Test Drives

Chet's sees an LA chef come to London for a pop-up featuring American classics withThai flavours. We head down to the Hoxton in Holborn to try it out.  

After success at King's Cross, The Harts Group have opened a second Parrillan at Borough Yards - bigger than before and with an indoor restaurant too. We went down to try it out.  

  Rooftop restaurant Seabird has unveiled a new seafood-led brunch. We take a seat on their balcony, gaze across London and tuck in. 

At a time when a restaurant is doing well to make it to its teenage years, the venerable Wiltons is chalking up an astonishing 280 years of serving up food to Londoners with a special anniversary menu

The Twenty Two sees ex-Picture chefs and a top front-of-house team looking to create a new scene in Mayfair. We went down to see how they're getting along. 

  Did you know that Michelin-starred Kol in Marylebone also has a very impressive bar in the basement? We headed down to check it out. 

The arrival of chef Shay Cooper means that this splendid hotel dining room now has a menu that lives up to the opulent surroundings. 

After Tredwells and All's Well, Chantelle Nicholson has opened a restaurant in Mayfair which brings together a veg-forward menu and a no-waste ethos to impressive levels. We went down for a look. 

Gordon Ramsay's third restaurant at The Savoy has room for just 26 diners. Here's what it's like to eat there.

Cubitt House, the people behind The Thomas Cubitt and many other London pubs, have unveiled The Princess Royal in Notting Hill with a menu by Ben Tish. We head west for a look... 

  Right next door to 40FT Brewery and Dusty Knuckle, Acme Fire Cult are grilling over fire. We head down to take a look.  

Islington has a hot new pasta place that's already pulling the crowds in. We went to take a look. 

Nuno Mendes returns with a Fitzrovia restaurant that's a celebration of Portuguese cuisine. We head to Charlotte Street to try it out. 

A dream pub team - JKS restaurants and chef James Knappett - shows a new food and wine-led future for London pubs in their revamp of this Fitzrovia boozer.

Goddard & Gibbs is a new seafood spot in Shoreditch and part of the brand new One Hundred Shoreditch hotel. We went down to take a look. 

  The reopening of Richoux sees a 100-year old restaurant on Piccadilly get a big revival in new hands, plus one of London's best value menus to boot. We head down for a look.  

Popular Burmese restaurant Lahpet has already won fans in Shoreditch. Now the team behind it have opened an even bigger restaurant, in Covent Garden, to introduce Londoners to the myriad delights of Burmese food. 

The new Blacklock in Covent Garden is the popular chop shop's biggest restaurant yet. We went down to check it out.

  Toklas is part bakery part huge restaurant with an ever-changing European menu (and an amazing terrace to boot). We went to check it out. 

The esteemed French pastry chef Cedric Grolet hits London with his first patisserie outside France. We went to check his new Knightsbridge digs out.