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Back in August, we had the news that Waterloo's much-loved Scootercaffe had suddenly been forced to close after 22 years. In a post on their Instagram account, the vintage cafe's team explained that...

For the past couple of years, chef Fan Yi's Japanese industrial chic kitchen concept Oita has been operating out of the Green Rooms hotel in Wood Green. The Chinese chef decided to go down the...

9/11/22 - updated with a look at the design and opening details As sure a sign as we know that the City is getting back on the front foot is news of a swanky new sushi spot opening in that part of...

If you've been watching MasterChef: The Professionals, you may have seen a small appearance from a couple of siblings who happen to run this very website. We were part of the pop-up episode where...

They've been huge hits wherever they landed, first as delivery only and then in Wembley's Boxpark and now The Sidemen are back again with a new Sides, this time heading south to Wandsworth.  This time, the...

The chef behind the 80s and 90s-inspired popup Only Food and Courses is about to move into more permanent digs. Robbie Lorraine, who first unveiled his restaurant pop-up at Pop Brixton in 2020, has...

He won MasterChef the Professionals in 2020 and has been popping up in one form or another at Number One Park Lane for the past eight months, taking over first the terrace and then popping up with a...

We'd like to think we know a thing or two about croquetas, having been a judge at the Croquetas Challenge for a good few years now. So we're pretty excited at the prospect of a restaurant devoted to...

Nikkei cuisine, which marries Japanese and Peruvian cuisines, continues to be a big thing in London - the latest Nikkei restaurant to arrive on the scene is Contigo.  It's opening in a space that was...

Updated 29/11/22 with the new opening date They've been one of London's fastest restaurants to reach two Michelin stars and now it appears that West-African restaurant Ikoyi are on the move. After much...

Got a cousin or colleague you haven't the first clue what to get for Christmas or Secret Santa? Well Greggs and Primark reckon they've got the answer to that particular festive conundrum. Tomorrow they're dropping a...

Just in time to the run up to the festive season, the City of London has a fine new bar that's just opened its doors. Langbourns, from the Metropolitan Pub Company, looks to furnish local workers...

Yakiniku Like has been a big hit across China, Taiwan, Japan, Singapore and Indonesia - and now they're coming to London with their first European restaurant landing in Soho (coming from the same...

Got friends and family in town for the festive season and can’t think of where to take them? Or just finding it difficult to get a table at your favourite rooftop bar at this time of year? Then...

Updated 28/11/22 with interior images Almost a year ago, Harrods has dropped the culinary bombshell that they had persuaded none other than Björn Frantzén to open a restaurant at the Knightbridge...

We've long been fans of Fink's Salt & Sweet in Highbury - it's our neighbourhood coffee shop, deli and purveyor of top tier sandwiches, bottled cocktails and more. Back in 2020 they expanded by...

It's all change at high rise City restaurant Fenchurch at Sky Garden, with the arrival of Kerth Gumbs as Head Chef. Gumbs, you may recognise from his stints as a finalist on the Great British Menu...

23/11/22 - updated with lots more info News previously reached us of a new restaurant coming to Mayfair that seems to be going after the Cipriani and LPM crowd, called Mister Nice. Things were a...

Walthamstow's beer community grows ever larger with a new opening on what they call the "Blackhorse Beer Mile". This time it's the turn of Pretty Decent Beer Co, who are opening a brewery and...

There's a good chance you've seen Daniel Craig dancing around in the new Belvedere commercial and clearly that's just part of a bigger campaign - part of which has arrived in Selfridges.  The bar will be...