Test Drives

  Magenta in King's Cross is turning out a menu of excellent modern Italian cuisine - we went down to try it for ourselves.

Japanese curry specialists Hiden have expanded to Finsbury Park and the menu's grown too. We went along to pay them a visit.

A bona fide hit in Brooklyn, the popular Peruvian restaurant Llama Inn has now opened in London. From NYC to Shoreditch we see how it's faring this side of the pond. 

Chef Dom Taylor became the first winner of Five Star Chef on Channel 4 and his prize was launching The Good Front Room at The Langham. We went down to take a look.  

Rishim Sachdeva's Tendril has found a permanent home in Mayfair, so we thought it was time to see what this "almost vegan" kitchen is all about. 

  They're big up North and now the South American rodizio grill has arrived in London. We went to the City to see just how much meat we could eat... 

With so much talent involved in the Outcrop popup at 180 Strand it's not so surprising to find that the net result is wonderful.

Once an Italian cafe and ice-cream factory, it's full circle for this Chatsworth Road spot which is now the Italian-accented Leo's. We headed east to check it out. 

The group behind Clipstone and Portland have opened another restaurant in Fitzrovia with 64 Goodge Street. This time it's all very French indeed. We head down to take a look. 

Boasting great views over central London, the arrival of Richard Corrigan to run this rooftop restaurant at the National Portrait Gallery proves to be a real draw.

Tomos Parry's follow up to his Brat restaurants, Mountain, is a Soho love letter to Spain by way of Wales.

Yannick Alléno is a hugely influential chef in France with multiple Michelin stars to his name. Pavyllon sees him bringing his cooking to London - we went down to try it out. 

  Studio Gauthier sees chef Alexis Gauthier bring some of the extremely accomplished (and Michelin-starred) cooking from his Soho restaurant to a more casual affair in Fitzrovia. We went down for a look. 

The Hicce Hart team have expanded just across the road in Islington with Little Pizza Hicce. We went down to check out their very unique pizzas. 

 As this Soho restaurant breaks into the top 40 section of the National Restaurant Awards list we felt it was time for a return visit to Victor Garvey's Californian fine dining spot on Dean Street. 

If you love a rooftop brunch then new City restaurant Florattica is the place to go