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9/5/25 - Updated with soft launch details We've had a few excellent new Greek restaurants open in London of late and it looks like another is coming to South Kensington. Myrtos is from ex-Pied a...

28/3/25 - updated with opening details The team behind bars like Discount Suit Company and The Sun Tavern are getting ready for their next bar, this time in Dalston. They're taking over the basement...

Ever since the news broke that the restaurant at Hill & Szrok had closed, we've been wondering where we'd see their resident chef William Gleave pop up next. Well now we know that he's made a...

  It's been a while since he opened a new restaurant in London, but chef Adam Handling is doing something a little different for his next launch - he's opened a chocolate shop in Covent Garden.  Called...

Fans of East London's popular churchyard burrito stand Bad Manners got a bit of a shock last week when they were told that it was their last week serving up their OG all day breakfast menu. But the...

26/3/25 - updated with Baked by Cordia opening date Two years ago Chantelle Nicholson opened Apricity in Mayfair, a restaurant that perfectly showcased her strong commitment to sustainability and...

Over in Brixton two seasoned restaurateurs are teaming up for what sounds like a very promising rotisserie restaurant. They're Kieran Monteiro (previously Boma) and Sam Mousawi (who ran the Park...

What do you get if you pair up the co-founder of Ottolenghi with the founder of a noodle empire? It turns out that a Taiwanese noodle bar in Covent Garden is the answer. The business duo in question are...

This weekend saw the Financial Times unveiling its newly expanded food and drink dream team, Appetites, consisting of Tim Hayward, Marina O'Loughlin and Jay Rayner alongside columnists Jancis...

2025 continues to be a year of dining well in London pubs. The latest central London boozer to take things up a notch is Belgravia pub The Alfred Tennyson, which is just getting ready to unveil a...

After making a big splash in Notting Hill with their first restaurant last year, Holy Carrot already has a second site lined up, this time in Spitalfields.  Run by Irina Linovich and ex-Acme Fire...

21/3/25 - updated with the opening date They make what is one of our favourite burgers in London and now Zan Kaufman's Bleecker, is about to get bigger. Soon after opening in Seven Dials and London...

21/3/25 - updated with the opening date. Flat Iron is getting even bigger. The affordable steakhouse already has 14 restaurants in London and there's about to be a 15th - and it's also their second in...

Four years down the road of having charmed the residents of Blackstock Road with their winning mix of books, coffee and wine, the founder behind BookBar is heading west. Making the announcement...

The new Stratford Cross development is resulting in adding some very interesting new food options to the area. We've recently had the opening of Templar from the Darkhorse team and next year we'll...

Even if the springtime burst of sunshine we've been having recently doesn't continue, it's going to be well worth knowing that London has a brand new terrace bar overlooking the river. Seventy5th...

What's better than having one successful restaurant in Aldgate? Having two of course. That's the trajectory London restaurateur Murat Kilic is hoping for when he opens Ara just down the road from...

When we heard that the family who own the London and New York branches of Le Relais de Venise l’Entrecôte were opening a new restaurant in London, you can be sure we sat up and took notice. Romeo...

Right now, you can hardly make a move in London without bumping into a new sandwich spot. The latest to join the ranks is La Spot which is getting ready to open in Fitzrovia. The Spanish-inspired...

19/3/25 - updated with the opening date and menu details Last year, Tom Brown closed his Michelin-starred Cornerstone restaurant in Hackney. At the time, it was said that he was concentrating on...