Test Drives

We head to Shoreditch to try the new venture from James Lowe in the Tea Building. 

We try out Marcus Wareing's recently revamped flagship at the Berkeley. 

We check out the new restaurant from Dock Kitchen's Stevie Parle and see what it brings to the Dalston dining scene. 

Watch out Caravan - Exmouth Market has a new brunch offering and it's a seriously piggy one. Blackfoot's built up a solid lunch and dinner trade, but as of the weekend they started opening for brunch. We popped down to try it out and it pretty much set us up for the rest of the day. There are a few lunch time dishes on there, but the ones you're...

We head to Marani, a Georgian restaurant in Mayfair. 

Mixing Mayfair glamour with an Anglo-Italian welcome, it's no surprise that Angela Hartnett's Murano continues to pull in the crowds.

We head over to London's new much bigger Big Easy, in Covent Garden for a BBQ blowout.

We take a look at the latest small plate restaurant in Soho - this time specialising in French cooking.

Arnaud Stevens steps out with Searcy's to open Sixtyone restaurant in Marble Arch. We went along to take a look.

Nuno Mendes teams up with high-end hotelier Andre Balazs for a pretty special restaurant in Marylebone.

The return of Soho favourite Polpetto to new, more generous lodgings sees Florence Knight on fine form.

The ultra luxe Rosewood hotel in Holborn reveals its new brasserie - we head along to give it a whirl.

With alumni from Eleven Madison Place and Elliot's Cafe running it - this riverside spot in Battersea is drawing people from all over London.

Bowling, live music AND a New York menu - Hot Dinners checks out Brooklyn Bowl at the O2.

As US chef Brad McDonald completely revamps the menu at Lockhart in Marylebone, we head along to try some fine Southern-style cooking.

Oyster bar maestros Wright Bros head out east for their latest seafood bar. We head along to try it out.

We pop over to Hackney to check out the indoor street food haven Hawker House and proceed to eat as much as humanly possible.

TV star Bobby Chinn comes to England for his latest venture - the Vietnamese restaurant House of Ho in Soho. We head along to check it out.

For the first time, The Wesbury's four chefs - including Eric Chavot and Alyn Williams join forces for a very special series of dinners.

A heavenly new Korean menu goes on offer at the Dock Kitchen - we went to try it out.