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Another day, another news story about Notting Hill. That part of London is on fire at the moment when it comes to interesting food and drink openings. Today we bring you news not of a new opening...

Updated 04/10/23 with new photos Claude Bosi is having a very busy year. Not only has he opened Socca in Mayfair, but he's opening a brand new restaurant, Brooklands, at the top of the new Peninsula...

3/10/23 - Updated with opening details We've already had the successful launch of Milk Beach and Kapara at the new area of Soho that is Ilona Rose House (just behind Greek Street). Both of those...

 Pip Lacey and Gordy McIntyre have recently been getting established in Islington with Hicce Hart and Little Pizza Hicce, but news has come that the original Hicce in King's Cross is closing after...

Updated with extension to opening dates We've been hearing very good things about Poon's Wontoneria which has taken over the 12 Charlotte Street pop-up space that's part of Carousel in Fitzrovia. It...

Updated 2/10/23 with opening date and launch offer Just over a decade since they first served up a steaming bowl of ramen to Londoners Bone Daddies are gearing up to open their eighth restaurant...

2/10/23 - Updated with details of the menu and new images Paper Moon is the first restaurant to open at The OWO that's outside of the main Raffles hotel. The high-end Italian restaurant hails from...

Over the summer, Queen's Park residents have had an early look at a brand new restaurant on Lonsdale Road. LULA has been running residencies and private events for the past month or so, gearing up...

Many of London's well-known historic buildings have been turned into hotels (work is also apace on Admiralty Arch and the old American Embassy). This time it's the turn of the Old War Office in...

28/9/23 - updated with the opening date and menu details We knew way back in 2019 that the people behind Som Saa, Mark Dobbie and Andy Oliver, had a successful crowdfunder for a new restaurant. But with the...

28/9/23 - updated with the opening date Last year, top chef Phil Howard (of Michelin-starred Elystan Street) got into London's ever-growing fresh pasta scene with Notto, just off Piccadilly Circus. In...

We've seen a sudden influx of new taco restaurants of late. Two have been from footballers and another incoming taco joint is from a Hollywood star. So it's actually something of a change to see one...

27/9/23 - updated with the opening date If you've been wondering what's going to take over the old Bright space in Netil House then we have the story for you. It's been bought by James Dye - the co-owner of...

It's a good year for the team behind Trailer Happiness. Not only is their OG bar in Notting Hill celebrating its 20th birthday this year, but they're also on the verge of opening a new restaurant...

A new cocktail bar is coming to Brixton that looks like it will be well worth your attention.  It all comes from April Jackson, owner of Wood and Water and who you might have seen on The Apprentice and...

27/9/23 - updated with details of the launch Seven years after they opened their taproom and kitchen in Peckham, London sake brewery Kanpai are on the move. Over the past few years, the self-taught brewers...

Updated 27/9/23 with imagery and menu details A new Honey and Co is on the way from Sarit Packer and Itamar Srulovich. It's their second time in Bloomsbury as they get ready to open Honey & Co...

  They must be doing very well in Holborn, because the team behind Colonel Saab are about to unveil a second restaurant.  Opening about two years after they launched the first place, they've taken over the...