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As we wind up the year, there are still some very big new openings still to come this month, including the new opening from Core's Clare Smyth and the long-awaited Guinness brewery in Covent Garden.

The penultimate month of the year saw us eating excellent pizza, getting dessert FOMO in Fitzrovia and diving into a bowl of amazing noodles in Covent Garden.

Take the stress and strain out of perfectly timing the turkey or wasting time over the washing up. Here's our pick of the best restaurants open in London for Christmas lunch.

Here's our yearly run-down of the best food and drink books of the year, focusing on those books created by the people behind London's great restaurants and bars.

Perfect for visiting relatives and great for all ages, London's Christmas afternoon teas are a great way to get together over the festive season. Here's our pick of whose seasonal selections are the best in town. 

Ever wondered where the A-listers eat when they're in town? Here's ongoing our guide to which celebrities are dining at which London restaurants right now.

Presenting our annual festive guide to the best Christmas sandwiches on offer in London for 2025.

  Looking for somewhere to have a private celebration? We've wandered the length and breadth of London to find the city's most extraordinary private dining rooms.

Every year London's new restaurant openings reveal a raft of shiny new private dining rooms that are perfect for group get-togethers or company dos. Here's our pick of this year's party spaces. 

If we're in the Christmas season, then it's time to start planning what you want for this year's Christmas hamper (which also make extremely good gifts for the foodie in your life). We've gathered together some of London’s very best festive hampers.

Forget scrabbling for supermarket delivery spots having your Christmas dinner delivered is the way forward. Here's our pick of the best Christmas dinner in a box bundles out there this year. 

The co-founder of viral Italian sandwich shop Dal Fiorentino, Cristina Affortunati shares her top food and drink spots in Shoreditch.

Londoners looking for cosy Alpine-inspired terraces in the city this winter have plenty of options available. We've picked London's best (heated) alfresco options to ward off the cold nights. 

Planning a shopping trip to Oxford Street? Here are a few places on and off the main thoroughfare where you can pop in for a bite to eat when you lose the will to do any more shopping or simply want to escape the crowds.

We've rounded the best food and drink Advent calendars for Christmas 2025 that should suit the food folk in your lives (or be a great present for yourself).

We give you the lowdown or uber-edit of which London's restaurants are creating the biggest buzz right now...