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Roxy Lanes Cheltenham will feature an exciting range of activities including ten pin bowling, American pool, air hockey, duckpin bowling, a batting cage, karaoke, basketball, shuffleboard, darts and over 50 arcade games including their signature basketball machines. The venue is family friendly 7-days a week with under 18s welcome when accompanied by an adult until 7pm Sunday – Friday and 5pm on Saturdays.

Founded by Matthew Jones and Ben Jones, Roxy Leisure opened their first Roxy Ballroom site on Leed’s Boar Lane back in 2013. Following this, they opened their second site and first bowling lane concept, Roxy Lanes, on Leed’s Bond Street in 2014. Their newest Roxy Lanes venue opened in Cardiff in April this year with their next site launch set to take place in Leicester city centre in June. 

Cheltenham will be the 17th site for the Roxy Leisure group further to their most recent launches in Leicester, Cardiff, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Sheffield, Bristol, Nottingham, Manchester, and Liverpool. 

Harborne Kitchen, the popular neighbourhood restaurant on Harborne High Street, has launched a new menu taking in 5 courses for £55. The menu includes Jamie’s Chicken & White Chocolate, a parfait designed by Chef Patron James Desogus and listed as one of The Good Food Guide’s top ten dishes of 2020.

The restaurant has featured in the Good Food Guide, The Michelin Guide and also was acknowledged by the Michelin Guide Awards for its sustainability practices in 2021. 

The menu is available Wednesday and Thursday evening and Friday and Saturday lunch time, showcased dishes include: 

Aged Cheddar & Walnut 

Chalk Stream Trout 
Hollandaise, Herring’s Roe 

Jamie’s Chicken & White Chocolate 
Gariguette Strawberry, Sourdough

Malloreddus
English Asparagus, Morels 

Braised Ox Cheek
Smoked Mash, Blue Cheese 

OR

Fillet of Cod 
Purple Sprouting Broccoli, White Beans

72% Dark Chocolate 
Banana, Lime 

Orelle’s Executive Chef, Chris Emery who spent three formative years at The Waterside Inn and more recently was employed by Jason Atherton at Pollen Street Social and at Atherton’s The Clocktower in New York, has designed the Spring Tasting menu with simplicity, seasonality and provenance top of mind.

Rudy’s Pizza Napoletana has announced it is due to open in Harborne, Birmingham in  July 2023. The neighbourhood pizzeria will bring its relaxed dining concept to the former Hawkshead bar, at 77 High Street.

Serving the perfect and classic Neapolitan pizza since 2015 from its original Rudy’s in Ancoats, the much-loved pizzeria has since opened more sites with the brand-new restaurant in Harborne being its third location in Birmingham.

Born out of passion for pizza, Rudy’s follows the authentic Neapolitan tradition of pizza making, serving classic recipes such as Marinara, Margherita and Calabrese – all originating from Naples, the birthplace of pizza.

Rudy’s dough is made fresh daily using Caputo ‘00’ flour which ferments for at least 24 hours, alongside the best quality ingredients imported from Naples, including San Marzano tomatoes grown on fields next to Mount Vesuvius, and Fior di Latte mozzarella.

All accordance to a truly authentic Neapolitan technique, the dough is cooked in a Stefano Ferrara oven for just 60 seconds – resulting in a soft and light pizza with an airy and raised cornicione (the edge or rim of the pizza).

Located on The Friary opposite Queens Arcade, the ‘Booze and Ball Games’ venue is the 15th site for Roxy Leisure, and their first in Wales. Roxy Lanes Cardiff boasts a capacity of 450 and offers a wide and exciting range of activities. 

More than just a bowling alley, Roxy Lanes Cardiff offers guests a unique experience where they can enjoy activities such as ice-free curling, American pool, air hockey, karaoke, basketball, beer pong, shuffleboard, batting cage and more, as well as eight full-sized bowling lanes all under one roof. 

The venue’s cocktail menu offers ‘Roxy Signature’ drinks such as Rock ’N’ Roll Star, ‘Roxy Classics’ like Pingstar Martini, ‘Roxy Serves’ such as Blood Orange G&T, and ‘Roxy Low & Nos’ like Virgin Lychee & Raspberry Smash. The venue also features 16 lines of beer and a wide selection of spirits and wines. 

Roxy Lanes Cardiff also offers a brand new food menu. Pizzas on offer will include Margherita, Pepperoni, Chorizo & Brie, Mushroom & Truffle, Salami & Hot Honey, and Meat Feast. Roxy Dogs will include the Classic Dog and Baller Dog. Guests can also enjoy a pizza slice and fries or wings and fries for £8.50. The menu also boasts a range of small plates including Loaded Roxy Fries, Chilli Cheese Bites, Buffalo Cauliflower Bites and Kickin’ Popcorn Chicken. 

