Us to the core

About

We are all about connectivity between people and places, places and people – to great hospitality.

Our history

After a career marketing five star hotels and clubs worldwide (we still do), Tessa launched the company in 1999 to create bespoke clubs for the burgeoning boutique hotel market. She then developed the Luxury Restaurant Club platform to connect wider audiences and enhance restaurant brands. The company achieved many firsts: a national network of independent restaurants, a free restaurant app marketing platform; digital cards, and digital experiences – well before they were de rigueur. We’re a small team of 10 happy people finding great places worthy of your time and wallet. Stay tuned for what’s next.

1999

Tessa Shreeve launches our first hotel clubs at The Halcyon and Taplow House, Berkshire

2001

A young and irreplaceable Vicky Maher, now Director of Ops, joins from radio station Dune FM, after meeting at Taplow House where she had been Front of House Manager

2002

Launch of H Club at The Hempel, the beautiful zen boutique hotel in London, W2 (sadly now closed)

2003

Launch of Design Restaurants to link all members clubs up – by then it was 20

2008

Vicky celebrates at Guards Polo Club, when we became their off-site membership office – it’s a hard job

2010

We move into larger premises in Bagshot – Henrietta, then Head of Listings, proved multi-talented

2011

Launch of our first ever app – a free download which was rare in those days!

2013

Claire Robinson, Head of Marketing, Tess and Vicky celebrate 350 Club restaurants

2015

Design Restaurants re-brands to Luxury Restaurant Guide

2015

Updated app launched, now with over 450 participating club restaurants

2016

Tessa and the tight-knit community of entrepreneurs from her Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses cohort

2017

Amber arrives for the launch of our new Coworth Park House Members Club in Ascot, proudly joining as our latest partner club

2018

a new ‘Experience’ wallet added at Christmas, with a gift to all members from Cliveden

2020

After a lot of research and development during lockdown, team LRG launches its new site, bigger and better than ever before

2021

I guess it goes without saying that work from home with restaurants closed was a wee bit challenging!

2021

Hallelujah! Team LRG and friends celebrate the easing of restrictions in April – still outdoors and at home though for now

2022

Bernie, from team LRG, gets into the mood with the launch of The Vine Club at The Vineyard – the latest in our series of private member clubs

2023

Vicky explores opportunities in India, collaborating with international banks to manage dining for top-tier customers. 

2024

Lily is excited for her first-ever tour of our newest club, Mosimann’s Private Members Club

2024

Celebrating 10 years partnering with The Spectator at their annual subscriber bash – Lily’s first “tour of duty” on the party front!