A grand new restaurant in the revamped Olympia looks the part – but sadly falls flat
It’s certainly been a long time in the making. The new Olympia, that is: a grand and ambitious project that aims to give the rather faded Victorian grande dame not just a much-needed facelift, but a whole new lease of life, with a live music venue, two hotels, offices, bars and all the rest. I live around the corner, and the refurb has gone on for decades. Or so it seems. Anyway, it’s all looking very impressive indeed.
Unlike Idalia, the first of its new restaurants,
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