News & reviews

4/11/23 - updated with the Botanica Hall opening date If you’ve been wondering what’s in store for Arding & Hobbs, the beautiful Grade-II-listed department store in the heart of Clapham Junction...

By this point. there have been quite a few successful Stranger Things pop-ups, but the launch of the new spin off play in the West End this month is giving the team behind it a new opportunity. This...

This time last year, Dishoom went east to open a restaurant in Canary Wharf and now they're heading south of the river for the first time, to Battersea.  The Battersea Dishoom will be opening right next...

Oisin Rogers and Charlie Carroll have been hard at work on The Devonshire, their first joint pub, which is tucked away behind Piccadilly Circus. Here's what you can expect from what will be a...

Having made a name for themselves and their seafood-focused pub The Victoria in Mile End, Matt Ward and Anthony Pender are branching out with the first of what could be a series of seafood...

Once known for its particularly strong Sunday lunches, chef and owner Adam Hardiman was forced to close Madame Pigg in Dalston after the particularly tough pandemic years. But now he's back,...

Back at the end of summer, Clare Smyth's three Michelin-starred restaurant Core shut its doors in Notting Hill for what they described as "a refurbishment of our bar and dining room". Now it turns...

King's Cross residents and workers have long loved the hidden spot Camino, tucked away in Vanisher's Yard off the main drag. But the Spanish spot will soon be a lot less of a hidden gem once it...

If you're in the Spitalfield area - there are two promising new traders to check out.  First up is Pizza Guys. They hail from Italy, having kicked off things in Caserta back in 2020. They've brought...

Updated 27/10/23 with opening date Big changes are coming to Soho's Michelin-starred SOLA - it's about to become twice the size. The restaurant has been a fairly compact one to date (the open...

Updated 27/10/23 with opening date and launch offer The people of Brixton Village have a new reason to celebrate, they’re about to get a brand-new wine bar, and one that champions English wines, no...

War may be ravaging their country, but Ukrainians are still getting up every day and going to work and that includes opening new restaurants. And one that opened its doors in Kyiv last year is...

It's been a while since the dark days of Covid, but the pandemic's effect on London's hospitality trade is still being felt. Popular South East London cafe Louie Louie was the most recent victim,...

Larry's may be gone, along with chef Nicholas Balfe who is concentrating on his restaurant Holm in Somerset, but Bar Levan is rising in its place. That's coming from Levan co-founders Mark Gurney...

25/10/23 - updated with the opening date Last week we brought you news on what was going to be taking over the old Bright site in London Fields. Now we've got the scoop on what's going in the...

25/10/23 - updated with the opening date London's Mexican dining scene continues to get ever better with the upcoming restaurant Ixchel in Chelsea.  Headed up by chef Ximena Gayosso Gonzalez,...