Test Drives

Barely 30 minutes away from central London, this new Hertfordshire getaway is aiming to shake up the UK hotel scene, pitching itself as a hotel meets festival experience. And it comes with a restaurant from Robin Gill to boot. 

What's a two-Michelin-starred delivery experience like? We try out &Home with James Knappett as his Kitchen Table comes to you.  

Bong Bong's have teamed up with meal-kit delivery service Dishpatch for a delivery version of their Kamayan Feast. We tried it out.  

TOU have created an Iberian Katsu Sando kit. So, of course, we had to try it out.  

Scottish chef Nico Simeone has brought his ever-changing six-course tasting menu restaurant Six by Nico to London. We head down to try it out. 

Three years after closing his much-loved restaurant The Dock Kitchen, Stevie Parle is back with a summertime popup at Ladbroke Dock. We went to check it out.

Gizzi Erskine and Professor Green unite post lockdown for this deep pan pizza takeover of Passo in Old Street. We head down for the cheesy, carby goodness.  

Cue Point mix Afghan BBQ techniques with BBQ style from around the world - and then deliver the results to you. We try out some of their nacos... 

Jun Tanaka delivers the best of his menu to your home. We give it a try. 

  Elliot's expands into Borough Market with a summer pop-up alfresco restaurant. We head down to try it out.

While his Muse restaurant is closed, Tom Aikens has created a delivery service called Musette. We got stuck in.

London's La Petite Maison is the group's flagship restaurant. As it reopens, with a new oyster bar, we take a look to see why it's still pulling in the crowds.

  NASI Economy Rice is the next-door spin-off of Sambal Shiok. We take it for a Test Drive takeaway and find it makes for a pretty perfect lunch. 

The Berkeley in Knightsbridge has created a brand new alfresco restaurant at the back of the hotel. We went down for a lunchtime Med-inspired feast. 

If you're looking for something rather special in the home delivery market - then this ultra luxe bento box is just the thing.

Nieves Barragan and Jose Etura have pulled together an at-home version of their Michelin-starred restaurant. We see if we can live up to that star at home...

Can you truly recreate the Hawksmoor experience in your own home? Their box delivery scheme aims to do that - we tried it out.

  Richard Corrigan has kicked off a delivery service that features some of the best of the legendary Bentley's Oyster Bar & Grill (with a little Daffodil Mulligan thrown in). We take a look. 

Hot Dinners makes our first foray back into the world of dining out - picking a popular Islington gastropub for the first post-lockdown meal. 

Unsurprisingly Corbin & King have gone for a different model of food delivery from any other restaurnt group so far - there's is a centralised place to order the 'greatest hits' from places like The Wolseley, Brasserie Zedel and more. We tried a few of them out.