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The Ivy Soho Brasserie is their new all-day brasserie

Information: 07 December 2016

The Ivy are continuing to open up brasseries all over London and this latest, the Ivy Soho Brasserie on Broadwick Street, is a little closer to the flagship original. It’ll be a seven day a week...

Festive spirit aplenty at the Archer Street cocktail popup in Harvey Nichols

Information: 07 December 2016

If you find yourself in need of some Christmas spirit while braving London’s shops this festive season, duck into Archer Street, a newly cocktail pop-up on the fifth floor of Harvey Nichols in...

Clerkenwell’s The Green gets a revamp courtesy of the Culpeper folk

Information: 06 December 2016

The team behind Culpeper, the roof garden-resplendent Commercial Street cocktail joint, is opening a third establishment called The Green, named after Clerkenwell Green where it lives. Director Nico...

Tom Kerridge is opening his first London restaurant at the Jumeirah Carlton hotel in Knightsbridge

Information: 05 December 2016

Big news today from the Jumeirah Carlton Tower in Knightsbridge. They've just announced that they'll be partnering with Michelin-starred chef Tom Kerridge. Kerridge will open a restaurant in the...

Vico launches a Panettone & Gelato menu for Christmas

Information: 05 December 2016

As the Christmas season is well and truly with us, you can't help but notice that panettones are starting to fill the shops. And going one step further, Vico has launched the Panettone & Gelato menu - all...

Swift bar launches in Soho

Information: 05 December 2016

Cocktail duo Bobby Hiddleston and Mia Johansson will join forces with the team behind Night Jar to launch a new bar in the heart of Soho this month. Taking the place of what was once the iconic LAB...

Tony Conigliaro to open Untitled bar in Dalston

Information: 05 December 2016

Just when we thought 2016 had little else to offer us, along comes a new bar by one of the shining lights of the London bar scene. Tony Conigliaro has announced the launch of ‘Untitled’ in Dalston this...

Hackney’s got a new smallest wine bar, thanks to the Pidgin duo

Information: 02 December 2016

Barbershop by day, and Hackney’s tiniest wine bar by night - newly opened Enfant Terrible couldn’t be more suited to its East London location. Headed up by the owners of the nearby set-menu-only...

‘Best steak in the world’ is now available in Chelsea

Information: 02 December 2016

Meat-lovers pay attention: the best steak in the world has arrived in London, or at least according to Spanish meat master José Gordón, who’s spent his whole life in the quest for the perfect cut. Following...

Hoppers heads to The City for a spot of crazy golf at Swingers

Information: 01 December 2016

One of last year's biggest success stories was the opening of Hoppers in Soho - the Sri Lankan restaurant is still a huge hit today with queues to match. But from January, there will be another...

The Other Naughty Piglet is coming to Victoria's Other Palace Theatre

Information: 01 December 2016

Brixton neighbourhood restaurant Naughty Piglets is set to open a second restaurant in Victoria, and they’ll be co-running it with none other than Andrew Lloyd Webber, with former The Clove Club's...

Beat the queue - you can now reserve a table at BAO Fitzrovia

Information: 30 November 2016

Huge, BAO-related news - if you’ve been desperate to visit the insanely popular Taiwanese steamed bun seller, but put off by the constant, looming queue that goes hand in hand with the place, you’ll now be...

Bar Boulud pop-up brings French dining to Harrods’ Food Hall

Information: 30 November 2016

Now we're big fans of Bar Boulud - and are curious to see what will emerge from its upcoming revamp at the Mandarin Oriental. But if you're worried on missing out on a Bar Boulud burger while it's...

Gin fans rejoice: Portobello Road Gin to open four-storey bar The Distillery

Information: 30 November 2016

Gin fans will have plenty of reasons to celebrate: Portobello Road Gin’s four-storey gin bar and restaurant paradise The Distillery will finally open this December. Die hard gin fans will feel like...

Hopscotch brings feel good vibes, buns and cocktails to Brick Lane

Information: 29 November 2016

Hopscotch, a playful new bar and restaurant that’s all about the atmosphere, has landed in Brick Lane. They’re serving up buns, ‘bombs’ and cocktails, in a venue with a 1am license that’s full of...

The Game Bird with James Durrant brings upmarket British dining to The Stafford

Information: 29 November 2016

There’s big change afoot in The Stafford London Hotel: the restaurant is set to close, undergo a hefty redesign and reopen in early 2017 as The Game Bird, with James Durrant at the helm. The menu is...

The Trellis skyscraper will have London's highest restaurant

Information: 29 November 2016

There's more high-rise dining on the way as permission has just been given for a new 73 storey building at 1 Undershaft (in The City) which has already been given the nickname of The Trellis (and as...

Pizza Toscana is coming to Wardour Street

Information: 28 November 2016

There do seem to be rather a lot of pizza restaurants opening at the moment - and the latest is coming to Wardour Street, called Pizza Toscana. This one comes with proper Italian heritage by Italian...

Cantonese restaurant Miusan is coming to Camden Town

Information: 28 November 2016

A new pan-Asian restaurant and bar is heading to Camden that is based on the 1940s opium dens of New York and Paris. It's coming from the person behind Cotton's Caribbean restaurants. It's a...

New bar alert - ETM opens Burdock and Aviary in Finsbury Square and Greenwood in Victoria

Information: 25 November 2016

25/11/16 - Updated with Aviary soft launch info. The ETM group - known for The Botanist and The Gun have three new pubs on the way - coming to Finsbury Square and the new Nova development in...

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