Test Drives

Francesco Mazzei's Sartoria in Mayfair is one of our favourite restaurants. We take a look at his next, Radici, a neighbourhood Italian restaurant in Islington.

This weekend riverside brunch has a mid-Atlantic flavour

Stoke Newington has a rather special new neighbourhood restaurant worth crossing town for

South Kensington's iconic restaurant now has a chef to match - we pop in to see how Claude Bosi is enjoying his new Michelin home  

Lucky City folk now have a new Blacklock to enjoy - we popped along to see how the Blacklock vibes survived the move East.   

Tucked away in a quiet street in St James, a very British hotel, The Stafford. now has a restaurant it can be proud of

Jason Atherton is the latest to join the eclectic restaurant crowd at Nova, Victoria. We head along to see how he manages with an Italian menu. 

 We came to Tony Conigliaro's Untitled expecting some damned fine cocktails, but there's some great cooking happening there too. 

Monica Galetti's new restaurant on Charlotte Street is taken for a spin.

 It's Hawksmoor's sixth London restaurant, opening in their tenth year. We head down to Borough Market to see what's new.

We take a look at the latest addition to Maltby Street Market

We take a look at the West Coast-inspired Pomona’s in Notting Hill.

The multi Michelin-starred French chef Anne-Sophie Pic has just opened in London. We went to see how her food performs in translation

We take a look at the latest restaurant from Jamie Oliver, which sees him opening a second Barbecoa, on Piccadilly. 

Blue Hill at Stone Barns chef Dan Barber brings his food waste pop-up to London. We went to check it out.

After years of languishing in the tourist thoroughfare to Buckingham Palace and the coach station, Victoria is finally having its moment in the sun as a food destination, thanks to Nova. We take a look at a few of the new restaurants in one night.

One of the latest restaurants to open in the huge Nova development, Aster, sees D & D going all Scandinavian. We take a look.

We try new City rooftop spot Aviary for a stellar Sunday lunch

Bala Baya is bringing Tel Aviv to London, by way of up-and-coming Southwark - we head down to take a look. 

We head to the new Kensington Design Museum to see what Prescott and Conran are cooking up in the restaurant.