offering takeaway and delivery. The launch of the 18-cover indoor space has been delayed due to Covid, but from late August customers can order Japanese street food and beers to eat-in for lunch and dinner.

 

General manager Ming Huang

 

Typical dishes Katsu sandos made with chicken, tofu, salmon or crispy duck; katsu curry; king prawn tempura

 

Website www.katsuglasgow.co.uk

 

 

###Shepherd’s huts at the Cornish Arms

 

Five shepherd’s huts have been built at Rick Stein Restaurants’ Cornish Arms in St Merryn, Cornwall. Each hut features a living and dining area, bathroom and kitchenette.

 

Design Huts: Ed Stein; interiors: Jill and Kate Stein

 

Room rate From £220 a night

 

Typical dishes Devilled mackerel; halloumi burger; Pondicherry cod curry

 

Website www.rickstein.com

 

 

Bar La Rampa

 

The team behind London’s Casa do Frango restaurants has opened a bar and restaurant inspired by 1950s Havana. Ana Gonçalves and Zijun Meng of Ta¯ta¯ Eatery have created a menu of Cuban-inspired dishes.

 

Opened 16 August

 

Founders Marco Mendes and Jake Kasumov

 

Typical dishes Cubano sandwich with pork belly, ham and raclette cheese; picadillo empanadas; foot-long pork chicharrones

 

Website www.barlarampa.com

 

 

Top Hat

 

A Monopoly-inspired ‘immersive experience’ has opened in London’s West End, with a life-sized game board. The small plates menu offers mini versions of classic British dishes.

 

Opened 14 August

 

Founder David Hutchinson (Gamepath Entertainment)

 

Typical dishes Stuffed pork belly and apple sauce; fish and chips; lemonade meringue pie with whipped soured cream

 

Website www.thetophatrestaurant.com

 

 

Cocotte

 

French rotisserie chicken group Cocotte is opening in London’s South Kensington. All slow-roasted chickens are seasoned with a herb-spice mix and sold whole, halved or quartered alongside other dishes.

 

Opening 23 August

 

Founder Romain Bourrillon

 

Typical dishes Truffled mac ’n’ cheese; foie gras and mushroom croquettes; croissant waffles with sweet chilli chicken thigh and a fried egg

 

Website www.mycocotte.uk