Archive: Aug 2016

According to a new survey by the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry, 44% of businesses based in London are worried about the forthcoming revaluation of business rates. The figure extends to 55% among those who employ more than 10 employees. A third of businesses said they did not know how they felt. So what should London’s restaurant and pub owners expect from the revaluation?… Read more

A Meyhane has arrived in Marylebone. Apparently, a Meyhane is a Turkish tavern – which is what Yosma, a new mangal and raki bar in Marylebone is basing itself on and it’s got some rather interesting folk involved. The founders of the Good Food Society, Levent Buyukugur and Sanjay Nandi are behind this Turkish-style restaurant on the former site of Indali Lounge. Yosma is headed… Read more

OpenTable launched way back in 1999, initially as a restaurant management system and later as OpenTable.com, a website for making restaurant reservations online. With 31,000 restaurants around the world using its booking engine, and 15 million diners booking tables every month, it has become the standard bearer for all restaurant booking platforms. But there are other great tools out there that are worth your consideration…. Read more

Food and dining scenes are rapidly changing. How we eat, what we eat, how it is sourced, prepared, served and ordered are all undergoing a sea-change. New technology, heightened consumer expectations and emergent food trends are all creating a demand for a new type of restaurant and a new type of dining experience. How can your restaurant capitalise on these new trends, entice a changing… Read more

As a restaurateur, you operate in a trend-heavy industry. Keeping in touch with what’s in vogue is a great way to stay in the spotlight, attract new customers and cash in on new concepts. Here are five trends that are sure to influence the UK’s restaurants over the next year. 1. The demise of ‘dude food’ The most recent Menu Trends survey from Horizons has… Read more

These days, a great website is as important an asset to a restaurant as a garden or a famous signature dish. All three are great ways to project your brand, draw people in and make more sales. Unlike the other two, a great website is something that is attainable for every restaurateur. This is just as well. As we will see, the online aspect is… Read more

So many global influences exist in London’s restaurant scene that most can claim to be represented in some shape or form. But every now and then, one cuisine lights up menus like wildfire. If we told you a mere five years ago that a Peruvian craze was just around the corner; that soon you’d be feasting on tuna ceviches and drinking pisco sours, you might… Read more