Test Drives

As our regular readers will know, we're big fans of Bob Bob Ricard. Following on from their recent foray into Saturday lunches, they've now expanded to offer the Bob Bob Ricard Sunday lunch. Now, everything's a little bit more special at BBR, and the Sunday lunch is no exception. While the main lunchtime menu is available, it's the "Traditional Roast" that...

We head over to Hackney to try out the supper club turned restaurant from James Ramsden and Sam Herlihy. 

Patty and Bun is well worth the trip at the best of times, but if the queues at James Street aren't your cup of tea, we think you should head east for their latest, The Arch in London Fields. Where is it? Right round the corner from London Fields station - and a few arches down from the E5 Bakehouse. And it's pretty big inside (although we set...

With the opening of a beautiful terrace Ognisko has become a restaurant to take real pleasure in

Already a hit in Dalston, the second Salvation in Noodles is a very welcome addition to Finsbury Park. We head down to take a look.

Another new addition to North Greenwich, and with easy access to Canary Wharf, this is a new casual fine dining restaurant with a pretty impressive selection of wines. We head along to check it out. 

It's almost exactly a year since Barrafina Adelaide Street opened to a great response (and many awards). With the Hart brothers opening a third on Drury Lane we dodged the queues to try the new one out.

Fitzrovia wine bar The Remedy has a new menu (and wine list). We went down to check it out

Islington gets a restaurant from Tom Oldroyd, who has come from Polpo to rejuvenate the Islington dining scene. We take a look.

Angela Hartnett's new Covent Garden spot is a welcome oasis in a touristy location. 

Hibiscus is celebrating its 15th anniversary. We went down to see what one of London's rare two Michelin-starred restaurant has to show for that time. 

It's been far too long since we went to a London supperclub, so having written about the arrival of Croft Kitchen in Holloway a few weeks ago, we decided to rectify that. There were a few reasons why. First it was incredibly local, which is always a plus point (but that said it's barely a 5 minute walk from Highbury and Islington station - so...

Jason Atherton has launched a new wine bar just a few steps from Selfridges. We head down to see what's up.

The rooftop space at Selfridges has been given a Cornish fishing village look and menu. We went along to enjoy the seaside holiday vibe. 

The latest barbecue joint to hit London really does add something different, with an middle eastern cooking touch throughout. We take a look.

It's just undergone a huge revamp, so we decided it was time to put the nearly 100 year old London restaurant through its paces. 

One of Paris's hottest restaurants has landed in London. We check in to see how they're faring this side of the Channel.  

Stevie Parle (of Dock Kitchen and Rotorino) has opened in prime position just outside the O2 with Craft London. We went east to check it out. 

It's another huge success for the Spanish chef's first foray north of the river. 

Last week, we popped by to see how things were going at the recently re-launched Blackfoot Bar and Backroom Dining. As you would’ve read here, the restaurant has been given a bit of a reshuffle- with the addition of a spacious bar, the centrepiece of which is an elegantly bound cocktail menu with 16 cocktails. This is made up of a selection of...