Isobel Watkins

Articles written: 148

Seasoned food and drink writer, now Senior Marketing Associate at Blank Street Coffee. Bylines in Women's Health and Cosmopolitan. Pursuer of happy hours and good pizza.

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Here's What Happened When We Spent A Saturday Morning Escaping A Psychopath's Den

Nov 18, 2019

AIM Escape
Aldgate

Walls adorned with instruments of torture, revealed only by torchlight. A quick pre-game google of AIM Escape’s Psychopath’s Den returned accounts of darkened rooms, blood-stained walls and gore-caked torture instruments...

Great British Menu Stars Set To Open Luxury Restaurant In Liverpool's Royal Albert Dock

Nov 14, 2019

Lerpwl
Royal Albert Dock

After wowing Anglesey with their Marram Grass offerings, the Barrie brothers are heading home to Liverpool to open a shiny new Royal Albert Dock restaurant. Named Lerpwl (the Welsh word...

Save The Date: Bunga Bunga Covent Garden Is Hosting A Huge Immersive Toga Party

Nov 12, 2019

Bunga Bunga Covent Garden
Covent Garden

A selection of Ikea's finest thread count. Imagine getting to attend a big ol’ knees up wedding complete with the best bits only. All the juicy family fall-outs, all the...

This New Bermondsey Spot Will Have An Upmarket Off License And Raw Seafood Restaurant

Nov 5, 2019

Baccalà
Bermondsey

Bermondsey Street is set to gain a new luxe seafood restaurant, with a focus on impeccable wine pairings and an exclusively Italian selection of sips. The brainchild of two long-time...

Is This London's Most Beautiful Music Venue?

Nov 4, 2019

Omeara
Southwark

Petition for all gigs to come complete with a chandelier anyone? Dreamy roof terrace, a tequila collection to please Jose Cuervo himself and a line-up boasting the very best up-and-coming...

LBDs At The Ready: A Luxury New York-Inspired Cocktail Lounge Is Coming To Spinningfields

Oct 31, 2019

BLVD (OLD)
Spinningfields

Whether you’re more of a Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte or Samantha, get ready to live out all your SATC dreams when sleek New York-inspired cocktail lounge BLVD lands in Spinningfields next...

Mountains Of Ragu And Free-flowing Parmesan - Have We Found Comfort Food Nirvana?

Oct 28, 2019

The evening of my trip to Berto I had needed to soften the blow of a pretty heavy defeat at my local pub quiz (as a disclaimer, by ‘soften the...

This New Digbeth Bar Is Serving Up Cocktails With A Side of Cluedo

Oct 25, 2019

Chance & Counters Birmingham
Digbeth

Does beer, board games and relationship breakdown sound like your idea of a stellar Saturday night? Then you’re in luck - Chance & Counters is bringing its unique board game...

This New Fine Dining Spot Is Turning The Tasting Menu On Its Head

Oct 24, 2019

Six+By+Nico+Liverpool

Having already wowed in Edinburgh, Belfast, Glasgow and Manchester, Six By Nico is preparing to bring its winning formula to Liverpool city centre. The new North John Street spot will,...

The Railway Station Cocktail Bar Worth Missing Your Train For

Oct 22, 2019

The Hansom is a swanky new cocktail bar set in the heart of the St Pancras Renaissance Hotel. Once a cobbled entrance to the train station, the venue has maintained...

Covent Garden To Gain A Huge New Bar Serving Over 30 Wines By The Glass

Oct 17, 2019

28-50 Oxford Circus
Fitzrovia

28-50 (the wine bar group, not a new railcard) is set to open a huge new Covent Garden venue next year, following on from success at their current home in...

This Victoria Park Restaurant Is Serving Natural Wine On Tap

Oct 10, 2019

Nook
Victoria Park

Set amongst the likes of Bwdiful, The Dough Thrower and Pettigrew Bakery, Nook is the latest addition to Victoria Park's ever-growing family of foodie havens. And while getting to this...

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