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Zizzi Restaurants Limited, [3] [4] trading as Zizzi, is a chain of Italian-inspired restaurants in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It is the sister restaurant of ASK Italian, both having been founded by Adam and Sam Kaye. [1] In February 2015, Bridgepoint Capital completed a £250 million acquisition of the two brands. [5]
Prezzo Trading Limited, [3] trading as Prezzo ("price" in Italian), is a restaurant chain serving mostly Italian cuisine in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The first restaurant opened on New Oxford Street, London in November 2000.
The restaurants introduced the postwar British public to its own home-grown restaurant chain, which came with stylised restaurants with Tudor-looking false oak beams and white walls. [ 1 ] By 1970 the chain comprised 147 hotels and restaurants, including the New Inn at Gloucester , the Mitre at Oxford and several in Japan. [ 2 ]
In 2011, it was named Britain's biggest restaurant, with a seating capacity of 800. [5] In July 2012, Cosmo opened restaurants in Reading , Aberdeen , Manchester and Belfast . In 2015, Cosmo was officially voted third in the CGA Peach Brand Track Survey for "Customer Satisfaction" and 2nd for "Value for Money".
Restaurant critic Jay Rayner visited Le Manoir for the first time in 2013. Whilst he described it as possibly the most expensive restaurant in Britain, he praised the set up including the kitchen garden. Regarding the food, he praised a "pitch-perfect" beetroot terrine, which was served with a horseradish sorbet quenelle. [19]
The Assassins (known for their debauchery in the 1980s; [1] not to be confused with the unrelated student society, Oxford Guild of Assassins [2]) The Bullingdon Club [3] [4] [5] (founded 1780; dress in navy blue tailcoats, with navy velvet collar, ivory silk lapels, brass buttons, mustard waistcoat, and a sky blue bow tie; club tie is sky blue striped with ivory; sometimes called The Buller ...
The origin of "High Table" goes back to the physical layout of the dining halls of English colleges at Oxford and Cambridge Universities. [ 1 ] The high table is a table for the use of fellows (members of the Senior Common Room ) and their guests in university dining halls, where the students eat in the main space of the hall at the same time.
This was the first multi-cuisine buffet restaurant of its kind in the UK. [citation needed] As the company grew, it opened restaurants in Solihull, Sutton Coldfield, and Stratford Upon Avon; and brought in Jaswinder Choongh as a partner. The first Jimmy Spices to open within the M25 was in Epsom in October 2007 and Staines in October 2008.