Marylebone

• Crazy Pizza brings dough tossing and more to Marylebone

  Crazy Pizza comes from ex-Formula One boss, Flavio Briatore, and promises to be a lively pizza joint with plenty of dough-tossing antics alongside thin crust pizzas. 

• Ooty Station is a casual Indian cafe in Marylebone

   

  Fine dining Indian restaurant Ooty opened on Baker Street back in February and now its sister site Ooty Station is opening up right next door. Compared to the more formal main restaurant, Ooty Station is a casual cafe and bar serving Indian-inspired bar snacks, mains, and cocktails. 

  Ooty’s Head Chef Manmeet Singh-Bali (who won a Michelin star at Vineet Bhatia) is also behind Station’s menu

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• Get a spicy Sichuan fix at the Liu Xiaomian popup at the Jackalope in Marylebone

  

  Spicy. Numbing. Addictive. If you're into your spicy food and you love your noodles then those three adjectives tell you all you need to know about Liu Xiaomian.

  This street food stall was started by Charlene Liu and her flatmate Liu Qian - who are both from Chongqing, a city in South West China famous for its Sichuan food. When they couldn't get the spicy noodles they loved so much at home, they started doing street food in 2017 at Brick Lane Market where

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• Test Driving Xier - Carlo Scotto puts on an epic modern tasting menu

  Chef Carlo Scotto has a new take on the traditional tasting menu. We went down to Xier in Marylebone to see what the 10-course epic has to offer. 

• Test Driving Harry's Bar - the perfect shoppers' retreat off Oxford Street

  

  Providing a blissful bolthole to weary shoppers - Richard Caring's Caprice Holdings hits the spot once more.

• Santo Mare in Marylebone and Osteria Napoletana in Notting Hill sees restaurateur Andrea Reitano focus on Italian produce

   

  If you're looking for somewhere to enjoy the best Italian produce in London then restaurateur Andrea Reitano is hoping his two newest restaurants in Notting Hill and Marylebone will entice you with their day boat fish from the Med and Neopolitan cheese.

• Hot Dinners celebrate the 5th annual Murphia List with a party at The Marylebone

  

  To celebrate the publication of our fifth annual Murphia List - showcasing the most influential Irish people working in London's food and drink scene - Hot Dinners had quite a shindig this week. We took over NUMBER SIX at The Marylebone hotel - one of the rather beautiful event spaces within the hotel (which is part of the Doyle

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• Ooty Indian restaurant is taking over the Galvin Bistrot site - with an ex VBL chef in charge

  Taking the space that once held Galvin Bistrot De Luxe is Ooty Indian restaurant. It comes in three parts - a fine dining restaurant led by the ex head chef of Vineet Bhatia London, an underground cocktail bar and an all-day casual dining restaurant.

• Yosma is moving its Turkish tavern from Baker Street to Soho

  

  It's all change for Yosma. The Turkish meyhane, mangal and raki bar (essentially a Turkish tavern) opened in Marylebone in 2016 to acclaim - all inspired by the streets of Istanbul. We were also pretty impressed with the place ourselves. And now we hear that they're shutting up shop on Baker Street - but they'll be opening in central London

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• AOK Kitchen will be a gluten and dairy-free restaurant and bakery in Marylebone

  Looking for a healthy restaurant in Marylebone that's all gluten and dairy-free. Then it sounds like AOK kitchen may be just the thing. AND there's a gluten-free bakery too. 

• Ex-Babbo Head Chef to open Xier in Marylebone

  Carlo Scotto's first solo venture, on Thayer Street, will be a two tiered affair with a casual ground floor space XR and then a first floor fine dining experience Xier with a tasting menu.

• Test Driving Dan Doherty's pub menu at The Royal Oak

  Dan Doherty has left Duck and Waffle and come back down to earth with his own pub, The Royal Oak in Marylebone. We pop in to see what he's cooking up in the kitchen.

• CHIK'N unleashes Szechuan chicken wings at Baker Street

  

  It's been no secret that we're rather obsessed with Chick N Sours' Szechuan Aubergine (as you can see here). So we're immediately interested when we hear they're carrying on the theme at CHIK'N.

  This time they're also influenced by the mighty Rick and Morty cartoon - which was responsible for bringing McDonald's

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• Carousel's Autumn line-up is revealed - with chefs from Kiev, Galway, Paris and more taking part

  

  Carousel has just revealed a new Autumn line-up and, as ever, it's pretty impressive. If you're not familiar with Carousel, it's an events space plus a restaurant with a difference in Marylebone. They have an ever-changing list of chefs who take over their kitchens - and often attract some impressive talent from both the UK and abroad. It's also often a good chance to spot chefs who might be

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• Baker Street's Royal China Club is unveiled after a big revamp

  

  The latest of London's classic restaurants to get a big overhaul is The Royal China Club. It's been part of Baker Street for 12 years and now they're just coming out of a big revamp, during which they've taken over the building next door too. 

  That next-door takeover now means that they've grown to twice the size - fitting in 180 people. Most of those extra spaces come from the brand new private dining rooms. And they haven't held back on that

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