July 12, 2022 Capital A List - Celebrity club news
The Ivy Asia is a restaurant that brings Pan-Asian cuisine to Chelsea and other seven locations spread across London (St. Pauls, Guildford, Manchester, Mayfair, Cardiff, Brighton, and Leeds). The restaurant offers you a full-sensory experience. Find dishes elaborated on the multiple cultures and countries of Asia. The cocktails are crafted to excellence, and the place’s bright and theatrical interior design highlights the experience.
There are plenty of vegetarian and vegan options on the menu to suit those with dietary restrictions. The dishes are based on the traditions and culture of the multiple countries spread across the Asian continent, so rich in flavour and presentation is guaranteed. The Ivy Asia Black Shell seafood platter is the perfect example, with impeccable presentation and high-quality ingredients. Dry ice surrounds many of the dishes, adding flair to their display.
The a la carte menu includes many sushi platters to share, including a Japanese-inspired Bonsai sharing plate. Find dozens of fresh sashimi, small dishes like tempura and dumplings, and large dishes with wagyu beef, fresh salmon, and roasted aubergine. Get the lunch stack, share a multi-course meal with your partner, or go for the house-famous crispy duck, served with imperial caviar. Special seasonal menus are available.
Inside, find a colourful and not at all minimalistic decor and design. Bright shades of colour take over the space, with a green floor, pink cherry blossoms taking over the ceiling and some of the corner walls, and lavishing and eclectic furniture spread around the spacious dining room. Cobalt blue booths highlight the lively environment, and the colourful stained glass windows add to the flair of the place.
The Ivy Asia is anything but simple, which makes you fall in love with it. From fresh fatty sashimis to beautifully framed platters of food – eating at this restaurant goes beyond a simple dining experience.
Capital A List members can make bookings for The Ivy Asia below.
Cuisine: Pan-Asian
Dress Code: Casual
Area: Chelsea
Address: 201-203A, King’s Rd, London SW3 5ED
Website: https://www.theivyasiachelsea.com/
May 27, 2022 Capital A List - Celebrity club news
Bentley’s Oyster Bar & Grill is a restaurant that offers some of the freshest seafood in London. Pairing Champagne with fresh oysters for lunch is not a bad idea, especially when you can pick from six different varieties and indulge in those refreshing sea flavors. The restaurant has been around for over 100 years. For this century, they have been enchanting customers with excellent service and food.
The restaurant shucks over 1,000 oysters a day, so we know they must be good. Rock and native oysters take over the entire first page of the menu, and you can order them single or by the dozen. Aside from the oysters, which you need to have as a starter, have the baked scallops with garlic and butter and the spiced foie gras with Sauternes wine on a brioche bun.
Native lobsters are an option too, and the traditional fish and chips are house famous. Even though Bentley’s focuses on seafood, there are also plenty of meat and game seasonal dishes. Chefs serve the Himalayan salt-aged steak with pepper, and the parmesan gnocchi comes coated with truffles. On the first Sunday of each month, enjoy the Beef and Oyster Club. Pay a fixed price and savor a starter, main, and dessert dish with wine pairing.
The restaurant from the outside resembles a fisherman’s warehouse, with brick walls and large windows on the second floor. There is a large terrace on the front where you can sit and indulge in the fresh air with white wine for lunch. The inside feels like summer at East Hampton, indulging in luxury and colonial decor.
Rent one of the five private rooms for any special event, from rehearsal dinners to conferences. Each of them is uniquely decorated, all following the luxurious seaside image of the restaurant.
Capital A List members can make bookings for Bentley’s Oyster Bar & Grill below.
Cuisine: Seafood
Dress Code: Casual
Area: Mayfair
Address: 11-15 Swallow St, London W1B 4DG
Website: https://www.bentleys.org/
April 30, 2022 Capital A List - Celebrity club news
Corrigan’s Mayfair belongs to the Irish chef Richard Corrigan, serving locally sourced game food that follows seasonality and praises every ingredient’s flavor, with dishes inspired by traditional British and Irish cooking. Corrigan believes that “Game is not just what you hunt and shoot, game is what you catch, what you pick and forage. For me, game is a wild blackberry you pick, mackerel you catch, and a native oyster you shuck. This is game reflective of the seasons.” From this statement, one can already imagine the intricate and complex dishes served at the restaurant.
Open for lunch and dinner, the place offers an a la carte menu and a fixed-price tasting option, which changes weekly according to the seasonal availability of every ingredient. Here you can explore flavors from the mountains and the ocean – Start with a spiced beef tartare served with oyster cream, nori, and tempura. Then, move to the native Scottish lobster ravioli with lobster bisque and vadouvan, a curry-like spice mixed with garlic and shallots. As for the main course, maybe taste a juicy pork belly with cabbage, apple, and mustard or a roasted blonde ray with broccoli, saffron, and mussels.
