Test Drives

Carmela's brings the New York-style pizza craze to Islington, and it happens to be run by a team who are very into their pizzas. We went down to try them out. 

When historic food store Fortnum & Mason opened their Diamond Jubilee Tea Salon in Piccadilly, they also introduced a savoury afternoon tea for the first time. We went down to see how it compares with the traditional version. 

Soho's restaurant scene just got measurably more interesting with the arrival of hot new Japanese restaurant MOI. We went in for a look at the restaurant, sushi counter and listening bar. 

Heading to Menorca and want to make sure you eat and drink well while you're there? Use our guide to some of the best restaurants and bars on the island. 

You may have seen the cheese conveyor belt restaurant at Seven Dials popping up on your Instagram feed from time to time. Well, now it's come to Camden too. We went to check out Pick & Cheese 2.0.

The restaurant at the top of the Park Lane Hilton has transformed into the high-end pan-Asian Shanghai Me. We popped up to the 28th floor to see just how the new restaurant and bar are settling in.

Tom Kerridge is taking his Chelsea pub in a new direction, one which has more nods to his best-known pub, The Hand and Flowers. We went along to see what the change has brought about. 

Island sees two top chefs, Tom Brown and Brad Carter, come together for what might be London's ultimate surf & turf experience. We went to King's Cross to check it out. 

A standout London restaurant has made the move from the wilds of Leytonstone into buzzy Shoreditch. We went along to see if Singburi's spirit has survived the move into the centre of town. 

The arrival of one of New York's great bars to takeover the restaurant at Claridge's for the summer has made the hotel dining room an absolute scene. We made it our business to go down and try a cocktail or two.

Tucked away from the main drag in Shoreditch is where you'll find Noisy Oyster, which turns out to be a haven for well made martinis and seafood snacking. We went down to try it out.

  The sleepy chic north side of Ibiza is a world away from the island's other hedonistic side. We got a chance to take a mini break in a beautiful resort that's just opened up a very glamorous beach club. 

Mareida brings something to London that we haven't seen all that much of - Chilean cuisine. We went down to Fitzrovia to see just what that looks like.  

Big Mamma has arrived in Canary Wharf and they haven't held anything back for their latest Italian restaurant. We went to see just how wild they've gone with the design. 

What do you get when an actor opens a local restaurant in London with two very experienced restaurant folk? We went to Highbury's Lupa to find out.

Top London pub landlord Heath Ball has an 'oops I did it again' moment with his second pub opening in Highgate. We took the bus up to Highgate village to check out The Angel Inn.

Already an instant hit from the word go, we visited Osteria Angelina, the new restaurant from the Angelina Dalston team, to see what the secret of their success is.

City of London diners have plenty of choice on their doorstep, so it's interesting to see how some restaurants manage to stand out from the crowd. We visit Straits Kitchen at the Pan Pacific London which does just that.