Don’t mention the word ‘gastropub’ around Nick Alvis and Scott Price. The chef duo are the strike force behind The Lion, a pub at The H Hotel that is going back to British basics with football, fish and chips and no frilly stuff. “This is two British guys doing British pub food,” says Alvis. “It’s definitely not a gastropub. No purees, nothing flash, just solid pub food.”
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Dubai chef duo enjoy roaring success with The Lion
Words by Rob Chilton