Porte Noire Restaurant London

November 26, 2021 Capital A List - Celebrity club news

Porte Noire, the newly opened stylish wine bar and restaurant from Idris Elba and David Faber has now opened in London. This venture first came about after Idris and David visited the historical and significant Sanger viticulturally school in Champagne, France, in 2018.

Located in the stunning Gasholders building, the fabulous building that sits inside the iconic Victorian gasholder frames, this wine cellar and restaurant is inspired by the wine bars of central Europe. A place to relax with good friends and great wine.

Porte Noire boasts one of the largest fine wine tasting rooms in London, and the selection is endless with a super huge collection of around 800 wines, which means there definitely is wine for everyone and all occasions. The wine menu ranges from the very rare to much more accessible wines. The perfect location to try some wines you have never heard of.

Walk inside, and experience the luxurious space, with a softly lit and unexpectedly cosy feel. Porte Noire is a 70-seater wine bar, dining room, and outdoor space overlooking the stunning canal, and not forgetting the wine shop to buy any of the lovely wines you enjoyed or will savor to enjoy.

Quality is one of the piers the restaurant strives by with their premium products that can be experienced. We love the community efforts Porte Noire’s believes in to bring people together through a love of wine.

Porte Noire will have both a bar and restaurant. For food, the menu is just as good as the wine selection. The highly recommended Oeuf Meurette (a Burgundian dish of poached eggs in a red wine sauce) and Slow cooked beef cheek, pommes purée, leek persillade are both delicious dishes to try. The wines naturally will be a big draw, with 800 available and they say they’ll have “one of the largest fine wine tasting rooms in London”. We ordered the selection of artisanal cheese and charcuterie – the perfect accompaniment to the huge selection of wine.

Porte Noire is built on the foundation of great storytelling that encourages to bring people together for all the celebrations, big or small.

“I wanted to put together a special collection of wines with stories I think needed to be told. I’ve always understood the importance of story and these two additions to Porte Noire are great conversation starters.”

– Idris Elba

Porte Noire Restaurant London Dress Code & Address

Cuisine: French

Dress Code: Smart Casual

Area: London

Address: Gasholder 10, unit A, London, N1C 4BY

Website: www.portenoire.co.uk/

(6 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)

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1771 Restaurant London

November 5, 2021 Capital A List - Celebrity club news

Newly opened, 1771 restaurant in London by Chef Mark Jarvis’, located in Chelsea, is a contemporary British restaurant that involves creative cooking using locally sourced produce. Expect a sacramento green colour that brings a new vibe and feel to the restaurant, then take a walk downstairs to the bar that showcases the ‘Pop Art’ artwork.

The chef has created a full tasting menu and a sample menu, using locally sourced produce, with a carefully curated wine that pairs so perfectly with the menus and of course, a cocktail list.

The Tasting Menu at 1771 starts with a delicious 1771 focaccia served with cultured butter, brown crab tart, Bonnington Lynn and aged chalk stream trout with potato souffle and a hint of coriander to tickle the palate. The tasting menu serves two desserts; caramelised sourdough parfait and a classic apple cake served alongside an unusual pairing of parsley root ice cream.

The Sample Menu at 1771 starts off with the chefs very popular signature cheese and onion malt loaf. The sharing menu starts off with dishes including a British local favourite of a wood-fired jacket potato with cultured cream and caviar, next up are the scallops barbecued in their shells served with seaweed butter and a whole truffle-roasted chicken. If you remember Liv, this is the same space that 1771 has taken over from, just more refined and creative with only using local seasonal produce.

1771 Restaurant London Dress Code & Address

Cuisine: British

Dress Code: Smart Casual

Area: Chelsea

Address: 18-22 Holbein Pl, London SW1W 8NL

Website: www.1771restaurant.com/

(7 votes, average: 4.57 out of 5)

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London Stock Restaurant

November 5, 2021 Capital A List - Celebrity club news

Assem Abdel Hady and Andres Bernal bring London Stock restaurant to South London, an elegant, relaxed, modern British fine dining meets state-of-the-art Asian cooking techniques, all with a seasonal 8-course tasting menu created by Head Chef Sebastian Rast. The interiors are all modern but the building aesthetic is softened with the addition of leafy corners and velvet decors.

The kitchen team, all have very impressive experience working in a variety of Michelin-starred restaurants such as HIDE and Schwitzer’s Hotel am Park. Thus be prepared for a gastronomy experience.

The menu has been carefully created to incorporate locally sourced British ingredients with a modern twist creating a spectacular range of food options to choose from. Dine in the main restaurant where a sample menu will be presented to you, that changes to what is locally available, includes highlights such as Stone Bass Fennel salad, hazelnut and smoked gazpacho and Roast Cod with Pickled mussels and ginger broth. The dessert menu is full of surprises, expect a yorkshire rhubarb sorbet with an unexpected crunch of pumpkin seeds and hazelnut crumb, this dessert is so unique and beautifully presented.

