The refinery, Bankside’s most exciting and innovative bar and restaurant, is celebrating its second birthday with a host of special food, drink, health and beauty offers.
On Wednesday 15th September, the first 200 people to bring us a birthday card will be given a free cocktail and complimentary canapés will be served after 5pm.
A special raffle kicks off on Wednesday too, with free tickets given away with any purchase over £20. The draw will take place at 6pm on the 17th with the winner receiving a two-course meal with a bottle of house wine at the refinery and also a cut and blow-dry at nearby O’Sullivans hair and beauty salon.
From 5pm a DJ set starts up and, from 5.30pm, there’s also a tongue-in-cheek treat from the Psychic Sisters. Located on our mezzanine floor, they will be giving a playful insight into guests’ lives through tarot and palm readings.
Between 20th-23rd September, the refinery is also offering free consultations with a personal trainer and nutritionist who can also advise on what goodies from the refinery’s menu and list of skinny cocktails you can treat yourself to – and still stay looking great.
As the celebrations coincide with London Fashion Week (17th-22nd September) the refinery will also be offering a special list of Catwalk Cocktails. The list will be available from 13th-23rd September and on each Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday these will be at the special birthday price of £5 after 5pm (normally £6.95).
The list is a cheeky tribute to models everywhere and includes several drinks created in honour of our favourite supermodels and designers. Choose between our signature serves and calorie-counted ‘skinny’ cocktails: try the Gisele Caipirinha, made with fresh kiwi, cachaça, lime and sugar; the Kir Haute Couture, made with strawberry and blueberry liqueurs and champagne; the Burberry Bramble, with fresh basil, lemon grass, gin and elderflower liqueur; or the McCartney Martini, with fresh raspberries, gin, Chambord and superfruit tea.
the refinery, located in the iconic Blue Fin Building behind the Tate Modern, is part of the fast-growing Drake & Morgan group of bars and restaurants. It was among the first businesses to occupy the newly regenerated Bankside area behind the Tate Modern. Two years on, the area is a thriving destination for workers and visitors to London alike, with the refinery occupying a prime site of the development.
the refinery, 110 Southwark Street, London SE1 0TF
0845 468 0186
www.therefinerybar.co.uk
To mark London Fashion Week, Californian-Mexican restaurants Tortilla are ensuring the body beautiful can shimmy into their skinnies by stripping the soft wheat tortilla wrappers off their burritos and going ‘naked’.
And as even fashionistas can't live on champagne alone, during London Fashion Week (17th to 22nd September) journalists, models and fashion designers are invited to Tortilla for a free naked burrito, when they show their fashion week pass.
Light, healthy and carb free means the fash-pack can sleep easy. All come with the same great fillings as a burrito, but without the wrapper - think grilled barn-reared chicken marinated in a special Latin American adobo seasoning (pollo asado); slow cooked until ‘fall apart tender’ Quality Assured outdoor-reared pork (carnitas); or grilled Farm Assured steak, made with Tortilla’s secret recipe (carne asada), all on a bed of salad of crisp Romaine lettuce and ripe tomatoes. Then top with thick guacamole made from specially selected Hass avocados, organic black or pinto beans, and choose a hot and spicy or cool and tangy dressing.
A phenomenon in the US, Tortilla is a brand new breed of Californian-Mexican restaurant offering fast, fresh and affordable, San Francisco style favourites in the form of the best burritos, fajitas, tacos, and salads this side of the Atlantic.
Focusing on only the finest ingredients, Tortilla’s dishes are all prepared on-site daily. Tender meats are marinated and grilled to perfection, authentic salsa roja is flawlessly spiced and the chunky guacamole is crammed full of the ripest avocados.
Tortilla Oxford Circus, 6 Market Place, London W1W 8AH
Tel: 020 7637 2800
Tortilla Islington, 13 Islington High Street, London N1 9LQ
Tel: 020 7833 3103
Tortilla Bankside, 106 Southwark, London SE1 0TA
Tel: 020 7620 0285
Tortilla Canary Wharf, 18 North Colonnade, London E14 4EU
Tel: 020 7719 9160
Anise at the Cinnamon Kitchen is celebrating London Fashion Week by bringing style to the City. Presenting an array of fashion, beauty and style experts for one night only, guests are invited to enjoy an evening of free advice, mini makeovers and discounts on products, alongside a complimentary cocktail and Anise’s contemporary Indian canapés.
