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Yum Bug are opening an edible insects restaurant in Finsbury Park

Information: 05 February 2024

Back in the autumn, a pop-up in Shoreditch created genuine buzz for a new brand, Yum Bug. The principal was simple - they were going to introduce the London dining scene to the joy of edible...

When are the Michelin 2024 stars being announced for London, the UK and Ireland?

Information: 05 February 2024

It's nearly time for the main restaurant awards of the season to be announced. Find out when the 2024 Michelin stars for London and the UK are being announced - and what to expect.

Le Gavroche is auctioning off almost everything from the restaurant

Information: 05 February 2024

Le Gavroche may have closed, but there's still a chance for you to get your hands on a piece of it. In April, Christie's is getting ready to auction off the last remaining parts of Michel Roux's...

Burberry's takeover of Harrods includes a food truck and special picnic hamper

Information: 05 February 2024

The latest fashion brand to take over Harrods is Burberry. Throughout February the Knightsbridge store will be lit up in the brand's knight blue shade and, as always, there will be a food element. For...

Veg & Tings Caribbean vegetarian restaurant in Brixton is next up from Brian Danclair

Information: 02 February 2024

He already has Fish, Wings & Tings and Danclair's Kitchen, and now Brian Danclair is getting ready to open his third restaurant in Brixton - Veg & Tings. As you might expect from the name, this is a...

The Ducksoup team are opening Camille in Borough

Information: 02 February 2024

2/2/24 - Updated with opening details The SE1 dining scene is totally on fire right now. Hard on the heels of Kolae and Akara opening comes another upcoming restaurant that'll cement Borough's...

Harvey Nichols teams up with Emily English for a Super Glow menu

Information: 01 February 2024

If you've launched yourself into 2024 absolutely determined to eat more healthily (or at the very least work on getting your five a day sorted) then a new collab at Harvey Nicks might be of...

Auld Hag are opening The Shoap - a Scottish shop and deli at Angel

Information: 01 February 2024

Updated 1/2/24 with the launch date Gregg Boyd has been on a one-man mission to spread the joy of Scottish food to Londoners. He started as a stallholder Auld Hag in Dalston selling bowls of haggis,...

Frenchie in Covent Garden has closed

Information: 31 January 2024

News reaches us today of another high-profile closure - Frenchie in Covent Garden. After eight years, the restaurant has closed its doors, with an announcement on Instagram by owners Greg and Marie...

Mayfair's Chancery Rosewood is lining up Le Caprice and Carbone as its restaurants

Information: 31 January 2024

The new Chancery Rosewood hotel in Mayfair is a pretty huge endeavour, taking over the space of the old US Embassy (and retaining the Brutalist look). We've been wondering what they're going to do...

Mountain and The Sportsman win best restaurant awards from The Good Food Guide 2024

Information: 31 January 2024

Another year, another awards season and just before we get to next week's new Michelin stars, it's the turn of The Good Food Guide to unveil their gongs. This year, there's been a bit of a shake-up at the...

Lita brings live fire cooking to Marylebone

Information: 31 January 2024

Ever since a reader brought our attention to an Instagram account for a new restaurant opening in Marylebone called Lita, we've been digging behind the scenes to find out more. First up, we learned that...

Elsewhere Coffee have turned their Deptford roastery into a coffee bar

Information: 29 January 2024

South East London caffeine addicts now have a new place to hit up in their neighbourhood. For the past few years Elsewhere Coffee have been roasting beans just behind Deptford station. Now they're...

The 2024 Michelin Bib Gourmands for London are announced

Information: 29 January 2024

The Bib Gourmands are billed as being for slightly more affordable restaurants than your average Michelin fare, serving "good food at moderate prices". So with that in mind, here's who got a shiny...

Giancarlo Caldesi to open new Caldesi in Belsize Village

Information: 29 January 2024

Just before Christmas, Neighbourhood restaurant Calici closed its doors in Belsize village, but it'll be back soon under a new name. It turns out, as first reported by the Ham and High, that celeb...

Sadiq Khan is cutting fares on Friday to entice Londoners into the city

Information: 29 January 2024

As anyone who's been on public transport over the past year would already know, Fridays haven't been the same in London since the Pandemic. With so many workers doing a truncated week in the office,...

Palestinian ceramics and wine go on sale at Akub in Notting Hill

Information: 26 January 2024

If like us you covet the amazing crockery you see in London restaurants then the arrival of the new shop at Akub in Notting Hill will be of interest to you. They've just launched an online shop to...

RAI omakase restaurant returns, this time in Bloomsbury

Information: 26 January 2024

RAI, from the same people behind Islington's Hot Stone, originally launched in Fitzrovia before closing last year. But now the restaurant is back again in a different location, just up the road in...

BAO are popping up at Dover Street Market with merch and baked goods

Information: 26 January 2024

BAO has arrived in Mayfair - but not as you might expect. They've landed at Dover Street Market for a pop-up kiosk that's as much about their merch as it is about the food. On the merch side,...

Grasso is a genuine family-run Italian American restaurant that's just landed in Soho

Information: 25 January 2024

It isn't often that a restaurant manages to open in the middle of Soho in a fashion that's so completely under the radar we have to wait for a reader to let us know about it. But that's the case...

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