Test Drives

The London Pachamama Group has just unveiled its latest restaurant to make the switch to a Mediterranean menu. We went to Shoreditch to check out Lagana. 

Mayfair's key seafood spots have a new rival in Lilibet's, a glamorous arrival from an experienced restaurateur that sets great store by its old school approach to hospitality. 

A trio of creative folk from Lima have landed in London with their evolution of Nikkei food. We headed on over to Notting Hill to see what Fan was all about.

Campanelle sees the team behind Canto Corvino and Manicomio heading into the City with a classic Italian menu inside a Grade II listed building. We went to check it out.

Legado is the new Shoreditch restaurant from Michelin-starred chef Nieves Barragán that travels the length and breadth of Spain for inspiration. We went to see if this was a sequel worth booking a table at.

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'shas 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.