The evening of 15th September, from 6pm – 8.30pm, just ahead of London Fashion Week, which runs 17th to 22nd September, will tell Anise’s guests how to look totally on trend, what not to wear and how to make the best of their features and wardrobe – from hair to nails to make-up and the next season’s must-have styles.
Benefit Cosmetics will offer make-up tips and tricks alongside discounts on its range of award-winning products including its High Beam and Dr Feelgood lines; Karine Jackson hair and beauty, will have nail technicians offering free mini makeovers; Rush Hair Salon will be giving free hair consultations, promoting healthy hair and advising how to wear your hair up this season; and Apartment C, an innovative lingerie shopping space in Marylebone, which takes inspiration from cool girls’ apartments, will be showcasing a pop-up shop, where guests can explore a collection of silk loungewear, Parisian perfumes, costume jewellery and hand-picked vintage novels, whilst enjoying chocolate tasting and prizes from a lucky dip.
Style Bible, the luxury lifestyle directory service, will also be offering inside advice on the latest trends, what’s hot and what’s not, with a clear eye on London Fashion Week activity in the days ahead. More importantly, Style Bible will be giving away complimentary memberships worth £120, providing users with access to up-to-date insider information on where to go, where to stay, and how to stay beautiful alongside a variety of perks and discounts.
Guests will receive a complimentary cocktail on arrival from Anise’s list that boasts delicious drinks twisted with Indian spices. Cocktails will be accompanied by canapés from Cinnamon Kitchen's renowned menu of beautifully presented contemporary dishes – and each guest also leaves with a goodie bag full of stylish surprises.
Embrace the fashionista inside: remember, it’s not just the devil that wears Prada!
For you and a friend to attend the London Fashion Week Event at Anise, simple RSVP with your name and the name of your guest to events@cinnamon-kitchen.com.
Anise at The Cinnamon Kitchen
9 Devonshire Square, London, EC2M 4YL, T: 020 7626 5000, www.cinnamon-kitchen.com
YO! Sushi’s famous ‘kaiten’ conveyor belt has decided to get in on the al fresco action this summer and is set to steal the show along the South Bank with their new restaurant’s first outdoor belt. Now open at the Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, YO! Sushi diners can now enjoy the sunshine with stunning views from the riverside terrace while enjoying over 80 Japanese inspired dishes from the kaleidoscope of coloured plates on offer.
With typical British uncertainty on the weather front, YO! Sushi ensures all will be well courtesy of expansive canopies featuring hidden heaters so al fresco dining can be enjoyed come rain or shine. If you want to get close to the action, grab a table inside the contemporary restaurant, where the professionally trained sushi chefs or ninjas as we like to call them, will be slicing and dicing anything from traditional sushi and sashimi to hot classics like firecracker rice, and chicken yakisoba, all in-front of expectant guests. This particular restaurant is great for your little ninjas too, along with the usual conveyor belt keeping kids entertained, plenty of balloons and funky high chairs are also on hand.
As the belt zigzags through the restaurant, other tempting treats include spicy chicken katsu roll, salmon and tenderstem broccoli salad and vegetable hand roll. Diners simply help themselves to dishes that catch their eye from the selection of colour-coded plates ranging from £1.70 to £5.00. To accompany, a refreshing selection of beers, wines, sake and fizz complete the partnership.
YO! Sushi Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre is at the heart of one of the most popular tourist destinations in the capital, with an unrivalled view of London’s skyline, it’s close to the area’s many art galleries and the National Theatre as well as the Royal Festival Hall itself.
Open from 11am to 11pm Monday to Saturday, and until 10pm on Sunday.
YO! Sushi Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre
Festival Riverside
Royal Festival Hall
London SE1 8XX
Tel: 0203 130 1997
Awana has created a feast perfect for breaking fast with this Ramadan. They have devised a menu which showcases some of the restaurant’s finest dishes in a celebration of Malaysian cuisine.
