Seafood

• Lilibet's is an extra looking new seafood spot taking over the late Queen Elizabeth's birthplace

  

  If you're bored of seeing London restaurants all following the same design playbook, then the arrival of a new seafood restaurant in Mayfair is going to make you sit up and pay attention. Lilibet's is taking over a building in Mayfair that has historical significance. It was the birthplace of the late Queen Elizabeth. And it's to her that this new restaurant turns as a muse.

  Behind it is restaurateur Ross Shonhan, who founded the

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• Test Driving Island - next-level surf & turf in King's Cross

  

  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. 

• Test Driving Noisy Oyster, a handy place for martinis and seafood snacks in Shoreditch

  

  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.

• Mitch and Ben Tonks are taking over the Donovan Bar in Mayfair for the summer

  

  Together they run one of the UK's best seafood restaurants. The only trouble for Londoners is that you have to travel all the way to Devon usually to try their food. But this summer Mitch and Ben Tonks from The Seahorse in Dartmouth are running a three-month residency in Mayfair. The father and son duo's residency is at The Donovan Bar at Brown's Hotel in the heart of town, aimed at bringing their amazing seafood to central

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• The Oystermen

  Seafood in Covent Garden

• Test Driving Tom Brown at The Capital, an impressive homecoming

  

  Tom Brown has returned to the dining room where he got his first big break in London. With his name now on the door, we went to Knightsbridge to see what the chef was cooking up. 

• Pearly Queen

  A seafood and oyster bar in Shoreditch from Tom Brown, the man behind Cornerstone restaurant.

• Embark on a culinary voyage down the West Coast of India with Masala Zone's limited edition menu

  

  For a limited period Masala Zone is taking diners on a coastal tour of India without having to leave Zone 1.

• Test Driving Osteria del Mare, the kind of mid-tier seafood restaurant that London needs

  

  Osteria del Mare is the new seafood restaurant from the team behind Bocconcino. We hit up the Strand for some crudo and pasta.

• Rick Stein celebrates 50 years as a restaurateur with 1975 menu prices

  

  In today's febrile restaurant scene, most restaurateurs would be congratulating themselves for having successfully reached the end of one year. So it's properly impressive for anyone to reach the half-century mark. That's the anniversary that chef, restaurateur and TV personality Rick Stein is celebrating this year, having opened his first seafood restaurant in Padstow back in 1975.

  As part of those celebrations,

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• Oybar open their second oysters and wine bar, in Wimbledon

  

  They opened their first place in Balham earlier this year and now the team behind Oybar have just opened a second bar, in Wimbledon.

  It's taken over what was once an O Neill's pub, which seems like a significant upgrade for Wimbledon. As with the original opening, the name gives

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• It's all change for Applebee’s in Borough Market with an ex-Jason Atherton chef on board

  

  One of Borough Market's oldest restaurants has decided to celebrate its 25th birthday with a major shake-up. Applebee's has been in the market since it first started selling seafood back in 1998 before expanding to be a restaurant too. Now Jack Applebee and his two brothers are planning a big relaunch for the restaurant next year.

  They've started strong with the appointment of a new Executive Chef, Frankie van Loo,

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• Noisy Oyster is all about seafood and martinis in Shoreditch

  

  If you've been following Hot Dinners for a while you'll know that there's nothing we enjoy more than a well made martini, so the arrival of a seafood bistro in Shoreditch that puts the martini at the centre of its drinks offering certainly piqued our interest.

  The place in question is Noisy Oyster which is going to be opening in the Norton Folgate development beside Shoreditch train station (where

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• Sweetings

  Seafood restaurant that's a London institution

• Tollington's sees the Four Legs team opening a Spanish fish bar in Finsbury Park

  

  Updated 22/6/24 with new images, menu details and opening date

  Finsbury Park folk are going to feel deeply smug this summer when the Four Legs team open their second place. Not only will they have their top pub The Plimsoll on their doorstep, but they'll also be able to wander up Stroud Green Road to try out the crew's new restaurant,

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