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It's all change at The Light Bar in Shoreditch, with a new owner, executive chef and club room

Information: 22 January 2026

Five years after it reopened after a long hiatus, The Light Bar in Shoreditch is about to enter its third iteration, with a brand new owner on board and - crucially - a rather interesting new...

Test Driving Beef & Bass, a new Chelsea spot delivering exactly what it promises

Information: 22 January 2026

New Chelsea restaurant Beef & Bass focuses on serving up two key ingredients really well. We went to the King's Road to see if they delivered on their promise.

Special dishes, collabs and limited editions in London's restaurants

Information: 22 January 2026

One-offs, limited editions, special menus and more are hitting London restaurants all the time. We'll be updating this page regularly with the very best special new dishes as they appear, so you can...

Bara is a new Peckham cafe with a strong Welsh influence

Information: 21 January 2026

Bara, a new cafe and sandwich shop in Peckham, is bringing something new to the table: a little bit of Welshness. It comes from Zoë Heimann and Cecily Dalladay, a private chef who made it to the...

Arnaud Donckele will be the new chef at Le Manoir when it returns in 2027

Information: 20 January 2026

At the end of last year, Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons closed for a major refurbishment that won't be complete until Summer 2027. But the bigger story was that after over 40 years, Raymond Blanc was...

Hoppers comes to Shoreditch, adding new South Indian dishes to its Sri Lankan signatures

Information: 20 January 2026

Updated 20/1/25 with full details and an opening date. It's been nearly 10 years since the original Hoppers launched in Soho. Now they're about to open their fourth restaurant, but this one is...

Test Driving Bistro Sablé - a French pivot makes this former pub now one of Islington's best restaurants

Information: 20 January 2026

What was once Smokehouse has been transformed into Islington's newest French restaurant, Bistro Sablé. As locals, we went along to see just how the transformation has changed things.

Endo at The Rotunda is back in pop-up form, opening inside Mayfair club Annabel's

Information: 19 January 2026

Back in September 2025, a fire at the former Television Centre in White City meant that one of London's best restaurants Endo at The Rotunda was forced to close, less than a year after a major...

Nicolas Rouzaud is opening Le Café in Burlington Arcade

Information: 19 January 2026

It is a boom time for cafes and bakeries at the moment. Recently, we've had the very successful opening of Onsu in Soho and this week, we're also getting the new Claridge's Bakery. Now it turns out...

Pierre Koffmann is back in the kitchen for one night, at Sollip

Information: 19 January 2026

A chef's chef, Pierre Koffmann is someone who is credited by almost too many London chefs to name as a key inspiration in their own culinary journeys. Chefs who trained under him at Tante Claire and...

Asma Khan's Darjeeling Express is on the move again

Information: 19 January 2026

Asma Khan's hugely successful Darjeeling Express has moved around quite a bit in the past. It originally started as a supperclub in Soho, then opened in Kingly Court. It moved to Covent Garden for...

New Leyton bakery Farha is genuinely worth crossing town for

Information: 16 January 2026

Over the past few weeks, a contender for the hottest new bakery in London has opened its doors. But you won't find this one in Notting Hill or Soho; you'll have to travel out to Leyton for it. Farha's...

Big Plates to launch the dining room at The Pocket, Islington's hottest pub

Information: 16 January 2026

After years of being one of the quietest pubs in Islington as The Four Sisters and then closed for nearly four years after that, as locals ourselves, we thought that no one was ever going to be able...

Test driving Aces Foodcraft, where Alex Craciun is creating wonders in a beautiful Fitzrovia kitchen

Information: 15 January 2026

He was last in London heading up Jason Atherton's Sosharu but now chef Alex Craciun is back with his own restaurant that plays with multiple influences in a great-looking setting. We went down to...

Milanese-coded Sartoria comes to The City, opening by Liverpool Street

Information: 14 January 2026

Last year, we wrote about how The Evolv Group (previously D&D) were going all-in on their Sartoria brand, expanding the restaurant that was originally launched by Francesco Mazzei into a mini group of...

Dom Taylor's Caribbean restaurant The Good Front Room finds a permanent home in Dalston

Information: 13 January 2026

Chef Dom Taylor's The Good Front Room was a massive hit when it took over the Palm Court at The Langham for the best part of a year. He had won a reality TV programme, Five Star Chef, where the...

The Azuki sees the Dotori team opening a new Japanese restaurant by Chancery Lane

Information: 13 January 2026

13/1/25 - updated with the opening date and menu details. The man behind the hugely popular Korean/Japanese restaurant Dotori is getting ready to open a second place, this time in the City. Alan Tse...

Test Driving Passione Vino, the idiosyncratic wine bar branches out in Exmouth Market

Information: 13 January 2026

Twenty years after opening his singular (and much-loved) wine bar in Shoreditch, Luca Dusi has expanded to Clerkenwell. We went to see whether his new Exmouth Market bar retains the cosy ambience of...

Dara Klein reveals what to expect from Tiella Trattoria & Bar on Columbia Road

Information: 12 January 2026

12/1/26 - updated with the opening date For a small pub residency, Tiella at The Compton Arms got a lot of column inches. There was something about chef Dara Klein's cooking that reflected the...

Hot new Soho bakery ONSU is former Dorchester pastry chef Michael Kwan's solo venture

Information: 12 January 2026

Chef Michael Kwan has worked everywhere from The Fat Duck to Laduree and Hakkasan and, most recently, was the Executive Pastry Chef at The Dorchester. Now the Hong Kong-born chef is gearing up to...

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