The menu will consist of seven wonderful Malaysian dishes which will leave you well and truly satisfied. Delectable starters consist of a Date Korma as well as Roti Canai, a Malaysian bread made from a traditional family recipe and Satay Udang, delicious fresh tiger prawn skewers served with the signature spicy peanut sauce. A perfect Malaysian start to the midnight spread.
Awana will spoil you with the delicious Malaysian mains on offer. Customers can enjoy Kari Ayam, an appetizing corn-fed chicken curry with coconut, potato and snake beans accompanied by Sayur Sambal Goreng, a mix of fried vegetables in sambal sauce and Nasi Putih, a form of steamed rice which is a staple accompaniment to any curry.
Finally, round off the perfect meal and with the mouth-watering dessert of Chendol- pandan pearls with red beans in coconut cream with caramel and shaved ice. Awana’s feast will leave you feeling satisfied and prepare you for another day of fasting.
The Malaysian feast can be enjoyed in the stylish surroundings of teakwood, traditional batik silk and luscious dark red leather, creating a contemporary interior reminiscent of a Malaysian plantation house. Come and enjoy a late night meal with friends, family and work colleagues.
You are able to enjoy Awana’s ‘Feast for Ramadan’ until the end of Ramadan on 11th September within their opening hours of 12pm-3pm or 6pm-11.30pm
Opening 19th August 2010, the latest Busaba Eathai is nestled between Hoxton Square and Old Street, EC1. This is the first opening for Busaba outside of the West End and into the thriving heart of East London’s Hoxton.
Staying true to the original design concept the interior incorporates materials including, bronze, rattan and hardwood which are warmed by the soft lighting from the watercolour paper lampshades. The decor provides a soothing backdrop to the animation and acoustics created by the dynamics of group eating whilst seated on sculptured benches around large square tables.
There are 140 covers available from midday to 11.30pm (10pm Sundays).
Ten years since its inception, Busaba is still providing London with a youthful yet sophisticated Thai casual dining venue offering an affordable eating experience. With the long standing popular dishes of Thai calamari, Stargazer monkfish curry, Sen chan phad Thai and Som Tam–green papaya salad, the menu also includes more recent additions such as the Grilled chicken salad with Thai celery, cherry tomato and Isarn style chili sauce and Ostrich stir-fried with pickled Thai garlic.
By way of an introduction and in an attempt to cause as little disruption as possible to the area, Busaba aimed to positively contribute and support the local community. Hence whilst works underwent inside,
rather than pitching up archetypal branded hoarding, Busaba dedicated this space to a sequence of local artists such as graphic designers, illustrators and photographers so they would have a platform to exhibit their work; subsequently delivering an amusing space to Hoxton residents. Over the period of three months Busaba exhibited works by photographer Jason Lowe, Illustration agency HigginsonHurst, VNA Magazine and Curated Project Big Antidote.
Whilst the hoarding was being installed, each stage was filmed and made into a short film by Higginson Hurst. The screening of which will be on opening night. All artwork is available online with links to the artists at www.busaba.com.
Busaba Eathai
319 Old Street
London EC1 V 9LE
T 0207 729 0808
Opening times
Monday – Thursday 12 noon – 11.00pm
Friday – Saturday 12 noon – 11.30pm
Sunday 12 noon – 10.00pm
Average spend £16
www.busaba.com
Located in Central London near many theatres, Spaghetti House is a great family choice this summer, and food is free for the kids between 13 August and 3 September.
If you are spending summer in the City, enjoying the many London theatres during the action-packed Kids’ Week with all its theatrical fun, you will also need to feed the little ones as well as keeping them entertained.
Family-friendly, informal and welcoming, Spaghetti Housemakes everyone happy around the table. Mums and dads can enjoy a glass of wine and a plate of pasta, a summer main course salad or a sharing platter, and kids have their own special menu – for free. For every paying adult eating from the a-la-carte menu one child up to the age of 10 eats free from the children’s menu between 13 August and 3 September lunch and dinner, at Spaghetti House 30, St Martin’s Lane WC2 near Trafalgar Square and Spaghetti House 3, Bressenden Place, Victoria SW1.
