Martin Morales opens Peruvian bakery and restaurant in Westbourne Grove
May 11, 2018 May 15, 2018 HardensBytes
Pioneer of Peruvian cooking Martin Morales (Ceviche, Andina, Casita Andina) has launched London's first Peruvian bakery, as he opens Andina Panaderia in Notting Hill alongside a brand new restaurant, Andina Picanteria. Located side by side at 155 and 157 Westbourne Grove, Andina Panaderia and Andina Picanteria pay homage to the female Andean chefs who have […]
UK's Top 10 Restaurants for Romance
February 8, 2018 February 8, 2018 HardensBytes
Le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons, Great Milton "I couldn't take any risks for my wife's 50th birthday weekend… so I placed my trust in Raymond's impeccable hotel and restaurant… result: perfection!" M Blanc's "magnificent"converted Elizabethan manor boasts a "dream location" in a picture-book village south of Oxford and, "if you want to spoil someone with […]
London's Top 10 Restaurants for Romance
Clos Maggiore WC2 "You feel that love is in the air!" at this "very special" destination (yet again the survey's No. 1 choice for a romantic occasion), especially in "the inner sanctum" – "the lovely glass-roofed courtyard at the back, hung with blossom, a roof that opens in fine weather, and with an open fire […]
108 Garage duo launch Southam Street in Notting Hill
November 2, 2017 November 3, 2017 HardensBytes
Luca Longobardi and Chris Denney (pictured), co-founders of Notting-Hill's blisteringly successful and über trendy 108 Garage, launched their second venture – Southam Street – on the former site of Victorian boozer West Thirty Six (RIP). Southam Street occupies a sprawling building in Golborne Road, on the fringes of Notting Hill, covering three storeys with a […]
Bank Holiday weekend: Notting Hill's top cheap eats
August 24, 2017 August 25, 2017 HardensBytes
With the long weekend looming, and many Londoners (and out-of-towners) heading to the Notting Hill Carnival, we thought we'd round up the area's top cheap eats. Granted when one sets foot in the rarified air of gated gardens and dazzling white terraces the term 'cheap' takes on a different meaning. Nevertheless we have ventured to […]
Notting Hill sensation heads for NYC
February 2, 2017 HardensBytes
The mystery team behind rising star 108 Garage in Notting Hill – chef Chris Denney and owner Luca Longobardi – plan to launch another restaurant in New York in September, with further US openings to follow. Denney told The Times he is flying to New York every Saturday night and back to London for service on Tuesday while he sets […]
It's Notting Hill for ex-Gordon-Ramsay head chef
January 6, 2017 January 6, 2017 HardensBytes
Clare Smyth, often described as Britain's leading woman chef, has signed a lease on a property in Notting Hill and will open her heavily anticipated new restaurant there this spring or summer. Smyth quit Restaurant Gordon Ramsay in Chelsea's Royal Hospital Road last April after almost 10 years at the helm – which made her the only woman […]
Harden's top 10 modern, British restaurants
April 21, 2016 April 25, 2016 HardensBytes
It's St George's Day this weekend and that means there will be endless articles about where to get the best fish & chips in the country or who bakes Britain's best pie. Subjects upon which we've already registered our opinion. Instead, we've decided to bring you the best of modern British cooking. Because being a […]
Discover this week's top 5 trending London restaurants
We've teamed up with the good people of Twizoo to announce the top 5 trending restaurants on Twitter each week in London. Twizoo is an app that gives restaurant recommendations based on what people are saying on Twitter, and analyses over 50,000 incoming tweets per week to determine which restaurants are attracting the most buzz. […]
Contribute to the Harden's Survey
Keep a review diary of your experiences
Instant bookings
Regular Newsletters
London chef who worked at top restaurants died of Covid-19
'Cloud kitchen' brand secures �1.4 million investment as takeaway market grows
Japanese restaurant Robata eyes Birmingham expansion
Campaign fights on for a minister for hospitality, despite Boris Johnson's reservations January 15, 2021
PizzaExpress to close another 23 restaurants January 15, 2021
Thousands more jobs could be lost if the VAT cut isn't extended beyond March January 15, 2021
London chef who worked at top restaurants died of Covid-19 January 15, 2021
'Cloud kitchen' brand secures £1.4 million investment as takeaway market grows January 15, 2021