Latest openings: Richoux, Itaku, Three Uncles and more
A look at the newest restaurants, hotels, pubs and bars across the UK
Richoux
Two chefs who met while working at two-Michelin-starred Moor Hall in Lancashire have relaunched the Richoux restaurant on London's Piccadilly. Jamie Butler and Lewis Spencer are aiming to "breathe new life" into the 100-year-old restaurant brand, which pays homage to the grand brasseries of Paris.
Diners entering the restaurant are greeted by a pâtisserie counter serving baked goods to eat-in or take away, including tarte tatins and Butler's ‘cruffins', a cross between a muffin and croissant in flavours including passion fruit and banana cream, and sea salt and caramelised white chocolate custard. The main dining room offers an all-day menu of dishes such as French onion soup, Welsh rarebit and croque Monsieur, and larger plates include salmon a la plancha with wild rice, artichokes, lemon and pickled cucumber. From late spring, Richoux will also offer breakfast and afternoon tea menus.
Opened 23 February
Design Lucy Porter of Fox & Church
Address 172 Piccadilly, London W1J 9EJ
Websitewww.richoux.co.uk
Itaku
Jean-Bernard Fernandez-Versini, founder of Cannes film festival restaurant pop-up Cosy Box, has opened a 55-cover London restaurant with chef Ivan Simeoli. Its menu combines Italian cuisine with Japanese flavours.
Opened 17 February
Typical dishes Truffle carbonara; wagyu beef tramezzino with mustard and cavolo nero
Address 110 Great Portland Street, London W1W 6PQ
Website www.itaku.co.uk
Seafood Ristorante
The Rocca Group's restaurant overlooking St Andrew's Bay in Scotland has relaunched with a new design and increased capacity for 56 guests, with a semi-private dining space for groups of 14.
Opened 10 February
*Typical dishes** Roasted Orkney scallops; East Neuk crab Agnolotti; Perthshire roe deer
Address Bruce Embankment, St Andrews, KY16 9AB
Websitewww.theseafoodrestaurant.com
Upstairs at the George
Chef James Knappett of Kitchen Table is overseeing the upstairs dining space at the George pub in London's Fitzrovia. The pub, designed to imitate Georgian-era living quarters, serves British pub classics and features an English sparkling wine bar.
Opened 2 March
Typical dish Sausage and mash with venison and pork sausages, cured and stuffed in-house
Address 55 Great Portland Street, London W1W 7LQ
Websitewww.thegeorge.london
Facing Heaven
Chef Julian Denis has closed his vegan Chinese restaurant Mao Chow in Hackney to launch a larger 28-cover restaurant nearby. The plant-based menu will focus on a broad range of regional Chinese cuisines and flavours.
Opening 11 March
Typical dishes Spicy and numbing twice-fried Jerusalem artichoke with green chilli dip; malta caramel and strawberry powder ice-cream sundae
Address 1a Bayford Street, London E8 3SE
Websitewww.facing-heaven.com
Walter's
Rob Hampton and Matt Lovell, the pair behind Covent Garden's seafood bar the Oystermen, are opening a West Dulwich restaurant serving classic British-inspired dishes.
Opened 2 March
Typical dishes Braised ox cheek with buttered mash and balsamic shallots; mushroom orzo risotto with slow-cooked duck egg and salsa verde
Address 84 Park Hall Road, Dulwich, London SE21 8BW
Websitewww.waltersdulwich.co.uk
Three Uncles
After three years of trading via takeaway kiosks, London Hong Kong-style Siu Mei specialist Three Uncles is opening its first restaurant in Brixton Village, serving roasted Cantonese meats and new dine-in only dishes.
Opening Early March
Typical dishes Roast duck and char siu lai fun noodle soup; char siu pork for two
Address Units 19 and 20, Brixton Village, London SW9 8PR
Websitewww.threeuncles.co.uk
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