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The rooftop at TT (previously TT Liquor) in Shoreditch has delivered some rather impressive residencies, with last year's Esti being a notably hit. So, as we (hopefully) head for more settled...

  26/2/24 - updated with the opening date Exciting news reaches us of the arrival of Hollywood actor Danny Trejo's very own restaurant, Trejo's Tacos, in London.  If you're thinking that you don't...

Right at the end of 2022, the very highly rated Oriole cocktail bar closed down in its original location - but with a vow to open somewhere else. Early in 2023, they popped up in Southwark, but now...

South London's collection of good independent coffee shops got a boost this week with the opening of Moonstruck on South Lambeth Road. The man behind the cafe is self-styled 'coffee nerd' Liam...

Every year, just before the new Michelin stars are announced, there's some buzz about who might be getting a new star. And this month, when it came to potential new two starred restaurants, Endo at...

Updated 22/2/24 with menu details and photos The Mayfair restaurant scene - particularly the high-end side of things - sees no sign of slowing down with Mistress opening in the area.  It's a...

If you're of a certain vintage you may have had the great pleasure of dining at the top of the BT tower back when it used to be a revolving restaurant in the 1970s. Now it seems that a whole new...

You've got to hand it to whoever's curating the food offering at Kingly Court at the moment. They're really playing a blinding game. Hot on the heels of having signed up everyone's favourite...

As we've previously written about, karaoke has become a big thing in London, with some places offering pretty great food to accompany the backdrop of occasionally on-tune warbling. Now here comes a...

Hackney's getting a new pizzeria and it's from two Napoli-born siblings, so we should be getting something pretty authentic with this opening.  Unlock comes from Arianna and Giovanni Izzo. Arianna is...

12/3/24 - updated with the opening date Almost 70 years after opening their first Italian restaurant on Goodge Street, the family behind Spaghetti House is getting ready to open a brand new place. A...

After nine months, things are changing at 20 Berkeley Street. The restaurant there originally opened as 20 Berkeley, a British-influenced brasserie from the Creative Restaurant Group, which runs...

Updated 18/2/24 with images London's hotel scene is seriously hot at the moment. The past 18 months have seen the opening of The Pensinsula, The OWO and 1 Mayfair and now the group behind Claridge's is...

If there's one date you want to open in time for if you're a new Irish pub, it's St Patrick's Day. So Shoreditch pub Nancy Spain's is coming in just under the wire with the intention of flinging...

The opening of Kol and Cavita gave a shot in the arm to London's high-end Mexican dining scene and it looks like another exciting chef from Mexico is on the way too.  Jesús Durón was the executive...

A new New York-inspired deli has just opened in Belsize Park, taking over the site that used to be Sunday. A family-run business, it comes from Jack Graham, who previously ran Raw Press in Chelsea,...

The people behind La Mia Mamma, Italian restaurants in Chelsea and Notting Hill which got a big push by featuring on Stanley Tucci's "Searching for Italy", are getting ready to try something...