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Michel Roux is back in London with Chez Roux at The Langham

Information: 09 April 2024

The closure of Michel Roux's Le Gavroche earlier this year was something of a shock for fans of the restaurant. That had followed the closure of the chef's Roux at the Landau (at the Langham), which has...

Test of time - heading back to Trivet, the approachable two Michelin star restaurant

Information: 09 April 2024

Five years and two Michelin stars later after our first visit, we make a return trip to Trivet, the London Bridge restaurant recently elevated to two Michelin-starred status.

Park Row closes the doors on its Gotham City-inspired restaurant

Information: 08 April 2024

It's fair to say that the critics weren't fans of the Batman-themed restaurant, Park Row, which opened in 2021 taking over a huge subterranean space in Soho (which was Mash before this). So there...

Greek hotel group Ergon House are opening a hotel and rooftop restaurant in Covent Garden

Information: 08 April 2024

Lots of big developments are happening around Covent Garden at the moment. Later on this year, we should be getting the new Guinness Storehouse and now, here comes news about a big new hotel coming to...

Flat Iron has Hammersmith and Victoria lined up for its next steak restaurants

Information: 05 April 2024

5/4/24 - Updated with the Hammersmith opening date Flat Iron is doing very, very well indeed. The mini steak chain, originally launched by The Devonshire's Charlie Carroll, has enjoyed plenty of...

Lee Westcott is popping up at Bottle + Rye in Brixton

Information: 03 April 2024

His time at Birch in Croydon was cut short, but Lee Westcott is staying in London for his next two ventures. He's apparently on the hunt for an East London pub but before that happens, he's setting...

Test Driving Ixta Belfrage's pop-up at The Standard, where bold flavours from Italy, Brazil and Mexico all meet

Information: 03 April 2024

Ex-Ottolenghi chef Ixta Belfrage has landed at The Standard for a three-month pop-up. We went down to try her amazing king prawn lasagne and lots more.

Will it be third time lucky for Julie's in Holland Park?

Information: 03 April 2024

3/4/24 - updated with new details and the opening date Holland Park restaurant Julie's, despite once being one of the hottest restaurants in town, has had a troubled time of late. The restaurant, which once...

Fallow comes to Canary Wharf with Roe

Information: 02 April 2024

2/4/24 - Updated with the opening date We've known for a while that the team behind Fallow were opening in Canary Wharf and now we know what the restaurant will be called - Roe. Similar to Fallow...

Poppies fish & chips have opened on Portobello Road

Information: 02 April 2024

With restaurants in Spitalfields, Soho and Camden, fish and chips purveyors Poppies have headed west for the first time, opening on Portobello Road, Their new restaurant takes over what used to be a...

Grape & Fig are bringing their Insta-hype grazing boards to Regent Street

Information: 02 April 2024

It seems like only yesterday that you couldn't move on social media for photos of extraordinary grazing and charcuterie boards. Well now one of the UK's most popular accounts has decided to parlay...

Sourdough Sophia opens her bakery in Islington

Information: 02 April 2024

Islington is starting to do very well indeed when it comes to great bakeries. We already have Jolene and Pophams, Quince opened only a couple of months ago and now there's the arrival of Sourdough...

The Caviar Bar to open in Mayfair’s new Medici Courtyard

Information: 02 April 2024

Updated with the opening date and soft launch If you’re looking to go somewhere particularly fancy, or if you have a penchant for fine caviar, do step this way. It’s our duty to inform you that...

All’onda in Fitzrovia is all about risotto

Information: 02 April 2024

A new restaurant called All’onda is coming to Fitzrovia and it's all centred around risotto. Founded by Cordula Schulz, whose apparent passion for risotto drives the restaurant, she's brought in Andrea...

Hot Dinners' April Fools round-up

Information: 01 April 2024

Over the years we've enjoyed trying to pull the wool over your eyes with some food-specific April fooling of our own. Here's a round-up of what we've done so far: 2011: René Redzepi gets funding to...

Out and In restaurant will have London's first faux-fresco space

Information: 01 April 2024

Update: You guessed it, this was our 2024 April Fool. To see all the April Fool stories we've ever run, click here. Now that spring is officially here and the clocks have gone forward, the next...

Test Driving 65a - a classic French brasserie in Spitalfields

Information: 28 March 2024

There's a classic French brasserie right on the edge of Spitalfields Market. We went down to see what they're cooking up at 65a.

From Chicago's Smyth to Shoreditch, chef Evelyn Aloupas arrives for a month at Oranj

Information: 27 March 2024

Smyth is the restaurant that Jeremy Allen White said his character's restaurant in Season 2 of the Bear took inspiration from, and now Londoners can try the food of the restaurant's CDP when she...

Justerini & Brooks have opened a boutique and tasting rooms in the Burlington Arcade

Information: 27 March 2024

To celebrate its 275th birthday, and there aren't many London businesses who can say that, high-end wine and whisky merchant Justerini & Brooks has opened a swanky shop and tasting rooms in the...

The Tipperary, London's "oldest" Irish pub in the City is reopening with a complete makeover

Information: 26 March 2024

26/3/24 - updated with opening details It's been closed since 2020 but now the pub that's touted as being London's oldest Irish pub, although that claim is contested, is coming back. Long a City...

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