French

• Mimosa is the new Mediterranean restaurant at The Langham

  

  8/3/24 - Updated with opening details

  After closing Roux at The Landau, previously run by Michel Roux Jr, the new restaurant at The Langham is about to open. Mimosa will be their main restaurant, run by the same people behind Cafe Laperouse in The OWO, The Momo Group.

  Momo have many restaurants in Paris and the one they're bringing to The Langham is Mimosa (which

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• Mistress is a Parisian-inspired restaurant and late-night bar in Mayfair

  

  Updated 22/2/24 with menu details and photos

  The Mayfair restaurant scene - particularly the high-end side of things - sees no sign of slowing down with Mistress opening in the area. 

  It's a lower-ground affair in James Street, taking over the space that used to be Aura. Instead of the R&B club it was before, it's going to be

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• Test of Time: Revisiting Galvin La Chapelle on its 15th birthday

  

  The Galvin brothers are celebrating 15 years of Galvin La Chapelle in its amazing Grade II listed surroundings. We went down to see how the 15 years have treated the Michelin-starred restaurant. 

• The Ducksoup team are opening Camille in Borough

  

  2/2/24 - Updated with opening details

  The SE1 dining scene is totally on fire right now. Hard on the heels of Kolae and Akara opening comes another upcoming restaurant that'll cement Borough's reputation for hot new openings. Camille is the place in question and the team behind it are Clare Lattin and Tom Hill, founders of Ducksoup and Little Duck and, most recently, Emilia down in

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• The best London restaurants for French fine dining

  

  We love a laidback bistro as much as anyone but sometimes you really want to step it up a notch and these are some of the best restaurants in town for French flair and finesse. 

• Test Driving Café Lapérouse - a Parisian import to Whitehall

  

  The glamorous offshoot of a classic Paris restaurant has arrived at The OWO in London. We went to check it out.

• La Palombe sees the Il Portico family switching to Pays Basque food in Kensington

  

  Updated 6/11/23 with chef info

  At their original restaurant Il Portico, they boast of being the oldest family-run restaurant in London. Now the family behind that are getting ready to unveil a new place that focuses on French Basque regional cuisine.

  La Palombe opens next week on the site of the ill-fated Pino, also by the same family, which only lasted a year. But while that was also

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• Richoux to leave Piccadilly home for Soho

  

  When a London restaurant's been around for over 110 years we always take interest in any changes. And over the weekend the team behind Richoux in Piccadilly announced a big one - that they're leaving their Piccadilly space and moving to Soho.

  "Our menus will continue to pay homage to the grand brasseries of Paris with paired back classic dishes, whilst focusing on impeccably sourced produce, prepared simply

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• Test Driving 64 Goodge Street - a boutique French bistro in Fitzrovia

  

  The group behind Clipstone and Portland have opened another restaurant in Fitzrovia with 64 Goodge Street. This time it's all very French indeed. We head down to take a look. 

• Where to find a great terrine or paté en croute in London

  

  Charcuterie fans have plenty of options in London if they're after a great terrine or paté en croute. Here we highlight some of the best restaurants serving them up.

• 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. 

• Riviera, a new Southern France restaurant, is opening in St James

  

  Craving Saint-Tropez, Cannes, Nice and Antibes? If you feel the need for some Côte d'Azur dining, a new restaurant called Riviera is opening in St James’s Street. It's aiming for luxurious South-of-France vibes alongside high-end dining, something that is somewhat similar in concept to the recently opened Socca.

  It’s on the former site of Sake no Hana, the fine-dining

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• Test Driving Socca - a love letter to the French Riviera in Mayfair

  

  Bosi's new Mayfair bistro aims to transport Londoners to the south of France. We left our passports at home and went to try it out.

• Test Driving Bouchon Racine - Henry Harris's triumphant return to the kitchen

  

  Henry Harris has returned to the stoves with his revival of Racine as a bouchon in Farringdon. We went to see if the magic was still there. 

• Henry Harris is back with Bouchon Racine and the Three Compasses in Farringdon

  

  Updated 2/11/22 with pub opening date

  It's been seven long years since chef Henry Harris closed the doors of his much-loved restaurant Racine in Knightsbridge. But now we can bring you the great news that Racine is coming back, albeit in a slightly different guise. Harris has joined forces with hugely respected restaurant director Dave Strauss (who you might remember from his decade at Goodman

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