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Harden's Guides, run by brothers Richard and Peter Harden, is a publishing firm based just off the Strand in London.
Eighteen years ago, Richard and Peter launched their first and best-selling guide, Harden's London Restaurants - now the longest-established pocket guide to London restaurants. In 1998 a companion volume was launched: Harden's UK Restaurants. The opinions expressed in both guides are based on what is now the largest annual survey of restaurant-goers in the UK (over 8,000 people took part for the 2010 edition, contributing over 80,000 reports).
In addition the brothers have visited practically every restaurant listed in the London guide, and many of those listed in the UK volume. Their personal visits are always conducted anonymously, and at the firm's expense.
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Atul Kocchar is the golden boy of the capital’s subcontinental catering scene. His recently relaunched Mayfair flagship, Benares, now with 140 seats, is, we’d guess, one of the capital’s top two biggest-grossing upmarket Indians. Last year he opened a smart establishment, Vatika, in a Hampshire vineyard, and that’s been well-received too. read more
For many years, Simone Green ran this Primrose Hill institution with great verve and hospitality. Under subsequent owners, it lost its way, and has recently been re-launched by Vince Power. This ‘Godfather of Gigs’ (his words) made a mint out of his Mean Fiddler group, and has now re-invented himself in the hospitality ‘space’, with interests including the good-but-pricey Pigalle Club in Piccadilly, and the Spiga pizzeria in Soho. read more
Sam Metcalfe rather seems to have transferred his affections from Hove’s declining Seven Dials (which we no longer list) to this informal new restaurant in Kemp Town – its “great English fare” attracts impressively consistent reports. [read more]
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