Test Drives

If you don't have a pizza oven but you really want piping hot great pizza at home, this DIY frying pan pizza kit from Pizza Pilgrims is definitely worth a go.

Ollie Dabous' Mayfair restaurant Hide is now delivering high-end meals. We find out how a Michelin-starred kitchen adapts for the new way of things.  

In its normal setting, Benares is a fine-dining twist on Indian food in Mayfair, but how does that translate to an at-home setting? We decided to find out. 

With every restaurant in London shut (except for those doing deliveries), their suppliers are looking for new customers. The good news is that London's foodies are the beneficiaries.

They proved their mettle in a series of pop-ups and now Chuku's have found a permanent home for their Nigerian tapas. We went to Tottenham to check them out.

Hot new NYC import Sushi on Jones has just opened its first place outside New York, in King's Cross. We went along for the 45-minute omakase experience.

Myrtle sees Irish chef Anna Haugh bringing a modernised take on Irish cuisine and produce to Chelsea. We take a closer look. 

  Clapham folk no longer need to trek into the west end for a swanky seafood experience now they've got this fish boutique and cevicheria on their doorstep.

They're big in London Bridge and now this top Portuguese restaurant has opened in the City too. We head down for a look. 

Gizzi Erskine's latest fun project is a three-month popup taking over the old Asia de Cuba site at the St Martin's Lane hotel. Here's what she's serving up.

The City's latest high rise restaurant looks pretty amazing, but having a top chef in the kitchen means there's more to Insta than just selfies of yourself and those views.

  The famed pastry chef goes cronut-free in Covent Garden, with pies, pithiviers and puddings on the menu. We take a look. 

Dandy, as a concept, has roamed all over London - now it's settled down in permanent digs in Bermondsey's Maltby Street. We went to try out its latest iteration.

The Connaught in Mayfair has managed to launch a third restaurant in the hotel, resurrecting the classic Connaught Grill, adding a Jean-Georges touch. We went down for an early look. 

Tom Aikens pares things back for his latest restaurant, with the main emphasis on a counter dining experience. We head along for a look. 

The people behind Goodman and Beast have come to Chelsea with an Italian restaurant that celebrates seafood, pasta, steak and more. We head over to Chelsea for a look ourselves. 

The restaurant formerly known as Kyseri is now Oklava Bakery + Wine - and we think Fitzrovia residents and workers are going to find this new incarnation to their taste.

Once they were BBQ Dreamz and now they're focused on their Filipino cuisine. We head up to Hackney Road to try Bong Bong's Manila Kanteen.

The Ned has an unlimited Sunday lunch that frankly dwarfs the competition, with unlimited roasts, oysters, lobsters and more. It's already one of the hardest for Londoners to get a table at - so we went to find out why.