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It looks like King's Cross is about to get another very interesting dining spot, with top chef Adam Simmonds coming in to take over the main restaurant at The Megaro Hotel. He'll be launching Voyage with Adam Simmonds there. 

If you're not familiar with Simmonds, he's previously had one star at Danesfield House and recently in London, he's been one of

Updated 25/10/24 with opening date

Interesting news reaches us of a plan by Jason Atherton to open what's being described as a 'flagship restaurant' in Mayfair. The restaurateur, is very busy indeed this Autumn, but this is planned as his flagship. 

Row on 5 will take over two floors of a new building on Savile Row. The concept is "a culinary voyage"

Cafe Kitty only lasted nine months as the Soho Underbelly Bouevard's dining spot, but now another high-profile restaurant is giving it a shot.  This time, it's Peckham's Artusi (also behind Marcella in Deptford), who will be taking it on as Artusi

23/10/24 - updated with the opening date

It would have been hard to believe it could happen less than a decade ago, but these days London has some really great Mexican restaurants.

One of the restaurants that really helped to kick all this off is Santo Remedio, which first opened back in 2016 in Shoreditch. Run by Edson and Natalie Diaz-Fuentes it

23/10/24 - updated with the opening date

Looks like Londoners' appetites for NYC-style bagels are firmly in the ascendant as news reaches us that the super popular bagel bakery It's Bagels is now heading into the West End.

The bakery, which debuted in Primrose Hill in 2023, opened a second branch this summer in Notting Hill which was also a big hit. So the idea that they are also about to take Soho by storm

7/11/24 - updated with menu details and a look inside

Six months after 'vibe dining' destination Geode in Knightsbridge closed its doors, a restaurant team that's related are now trying again in the same space. Michelin-starred chef Rohit Ghai is opening Vatavaran on the same site (his other restaurants Kutir and Manthan are part of the Arrow Mayfair Group and Arrow Hospitality was the company who

Bruton Place continues to grow as a notable, tucked-away food and drink haven in Mayfair. Down the street off Berkeley Square, you'll already find The Guinea, The Cocochine (and its sister deli The Rex) and Bellamy's among others. Now a new restaurant is joining them, called Silva. 

Launched by Daria Grebenyuk, she's brought in some interesting talent to head up

Updated 15/11/24 with opening date

Next time you need a sugar rush to get you through a Primark spree you won't need to leave the shop as they're launching in-store Lena Lu Donut bars. 

Lena Lu started in Australia and currently has a shop in Riyadh, but soon there are going to be quite a few in the UK. They started in the Lakeside and Watford Primarks in October, but it looks

Updated 15/10/24 with new opening date

Its pistachio-green and white-striped decor is instantly synonymous with cosy chic and extraordinary pasta, and now Lina Stores is bringing its eye-pleasing vibe to Shoreditch.

If you’ve somehow missed the proliferation of Lina Stores (there’s even one in Japan), this latest venture follows their seventh London venue opening in South Kensington in

14/2/24 - updated with the opening date

London Bridge (alongside Borough Market/Yards and Bermondsey) has become one of London's most evolving food scenes of late, with some excellent new openings, including Oma/Agora, Kolae and Café Francois. Now a great new Vietnamese restaurant is coming too. 

The Vietnamese Kitchen group (also behind Viet Grill and Cay Tre) are

The London restaurant scene is notoriously fickle and what's hot one day can be past its best the next. When that happens you need to be ready to pivot and that's what Matt Harris & Tommy Kempton, the duo behind chicken shop Other Side Fried (and Ploussard) have done. They're in the middle of turning their Brixton place into a burger restaurant. But not any burger restaurant - this one's going to be serving up

South West London wine lovers who are looking for a nice bar and bottle shop in their neighbourhood should make a note of the arrival of the Vining Street Wine Club in Brixton. It's the latest opening from the same team as the Crystal Palace Wine Club, who say they're "committed to breaking down the pretentiousness of the wine industry". Their slogan actually is "Wine without the bullshit".

To that end, they'll be

10/10/24 -  updated with the opening date

There really aren't many proper fish and chip shops in the centre of town but of them, The Mayfair Chippy has a pretty decent reputation.

Just steps away from Oxford Street, their Mayfair restaurant has always been a draw for tourists but it helps that it manages to be good too. It might not be quite up to the standard of the average seaside

In a London restaurant scene of robot chefs and the like, there's something fabulously analogue about the arrival of The Yellow Bittern restaurant on Caledonian Road. This tiny space will be an office for the art, fashion and food-focused Luncheon magazine, a bookshop and also a restaurant that's

If there are two things Londoners are obsessed with right now, it's bakeries and wine bars. So the arrival of Boxcar Bread & Wine is going to be a boon for the well-heeled denizens of Connaught Village as it's a neat combo of both. It comes from the same team behind Boxcar Bar and Grill and Boxcar Baker & Deli in Marylebone. 

This new neighbourhood spot, taking over