Soho

• Soho Wala Indian restaurant comes to the Courthouse Hotel

  The Courthouse Hotel in Soho is getting its own Indian restaurant from a chef with a background in Dinner by Heston and Nobu.

• Test of Time - we make a return visit to Polpetto

  Polpetto now has an ex River Cafe chef in the kitchen. We made a return visit to see how the arrival of Anthea Stephenson has changed things at this Soho spot. 

• Breddos revamp their Soho basement to create their new taco and margarita bar

  

  News reaches us of the transformation of Breddos' basement area into their brand new taco and margarita bar, Cocteleria. For all your Soho Margarita needs - this could be the place to be...

  The subterranean area has had something of a revamp and they're bringing in a new menu to go with that. Frozen margaritas will be on the menu, of course, and if you can tear yourselves away from those, other

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• Test Driving Black Cod and Wagyu - the Burger and Lobster folk democratise more food

  The people behind Burger and Lobster are back with another money-saving deal. This time try the very luxe black cod and wagyu beef at affordable prices. We head down to try them for ourselves. 

• Neil Borthwick leaves Merchants Tavern for The French House in Soho

  

   

  Big news today. Neil Borthwick announced on Instagram today that he has left Merchants Tavern in Shoreditch and from next week will be in Soho cooking at The French House.

  "I stepped down as head chef at Merchants Tavern earlier this year," the chef (pictured here with wife Angela Hartnett) tweeted. "and I want to say a big thanks to all the team for their hard work and dedication over the last 5 years, it’s been a blast and I know you will go on to great

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• Test Driving Rambla's new Menu del Dia

  

  Who doesn't love a cracking set lunch deal? Right now it seems one of the top spots for doing just that in Soho is Rambla. Having heard that they had a new Menu del Dia in place - and it being a while since we were last in - we decided to head back to try it. And it's good to see that the place, besides being rammed, is still turning out freaking fantastic food.

  If you haven't been before, this Dean Street restaurant is run by chef and

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• Polpetto gets a new chef, look, menu - well everything really

  

  Polpetto (from the same stable as the Polpo family) has been given a new lease of life with a redesign, a new chef at the helm and a new menu and wine list to boot too.

  It sounds like the space has had a total revamp, with an entirely new layout, styling and design. Booths will run along the walls and we’ve been told there'll be better spacing with larger tables, which will come in hand for the new menus which are designed for sharing and feasting. The chefs

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• Black Cod and Wagyu (at affordable prices) comes to Zelman Meats in Soho

  

  They've done Burger and Lobster, and with Beast steak and king crab and now the people behind those places and Goodman are bringing something new. This time it's Black Cod and Wagyu. 

  It'll be taking over the main Zelman Meats bar in St Anne's Court, where their head chef Olly Bird is preparing black cod cooked in miso and 200g Wagyu steaks. It's carrying

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• Chipnation comes to Soho serving up just that - chips

  

  Ever wanted a place that would just concentrate on getting its chips right? Where that's all you could order without being bothered by any of that fish or burger nonsense? Well, here's your chance as Chipnation is opening on Soho. 

  Yes, it just serves up chips. And it's mainly a takeaway spot - not a place where you linger with them, more something to take on the streets with you around Soho. And we have to

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• The Chipping Forecast returns to Soho in a permanent spot

  The fish and chips restaurant with the great name used to be on the market at Berwick Street. Now they're coming back to Soho for good. 

• Caviar, lobster mac and cheese, beef with truffle gravy and a flaming brulee - a typical Sunday lunch at Bob Bob Ricard

   

  Eric Chavot has revamped the Sunday lunch at Bob Bob Ricard - adding a French touch. We went along to see the results...

• The Clumsies, one of the world's top bars, returns for a pop-up at the St Martin's Lane Hotel

  

  It's not the first time that The Clumsies, now number 6 on the World's Best Bars list, have been to London but if you missed them the first time around - here's another chance. 

  The original is in Athens, set up by Vassilis Kyritsis and Nikos Bakoulis, but at

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• Ben and Jerry's are serving up bagel ice cream sandwiches in Soho

  

  Yes we know the best of the Summer may well be behind us, but we're still up for as much ice cream as we can handle (i.e. a lot). And as such, we quite love the idea of the latest Ben and Jerry's creation - the Ice Ice Bagel. Yes indeed, that's a bagel ice-cream sandwich (made with Scotland's Bross Bagels). 

  There are two on offer - and they are:

  • Birthday Bagel – A pink
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• Old Compton Brasserie will pay homage to Soho's past with cocktails named after Paul Raymond and Regina Fong

  With a cocktail list by Matt Whiley and a breakfast menu that includes a special breakfast pot pie, we're intrigued by the arrival of this large new all day brasserie.

• Proper Persian kebabs with a Soho twist at Berenjak from a Gymkhana chef

  If you love nothing more than getting stuck into a kebab then prepare to have your horizons widened by Berenjak, who’ll be focusing on recreating proper Persian-style kebabs, stews, sides, with a Soho twist.