Lunch consists of a tasting menu served from 12-1:30pm and the set menu from 12-2:30pm, join on Sundays for a lovely Sunday Roast from 12-3:30pm and go for dinner to enjoy the tasting menu only 6 – 8pm.

Its not just about the food at London Stock, the cocktail menu showcases some unusual twists on the classics and make for a great aperitif after work or to simply enjoy before your dinner. Of course, an impressive wine list has been sourced and wine can be ordered by the glass. Expect the wine menu to paired perfectly with the tasting menu and Sunday Roast.

The impressive team of chefs love to add an element of surprise to each dish and to still showcase the best in British produce, with an Asian influence of flavours. The team have a goal to make fine dining more accessible to showoff their talents.

London Stock Restaurant London Dress Code & Address

Cuisine: British

Dress Code: Smart Casual

Area: South London

Address: 2 Bubbling Well Square Ram Quarter SW18 1UQ

Website: www.londonstockrestaurant.co.uk/

(9 votes, average: 4.67 out of 5)

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Bardo Restaurant London

November 5, 2021 Capital A List - Celebrity club news

Luca Maggiora’s new restaurant in London, Bardo, is a new Italian restaurant that is so chic with a menu showcasing delectable food with a live band to give you the complete Bardo experience. Walk into the stunning large restaurant and set your eyes on the fancy walk-in wine cellar, whisky room, private dining room, private lounge and a long marble bar all make for a perfect setting for all special occasions.

Amalfi-born chef Graziano Bonacina heads up the kitchen at Bardo with a tongue titillating menu of Italian cuisine. The menu, is traditional and showcases unique Italian cuisine from the south of Italy. Diners are suggested to order a series of courses, starting with antipasti, order a variety of small plates to share such as the burrata with figs puree, pickle radicchio, chioggia beetroot and white balsamic dressing, polenta morbida with fricassée of truffle mushroom and capesanate gratinate which are roast king scallops with Jerusalem artichokes and nduja. Traditionally next up will be the pasta, suggested is the lobster tagliatelle in crazy water with Calabrian chilli and black crumble. If you are a meat lover or have room for more, order the Branzino, roasted beef with crushed potato and broccoli, clams guazzetto and taggiasche olives.

Now, the desserts are a must try and range from traditional dishes to some old time classics: Bardo tiramisu with marsala ice cream and chocolate coffee beans and a must try is the rum babá served with crème chantilly and berry sauce. You might even be lucky enough to meet Bardo’s charming pastry chef. The menu is a true example of how Italians dine and eat.

Luca Maggiora’s has hired Luigi Milone, who used to be at Cipriani to design an inviting cocktail menu and source an extensive list of Italian wines.

Bardo is a great place to enjoy a lavish dinner Italian style with some live entertainment to make it extra special.

Bardo Restaurant London Dress Code & Address

Cuisine: Italian

Dress Code: Smart Casual

Area: London

Address: 4 Suffolk Pl, London SW1Y 4HX, UK

Website: www.bardostjames.com/

(13 votes, average: 4.77 out of 5)

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BiBo Restaurant London

October 6, 2021 Capital A List - Celebrity club news

Dani García, a Michelin-starred Spanish chef, brings the most Spanish cuisine, BiBo to Shoreditch. We can tell you what to expect from this top Spanish restaurant. We enjoyed the unique vision of Spanish gastronomy created by Chef Dani Garcia himself.

Flavours that are so special and distinctive that will let your taste buds explode at one of London’s best restaurants.

The Spanish restaurant is located at Mondrian Shoreditch, BiBo perfectly reflects the vibrant, eclectic and carefree space that illustrates the unique Spanish brand, in the same way that it characterizes the lively Shoreditch area.

Inside, it’s got a relaxed, modern Spanish countryside vibe, with clay walls, light decor, and a burnt-red tile bar all with plenty of natural light.

The centerpiece of the restaurant is the central island bar with high tables for tapas bookings. It’s built around a rather large cartwheel-sized round light housed in a giant, diamond-shaped cage of red spokes – the decor is even a must see.

Then, just outside, there’s a small courtyard filled with hanging plants, and conveniently covered in a glass roof with tons of natural light and just perfect for any occasion.

The menu, at one of London’s best restaurants, features famous tried-and-tested dishes from Garcia’s other BiBo restaurant London branches.

Expect BiBo favourite’s like oxtail brioche (a pulled oxtail brioche sandwich with thin mushroom slices), jamon mini croquetas and a Russian salad. Where main dishes include grilled sea bass and a Txuleta steak that comes from Basque cows (a definite if you are a meat eater).

To drink you’ll find a range of Spanish cocktails (of course) at the bar with their versions of red and white sangria. Also ‘rebujito’ (sherry & lemon-lime soda) and ‘agua de Sevilla’ (pineapple juice and whiskey).

Try the popular ‘Mrs Violet’ – comes in an elegantly tall and precariously slender glass filled with gin and elderberry syrup, all topped with a caramel brittle, while the Smoked Pumpkin Whisky Sour is served inside a smoke-filled glass dome for that drama effect.

On top of that the restaurant has a long list of Old World wines that are available by the glass.