This new pub and restaurant is housed in a 17th-century building and boasts wooden flooring and an open brick fireplace. There's a ground-level bar and a restaurant upstairs. Both kitchens are now open for business.
- Opened: 8 July
- Owners: Owain George, Miles Johnson and Ian Rayner
- Head chefs: Toby Gritten and Jake Platt
- Capacity: 90 inside, 50 outside
- Food: Choose from coddled goose egg, roast saddle of rabbit, and bitter chocolate tart with stout ice-cream and caramel kromeski.
- Typical spend: £40 per head for dinner, £8-£15 for lunch
- Address: Boyces Avenue, Clifton Village, Bristol BS8 4AA
- Telephone: 0117 973 3522
Giardinetto, London
Italian eaterie Giardinetto has relocated from Charlotte Street and reopened in Mayfair. The new interior uses glass, steel and copper, while the three small dining areas give it an intimate feel. A range of new dishes has also been developed for the new home.
- Opened: 27 June
- Owner and head chef: Maurizio Villona
- Capacity: 48, plus 12 upstairs
- Food: Try the cod with anchovy sauce on a potato cake and a shrimp flan (£15), beef fillet wrapped in Colonnata lard with zucchini and shallots (£20) and apricot tart (£6.50).
- Typical spend £30 per head for three courses, excluding wine
- Address 39-40 Albemarle Street, Mayfair, London W1S 4TE
- Telephone 020 7493 7091
The Heritage at Killenard, County Laois
As well as rooms, this hotel offers an 18-hole championship golf course with a large clubhouse, a 37,000sq ft spa and health club, five boardrooms and a 40-seat cinema. Plenty to keep guests entertained.
- Opened: 1 June
- Owner: Tommy Keane
- Head chef: Chris Farrell
- General manager: Donagh Davern
- Bedrooms: 98, plus 12 golf homes
- Restaurants: The Arlington Room seats 100 and serves French cuisine with an Irish twist. The Thatch, a traditional pub and restaurant, seats 120.
- Rates: De luxe rooms from £191 including breakfast
- Address: Killenard, County Laois, Ireland
- Telephone: 00 353 502 45994
The Standard, Edinburgh
As the latest of eight Saltire Taverns ventures in Scotland, this new £2.1m venue incorporates both a bar and a restaurant. Menus reflect influences from around the globe, and the venue aims to appeal to local residents in the New Town and Stockbridge area.
- Opened: 20 July
- Owner: Saltire Taverns
- Head chef: Alasdair Richie
- Capacity: 75 seats
- Food: Try the West Coast mussels cooked in white wine and garlic cream sauce with crusty bread (large £8.50), the Scottish salmon and cod brochetters with lemon-buttered rice and side salad (£11.50), and finish off with the passion fruit white chocolate crème brûlée (£4.50).
- Address: 24 Howe Street, Edinburgh EH3 6TG
- Telephone: 0131-225 6490