Berners Tavern: Breakfast in Fitzrovia à la Jason Atherton

Berners Tavern at the London EDITION hotel | Photo credit: Nikolas Koenig | Recommended by HYHOI.com | Have You Heard Of It? London bar & restaurant blog

Berners Tavern: Breakfast in Fitzrovia à la Jason Atherton

X13th October 2014

For those who like a Champagne lifestyle, but on a lemonade budget, I’ll let you in on one of my most useful tips: Pick a top restaurant – even a really upmarket one, with high prices and long waiting lists

Wythe Hotel | Williamsburg recommendations from HYHOI.com | Have You Heard Of It? blog

One night in Williamsburg: Drinks at The Ides & dinner at Rye

Elsewhere, New York, New York NY

X8th June 2014

Until my most recent trip to New York, I wasn’t overly familiar with Brooklyn. I’d been to Luna Park in Coney Island, and perused the smorgasbord of stalls at a Brooklyn Flea market, and can highly recommend both – but

Bistrotheque in London, E2 | Brunch inspiration from HYHOI.com, Have You Heard Of It? blog

Brunch Inspiration: Shrimpy's, Hoi Polloi and Bistrotheque

London, North, Shoreditch & East

X30th May 2014

When you know you want a late-breakfast-early-lunch, but don’t know where to go, these East London spots will fill a hole – and do it while looking damn fine décor-wise too. #1 Bistrotheque Betweeen Victoria Park and London Fields in

The Standard High Line Hotel | Recommended by HYHOI.com blog | Meatpacking District, New York

The Standard High Line: The NY hotel that will take your breath away

Elsewhere, New York, New York NY

X21st May 2014

Sometimes it’s fun to stay somewhere totally over the top and out of this world. The Standard High Line hotel gave me countless #OMG moments during my stay! Built over and above the High Line (the inner city park built

Ace Hotel, New York - Photo: Douglas Lyle Thompson | Hotel recommendations for NYC by blog, HYHOI.com | Trendy and perfectly located design hotel in Midtown

Ace Hotel, New York: Hip design hotel in Midtown Manhattan

Elsewhere, New York, New York NY

X17th May 2014

As you may have gleaned from my Instagram and Twitter feeds last week, I have just returned from New York – my favourite city in the world. I just can’t get enough of it, and every time I visit it

Sightseeing in Pest, Budapest, Hungary | Have You Heard Of It? blog

Budapest, Hungary: My recommendations for your city break

Budapest, Elsewhere, Europe

X31st March 2014

Up till now, there are two cities that I have experienced and can see myself living in: London and New York. But visiting Budapest has added another to that list. Four full days in Hungary’s capital had me falling in

Brody House - Beautiful guesthouse & members club in Budapest, Hungary | Have You Heard Of It? blog

Brody House: High design Budapest guest house

Budapest, Elsewhere, Europe

X31st March 2014

I have just returned from Budapest and a blissful four days calling Brody House my home. An inspiring place to sleep, blog and chill, it is hands down my favourite hotel in Europe. Ideally located, Brody House was every interior

The Jane Hotel lobby, New York - Have You Heard Of It? blog

The Jane Hotel, New York

Elsewhere, New York, New York NY

X24th March 2014

Between about 2010 and 2013, my father had an apartment on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York. Free accommodation (on the 31st floor of the glorious Trump Palace, no less!) was a dream come true – and everything

Crosby Street Hotel: Design hotel in SoHo, New York

New York, New York NY

X23rd February 2014

With six super successful hotels in England (including London’s Soho Hotel and Haymarket Hotel), Tim and Kit Kemp were just the people to take trademark quirky London style stateside with their first American venture. The Crosby Street Hotel is situated

Gramercy Park Hotel: Luxurious Manhattan design hotel

New York, New York NY

X23rd February 2014

Bob Marley was a regular guest, Humphrey Bogart was married there, and John F. Kennedy played in Gramercy Park when his family spent several months at the hotel – the legendary Gramercy Park Hotel on New York’s Lexington Avenue has

La Bandita: Luxurious guest house near Pienza, Tuscany

Elsewhere, Europe

X23rd February 2014

Former Sony music exec John Voigtmann (once manager of Christina Aguilera and The Strokes) gave up working with demanding A listers a few years back in order to open La Bandita, an eight-room luxury bolthole in Pienza, Tuscany, with 360-degree