Livebait (The Cut) closed down

I walked past Livebait on The Cut last night and was surprised to see that it had closed down and the seating etc ripped out. A notice on the door said the group that owned it (and other restaurants like Chez Gerard)had gone into administration.

I wonder what will emerge in its place. Hopefully not another coffee shop or sandwich bar....

That doesn't really surprise me given the absolutely dire experience I had there last November. How far it had fallen from its former glory.

But a shame, none the less - it was a relatively long term SE1 presence. In fact, unless the passage of time has deceived my memory, it was the first 'proper' restaurant on the Cut, and the first in the chain. I thought the fully tiled black and white interior was rather lovely.

I, too dread the thought of another chain appearing on the site (unless it were to be a Waitrose, of course ;))

Thanks to @thebikeshow we now know that Byron Hamburgers is moving in.

my son will be very happy!!

yum! they do a good burger. the one at One New Change is very nice

I've never had a burger in my life and am not planning to start now. I love fish and seafood however and now that the Seafood and Oyster Festival's gone, Fish! is down the drain and Fishbait's gone as well, I think it's time to start going to Billingsgate Market again...

eDWaRD WooDWaRD wrote:

I love fish and seafood however and now that the Seafood and Oyster Festival's gone, Fish! is down the drain and Fishbait's gone as well, I think it's time to start going to Billingsgate Market again...

All is not entirely lost on the fish front: there is Loch Fyne in Catherine St just off the Aldwych which is decent enough. Even better is FishWorks in Swallow St just off Piccadilly.

Neither in SE1 admittedly but not too far away.

Paramount Restaurants that owned the Livebait chain went in to administration in Nov 2011. These are the other restaurant names that will be affected disappearing:

Caffe Uno Brasseries Limited, Groupe Chez Gerard Restaurants Limited, Craftbutton Limited, Chez Gerard Restaurants Limited, Paramount Limited, Paramount Restaurants Limited, Bertorelli

Shame about Bertorelli - one of the oldest Italian restaurants in London

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bmovie wrote:

Paramount Restaurants that owned the Livebait chain went in to administration in Nov 2011. These are the other restaurant names that will be affected disappearing:
Caffe Uno Brasseries Limited, Groupe Chez Gerard Restaurants Limited, Craftbutton Limited, Chez Gerard Restaurants Limited, Paramount Limited, Paramount Restaurants Limited, Bertorelli
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Why dont these companies close their web sites down aswel?

Why dont these companies close their web sites down aswel?[/quote]

I guess because the administrator is still trying to find a buyer for the brands - Bertorelli has been bought by Spaghetti House and a couple of the Live Baits have gone to Cafe Fish