Latest openings: Redchurch Townhouse, the Ivy in the Park, Koffman and Mr White's, and more
Redchurch Townhouse
Soho House & Co's latest hotel, Redchurch Townhouse, has opened in London's Shoreditch, featuring the company's casual Italian restaurant brand Cecconi.
The restaurant serves pasta, seafood and cicchetti, Cecconi signature dishes such as lobster spaghetti and veal Milanese, and pizza from a wood-fired oven.
The walls of the Italian restaurant display artworks by 40 artists under the age of 40, most of whom live in east London.
Rooms, ranging in size from tiny to large, have been individually designed in 1950s to 1970s styles. Each room has a retro chandelier, a living area with mid-century armchairs and desks, as well as furniture by Soho House Design.
Bedrooms 37
Operator Soho House & Co
Starting room rate Doubles from £230 for members/£295 for non-members
Website www.redchurchtownhouse.com
Cattivo
Cattivo in London's Brixton is an Italian bar from the team behind Martello Hall in Hackney and Canova Hall, also in Brixton. Cattivo features dining at street level and an underground cocktail bar as well as its own gin still, brewing Cattivo small batch gin. Curtains divide the cocktail bar into private booths.
Design Red Deer
Typical dishes Lamb ragÁ¹; truffle and Pecorino tortelloni; and roast squash salad
Website www.cattivobar.com
Hilton Garden Inn
A second Hilton Garden Inn in Birmingham has opened next to the airport's passenger terminal. The property features a 24-hour business centre, two meeting rooms for up to 12 guests, a fitness room and the Odyssey Bar & Bistro, a restaurant offering classic family dishes using local suppliers.
Bedrooms 178
General manager Jonathan Smith
Operator Castlebridge Hotels Management
Website www.hilton.com
The Ivy in the Park
The latest of the Ivy offshoots, the Ivy in the Park, has opened in London's Canada Square Park. It serves British classics and internationally inspired dishes for breakfast, elevenses, weekend brunch, lunch, afternoon tea, light snacks, cocktails and dinner.
General manager Gosia Gillard
Covers Internal: 146; external: 88
Typical dishes Shepherd's pie; brioche-crumbed chicken Milanese; and melting chocolate bomb
Website www.theivycanarywharf.com
Kinilaw & Buko
Francis Puyat and Andrew Zilouf have opened dual-concept restaurant Kinilaw & Buko in London's Hoxton. Kinilaw is a Filipino take on ceviche that uses palm vinegar and kalamansi, and buko is a Filipino ice-cream. The pair previously worked together at 100 Hoxton.
Covers 42
Head chef Francis Puyat
Typical dishes Daikon, fermented shrimp, green peppercorns; salted duck egg, heirloom tomato
Website www.kinilawandbuko.com
Koffmann & Mr White's
Koffmann & Mr White's, the first of a new French-English brasserie concept by Pierre Koffmann and Marco Pierre White, has opened at the Abbey hotel in Bath. The interior decor has been created by Rebecca Wakeford at Black and White Hospitality.
Covers 75
Head chef Rupert Taylor
Typical dishes French onion soup, snail Á la Bourguignonne; and lamb Á la ProvenÁ§ale
Website www.abbeyhotelbath.co.uk
Thaikhun Street Bar
Thaikhun Street Bar has opened in Liverpool One, offering cocktails using Thai spirits as well as traditional Thai bar snacks, alcoholic slush puppies and ice-cream smoothies. Operator Thai Leisure Group, owned by Kim Kaewkraikhot and Martin Stead, has 18 venues in the UK under its Chaophraya and Thaikhun brands.
Design JMDA
Operator Thai Leisure Group
Website www.thaikhun.co.uk
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