Test Drive

• Test Driving Mountain - the Brat team's sequel is an unqualified hit

  

  Tomos Parry's follow up to his Brat restaurants, Mountain, is a Soho love letter to Spain by way of Wales.

• Test Driving Pavyllon - top French chef Yannick Alléno takes on London

  

  Yannick Alléno is a hugely influential chef in France with multiple Michelin stars to his name. Pavyllon sees him bringing his cooking to London - we went down to try it out. 

• Test Driving Studio Gauthier - the French chef takes his vegan food to a new audience

   

  Studio Gauthier sees chef Alexis Gauthier bring some of the extremely accomplished (and Michelin-starred) cooking from his Soho restaurant to a more casual affair in Fitzrovia. We went down for a look. 

• Test Driving Little Pizza Hicce - the Hicce team create a top pizzeria in Islington

  

  The Hicce Hart team have expanded just across the road in Islington with Little Pizza Hicce. We went down to check out their very unique pizzas. 

• Test of time - we make a return visit to SOLA

  

   As this Soho restaurant breaks into the top 40 section of the National Restaurant Awards list we felt it was time for a return visit to Victor Garvey's Californian fine dining spot on Dean Street. 

• Test Driving Larry's - the glamorous new dive bar at the National Portrait Gallery

  

  London has a new cocktail bar that definitely shouldn't be left to the tourists visiting the National Portrait Gallery. We find ourselves very much falling for Larry's.

• Test Driving Bellanger - the Islington grand cafe gets a new look

   

  Bellanger in Islington has just had a lot of work done. We went back to see the brand-new look and also look at how the menu has adapted to a more Mediterranean outlook. 

• Test Driving Claridge's Restaurant - a new era for the Mayfair hotel's dining scene

  

  After 18 months closure, Claridge's has a new restaurant called... Claridges Restaurant. We were first in the door to look at the new room and try the new menu. 

• Test Driving Story Cellar - a London spin on Parisian bistronomie

  

  With his new Covent Garden opening Story Cellar, Tom Sellers has given London the perfect Parisian bistro it didn't know it needed. 

• Test Driving The Grill by Tom Booton at The Dorchester - a restaurant that's so much more just a grill

  

  The Grill at The Dorchester has had a light rebrand to The Grill by Tom Booton, to showcase their star chef. We went down to see just what the grill is cooking up right now.  

• Test Driving the new Fallow breakfast - starting the day like royalty

  

  From viral pastries to sustainable takes on avo on toast, the new Fallow breakfast is worth seeking out.

• Test Driving Lilienblum - Eyal Shani's first London follow-up to Miznon

  

  Miznon chef Eyal Shani has opened the latest restaurant in his burgeoning London empire. This is more about sharing plates that filled pitas - we went down to check it out. 

• Test Driving BAO Marylebone - a Taiwanese dumpling house off Oxford Street

  

  The BAO team branch out into dumplings with their latest branch, just off Oxford Street. We went to check it out. 

• Test Driving 20 Berkeley - high-end British food in a Mayfair townhouse

   

  20 Berkeley sees the team behind Sumi and Humo try their hand at "sophisticated British dining" in Mayfair. We went down to their townhouse to check it out. 

• Test Driving The Midland Grand Dining Room - a destination restaurant for King's Cross

  

  This glorious-looking hotel restaurant now has a new look to mark chef Patrick Powell's arrival - we took a trip to St Pancras to check it out.