The design of Corrigan’s Mayfair restaurant does a beautiful job reflecting the culture of game, and in each dish, you can taste the freedom of ingredients. The calming blue-toned design of the place when you first enter contrasts with the roughness of game food, and it is perfect when put together with brown leather booths by the bar counter. Inside, different seating areas embrace a more robust decor, with dim lighting and darker shades of green and blue on the walls. There’s even a tiny leathered red booth by a big bookshelf, where you can see all the action from the kitchen as you indulge in private and exclusive dining.
Capital A List members can make bookings for Corrigan’s Mayfair below.
Cuisine: British and Irish
Dress Code: Smart Casual
Area: Mayfair
Address: 28 Upper Grosvenor St, London W1K 7EH, United Kingdom
Website: https://www.corrigansmayfair.co.uk/
January 21, 2022 Capital A List - Celebrity club news
El Norte, restaurant in London, is located on Dover Street in Mayfair, recently opened by the Spanish twins, Arian and Alberto Zandi. From the owners of Zuaya London and Como Garden, the Spanish twins bring a new lively restaurant to London.
The restaurant is designed and dedicated to celebrate the vibrant Latin culinary tradition and customs of Spain in an upscale and entertaining venue. El Norte is designed to combine the fresh and flavourful tastes of Spain in a modern setting.
Walk in and be invited to a beautiful lounge with tempting and desirable unique Spanish crafted cocktails that include a selection of the famous and loved home-made Sangrias. Enjoy your meal with a very exclusive Spanish wine list that have been awarded or splurge on champagne. The restaurant brings the Spanish fiesta to life with a weekly resident DJ, dance the night away to Spanish sounds all throughout the week in the restaurant lounge.
The Spanish menu has a selection of irresistible winning signature dishes, that include the mouthwatering truffle tortilla, creamy croquettes, the best Joselito Iberico Ham, cherry pistachio gazpacho, premium stone-cooked “Vaca Rubia Gallega” steak. The list is never ending of culinary delights.
For mains, we were spoilt with choice between the meats, poultry and fish dishes. Dishes include; Red Wine Oxtail Meatballs, Marinated Baby Chicken with Roasted Pine Nuts and a Glazed Iberian Pork with Potatoes on the Carne menu. The Pescados Y Mariscos, fish menu, includes popular dishes such as Lubina Salvaje a la Riojana, wild seabass with a sweet tomatoe and red pepper sauce and Pulpo a la Brasa, grilled octopus with a pepper sauce and mash potatoe.
Cuisine: Spanish
Dress Code: Smart Casual
Area: Mayfair
Address: 19-20 Dover St, London W1S 4LU
Website: www.el-norte.co.uk/
January 5, 2022 Capital A List - Celebrity club news
INCA, newly opened restaurant in London on Argyll Street, is best to be described as a lively South American inspired restaurant that showcases various entertainment inspired by the lively dances and performers from South America.
When you walk up the glamorous staircase expect to be transported to a sensory journey as INCA encompasses a lively atmosphere from the restaurant through to the Night Lounge, encapsulating the continent’s Latin spirit, rich aromas and colourful way of life. The venue takes its inspiration from the Incan charm with light and dark, and the sun and moon. That interprets into a winding staircase decked with Brazilian-style tiles tempting you into the bustling restaurant.
The restaurant also has a dedicated VIP area including a stylish 14 cover private dining room, ideal for private events.
The menu of course inspired from South America’s colours, flavours and spirit, consists of small plates that celebrate the joy of sharing food with others. The menu has been specially crafted by Head Chef Davide Alberti, that he has expertly combined with influences from Nikkei Kitchen, modern touches as well as the unique flavours from fire and heat. Expect to see a menu that ranges from ceviche, tiradito and tartares through to tacos and dishes like black cod and cauliflower steak with chimichurri. If it’s meat you’re after, there’s a whole section devoted to cuts cooked on the asado grill including Iberica pata negra pluma and Tomahawks.
Not forgetting there is an extensive drinks menu including traditional cocktails and INCA’s unique creations with a Latin twist such as the El Presidente, Polmas and Cuba Libre.
INCA’s Latin spirit really comes to life in the Late Night Lounge with live in-house performers creating a South American party atmosphere from 12:30 until late. INCA is the best high-end restaurant with a cabaret experience, all with a little Latin American flair. With eye-catching decor and a menu stuffed with intriguing dishes with theatrical performances and unique entertainment kick off at 19:00 – we will return again for a fiesta.
Cuisine: Peruvian
Dress Code: Smart Casual
Area: London
Address: 8-9 Argyll Street, London, W1F 7TF
Website: www.incalondon.com/