Checking out this new addition to the Shoreditch scene in the name of a surprise dinner for Anita’s birthday.

20:15 Thursday June 1, 2017

The Curtain Hotel & Members Club, Shoreditch, London

Fact: A six-storey hotel and members’ club on Curtain Road costing £70 million and having taken four years to build, featuring 120 rooms for hotel guests, a rooftop pool, spa and screening room, as well as a members-only basement drinking den, Billy’s Bar, an ornate, flower-garlanded Imperial Rose Room for members to hang out and work in, and a live-music space, LP. Even more impressive, it will host the first London outpost of Red Rooster, open to bookings from non members, from Marcus Samuelsson, the Michelin-starred darling of the New York food scene, who served as guest chef for Barack Obama’s first-ever state dinner as President.