Group bookings of over 14 people can choose from a range of drinks and food packages which can be booked via the website. Under 18’s are also allowed to enjoy the venue before 5pm when accompanied by an adult. 

Founded by Matthew Jones and Ben Jones, Roxy Leisure opened their first Roxy Ball Room site on Boar Lane, Leeds back in 2013. One year later, they opened their second site and first bowling lane concept, Roxy Lanes, in Leeds.

Described by Michelin-star celebrity chef Marcus Wareing as ‘a star in the making’, Dan’s menu will take in dishes such as Hainanese Chicken Rice, Siu Mai, Char Siu Bao, Chicken and Pandan Broth, and Hong Kong Ice Milk Tea.

Following his MasterChef win Dan returned home and has spent the last year exploring Birmingham’s culinary scene and collaborating with some of the city’s culinary stars, from fellow MasterChef winner, Stuart Deeley, to Vietnamese street food concept, Eat Vietnam. 

Dan said, “I’m thrilled to lay down some roots and join Hockley Social Club from 1st June. Making my food as accessible as possible is important to me, so there will be a range of dishes from as little as £6 on the menu. The origins of my food lie in simple dishes made on the streets of Asia so to cook them at THE home of street food in Birmingham, Hockley Social Club, is going to be a real buzz.”

Home of the ‘most popular burger in Manchester‘, Burgerism was originally born in Salford in 2018 with a mission to be the ‘best off-premises burger in your neighbourhood’, focusing on offering high-quality, freshly made food at a fair price. As one of the biggest online burger brands in the UK, the brand serves over 10,000 burger fans per week and became the 2nd most delivered burger on Deliveroo and the 8th most delivered item in the UK in 2021. 

Since its launch, the brand has seen continued acclaim from Michelin-starred Chef Simon Martin, head chef of ‘Mana’, who deemed it the “best burger in Manchester.” They were also ranked a top six burger in the UK and Ireland on Deliveroo’s restaurant awards. 

The launch of Burgersim at NQ64 Shoreditch will be the brand’s first to offer a full food menu perfectly designed for late night drinking and gaming. Guests will be able to experience premium burgers, alongside NQ64’s signature cocktails and classic arcades and consoles, including fan-favourites such as Pac-Man, Mario Kart, Guitar Hero, Time Crisis, and Point Blank, with SNES, MegaDrive, Gamecube, Xbox and PlayStation on the console line-up.

NQ64 Shoreditch is set to be the brand’s biggest yet with a capacity of up to 450. The site will have plenty of bookable spaces, DJs 7-nights a week, and for the first time there’ll be a food offering to keep guests fuelled up for some late-night arcade gaming. The site will also offer a drinks list of specially selected craft beers, themed cocktails, wines, spirits, and sodas.

Wednesday 29 March: CODE Hospitality has announced the winners of its annual Hospitality’s Women of the Year List at an award ceremony at STEREO in London.

Overall winner, the Woman of the Year award was presented to Samyukta Nair. As CEO of LSL Capital, Nair is the name behind leading Indian restaurants Jamavar and Bombay Bustle and in the past two years she has branched into new territory with contemporary izakaya Koyn, Chinese restaurant Mimi Mei Fair and French-Mediterranean bistro Socca.

The Lifetime Achievement Award was given to Camellia Panjabi, cookbook author and Director at MW Eat.  Few have done more to fly the flag for Indian food and restaurants than Camellia Panjabi, who has long banged the drum for her country’s diverse cuisine.

The venue has teamed up with their signature graffiti artists to create a ‘sprayground’ where golf courses are built into unique set designs such as shop fronts, rave rooms, TV sets and much more. 

The new site, which was previously home to the city’s Rainbow Casino, has been divided into two floors of jaw-dropping sets, taking you on a journey throughout the venue’s different themes. Each set has been built with every detail in mind with the goal to create a venue that not only functions as a golf course but as an ‘art installation’ too. 

Golf Fang Cardiff is home to the brand’s most iconic and signature sets including the tunnel of love, Jeremy Kyle TV studio, teddy picker, UV room and many more. The site also features sets unique to Cardiff which pay homage to the 90s rave scene, The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, classic arcade games, TVs shows and plenty more. 

The venue’s most stand-out feature is the 18ft high wavy slide which transports guests from one floor of the venue to another, described as a must-see feature for guests who want to reconnect with their “inner child”. 

Friday 10 March 2023: Oval, working with Greater Birmingham and Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership (GBSLEP) and Create Central, has officially launched the reimagined space, The Bond in Digbeth. 

The ‘Creative Content Hub’ was officially launched last night with a party attended by over 400 people from the worlds of television, film, content production, business, property and the creative sector.