In Italy it is traditional for children to choose their meal from the ‘grown ups’ menu. Spaghetti House encourages children to eat healthily, developing their taste and their eating experiences as they grow. Children’s menu dishes have been selected form the main menu, they taste the same, but are served in smaller portions. Children love Ceci Calabresi – chickpeas with spicy Italian sausage, Bruschetta with tomato and fresh basil, Chicken Caesar Salad and Brodo di Pollo, shredded smoked chicken with fettuccine, basil oil and peas in a chicken broth. Differently delicious from the chicken and chips too often found on children’s menus, and very healthy too.
So if you are going to the Criterion Theatre close to St Martin’s Lane and showing the 39 Steps, or catching a Billy Elliot matinee at the Victoria Palace Theatre in Victoria, take a refreshing break as there is a Spaghetti House nearby.
Summer in the City has never tasted so good and at an average of £20 for an adult three course meal with wine, school holidays and theatre outings are easy on your pocket too.
Visit www.spaghettihouse.co.uk for other offers and for a full list of restaurants.
In this era of savvy restaurant diners and the still ominous credit crunch, Zebrano Greek Street is tackling these head on. Zebrano not only wants to look after their customers’ stomachs, but also their pockets. To demonstrate this, starting from Wednesday 14th July and every Wednesday thereafter for the rest of the Summer, Zebrano Greek Street are ensuring that all their diners feel they get great value for money. No prices will be on the menus, no calculated bills will be delivered to the table, simply just an empty tip tray with an invitation for the customer to ‘treat’ Zebrano to what the customer believes the meal was worth.
Zebrano, 18 Greek Street has often been described as cutting edge; when Peter Cook owned ‘The Establishment’ club on this site in 1961 the comedy there broke all rules and many taboos. Zebrano Greek Street 2010 is also doing things a little bit different and pushing boundaries wherever possible, and ‘Invitation to Treat’ is just one example of this.
“We have always been keen to look after our customers and their pockets” says Chris Sheldon, Operations Director, “and we have always had a sensible pricing policy, which is even more important in these leaner times. To put this into practice, customers can eat our food and simply pay what they think its worth. It is better for us that a customer leaves happy paying exactly what they think the dining experience is worth rather than the possibility of them walking out the restaurant with disappointment.”
Zebrano Greek Street has recently launched their new Tapas menu which adds to the excitement of this deal and the owners of the bar are confident that Londoners will love the food and therefore pay a fair price. “We have known for a long time that all Londoners want is value for money” says Don Cameron, Managing Director of Zebrano bars, “no matter how much money you have in your pocket everyone wants a fair price. We trust our customers to pay fairly and we are looking forward to the experiment and to see the outcome.”
Zebrano Greek Street
18 Greek Street
Soho
London W1D 4DS
www.zebrano-bar.com / 0207 287 5267
The Rotunda, Kingston is delighted to welcome British food and cocktail bar ‘Tamesis’ to the leisure complex.
Tamesis is a brand new business started by three local entrepreneurs Simona Patackaite, Paul and Tina Winten. The ‘Tamesis’ concept was born out of a gap in the market for high quality British food, as supposed to the endless trend for international restaurant chains. As a result Tamesis is a celebration of all things British.
The food is modern with flavoursome, delicious dishes that are prepared using local seasonal produce and quality ingredients. Dishes to choose from include Black Pearl Scallops to Roast Rib of Beef for 4 people carved at your table. Daily specials also compliment the menu and remain a celebration of what is currently in season.
Drinks are also a big part of the Tamesis offer, with an extensive cocktail list celebrating British flavours available which sits alongside a considered wine list and great choice of beer and ales. The restaurant and bar reflect the signature modern, democratic and welcoming style representative of Tamesis’s design philosophy
David Harper, Centre Manager for The Rotunda said “It’s fantastic that Tamesis has open in The Rotunda, offering fresh British food and contemporary cocktails. It’s a perfect fit for the Rotunda which is a vibrant and cosmopolitan complex for professionals and locals alike”.
Tamesis is situated on the ground floor of The Rotunda and open from Monday to Sunday, for lunch and dinner, seating 118 in the main dining area and 60 in the bar lounge.
About The Rotunda
The Rotunda is a stunning modern entertainment complex built over 4 levels including a 14 screen Odeon cinema, Ten pin bowling, David Lloyd health centre and 7 restaurants, located on Clarence Street in Kingston upon Thames directly opposite the mainline railway station.
www.therotundakingston.co.uk
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