Test Drives

Bringing together some of Britain's great chefs with the days-gone-by luxury of a train journey is an inspired pairing. We took to the British sister train of the Orient Express to enjoy an evening with Tom Kerridge.

Beloved by Fay Maschler and Giles Coren, we went to see if Bravas Tapas was a slice of Spanish delight in London. It is.

Having taken over central and east London - Hawksmoor moves west with its latest restaurant opening in Knightsbridge. We went along on opening night to check it and its new dishes out.

We've mentioned before how lucky we are to have Islington's LeCoq practically on our doorstep and this week were even happier because Honey & Co were going to be in the kitchen. This was for one of the LeCoq takeovers that has also seen Coppa and Salt Yard's Ben Tish let loose on their rotisserie. On Monday night, both Sarit Packer and Itamar...

A pair of well-connected restaurant folk have moved to the outer reaches of Hackney and Islington to open a new breed of neighbourhood restaurant. We went to see how Primeur was faring..

A pair of well-connected restaurant folk have moved to the outer reaches of Hackney and Islington to open a new breed of neighbourhood restaurant. We went to see how Primeur was faring..

We go to the 24th floor at Tower 42 to try the latest restaurant from the very busy Jason Atherton - City Social.

Heston Blumenthal takes on airport food with his Perfectionists' Cafe at the new Heathrow Terminal 2. We went along to try Heston's fast food...

The folk behind one of Jerusalem's coolest restaurants have teamed up to open their first London place. It's got energy and then some.

They've just launched their second restaurant on the roof of Selfridges, so we thought it was time to check out the first Q Grill in Camden.

The people behind Licky Chops and Ruby's unite to reinvent this classic Hackney pub. We went along to try it out.

From the folk who brought you Goodman as well as Burger & Lobster comes their highest concept restaurant, Beast.

We head to Claridge's to try out Simon Rogan's new restaurant Fera at Claridge's. 

After a successful venture on the King's Road, Scott Hallsworth brings Kurobuta to its main home in Marylebone. We check it out.

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.