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Carmel is expanding from Queen's Park to Oxford Circus

Information: 12 March 2024

12/3/24 - updated with the opening date The team behind Carmel, Berber & Q and Shawarma Bar are heading into the West End to open a second Carmel restaurant just off Oxford Circus. They've taken...

Easter Sunday sorted with a Crisp Pizza x Charles Bryant collab

Information: 11 March 2024

His previous pop-ups have seen queues snaking down the riverside in Chelsea but now chef Charles Bryant is hoping to top those with an Easter collaboration that's bound to be a sellout. This Easter he's...

Layers Bakery opens in E14 with ex-Hedone team in charge

Information: 11 March 2024

If your cravings lean towards the freshly baked kind, then you might want to consider joining the queue outside Layers Bakery, which opened a store and cafe down by the waterfront on the Goodluck...

Dream Xi’an in Tower Hill is the latest opening from Master Wei's Guirong Wei

Information: 08 March 2024

Guirong Wei, the chef behind Master Wei, does like to do things quietly. Very much under the radar, she's just opened her latest restaurant Dream Xi’an in Tower Hill. This latest opening, like...

Mountain leads the London restaurants celebrating this year's Star Wine List awards

Information: 08 March 2024

If you're mad into your wines and looking for a good restaurant wine list to work your way through then the reveal of this week's Star Wine lists for the UK is a good starting place. The lists,...

Barra Bourgogne launches as a Spanish-Burgundy pop-up in Highbury

Information: 08 March 2024

Exciting news for North Londoners - we're bringing you news of a new pop up that will satisfy both lovers of Spanish flavours and the wines of Burgundy. After a successful soft-launch weekend in...

Mimosa is the new Mediterranean restaurant at The Langham

Information: 08 March 2024

8/3/24 - Updated with opening details After closing Roux at The Landau, previously run by Michel Roux Jr, the new restaurant at The Langham is about to open. Mimosa will be their main restaurant,...

Test Driving Arlington - Le Caprice is back in a new guise and hotter than ever

Information: 07 March 2024

Jeremy King's return to the London restaurant scene sees him reviving what was Le Caprice as Arlington. We went down to try London's hottest restaurant.

Ixta Belfrage is popping up at The Standard and bringing her king prawn lasagne

Information: 07 March 2024

The Standard has had a run of impressive pop-ups and residencies, and that's continuing into spring as chef Ixta Belfrage takes over their restaurant Isla for three months. Having worked for five...

The Guinea in Mayfair has just got a lot bigger

Information: 06 March 2024

While there's been a LOT of attention on the opening of The Devonshire, there have also been some changes at Oisin Rogers' old Mayfair haunt The Guinea. During Rogers' tenure, we'd heard about some...

Lower Wine Bar opens near Waterloo Station

Information: 06 March 2024

If the seemingly constant threat of train strikes has you on edge, there is a heartening escape route near Waterloo Station and it’s likely to have oenophiles particularly excited. Lower is a wine...

Borough Market’s Oma gets a sibling ground-floor restaurant called Agora

Information: 06 March 2024

Borough Market shows no sign of slowing down with its exciting new restaurant openings. We recently told you about the forthcoming Greek-inspired Oma from David Carter and former Kiln and Sabor...

Test Driving Morchella - Mediterranean excellence in Exmouth Market

Information: 05 March 2024

The people behind Perilla have come to Exmouth Market with a very different European proposition, this time heading to the Med for inspiration. We went down to see what Morchella is all about.

Bangers are opening a permanent breakfast bar in Shoreditch

Information: 05 March 2024

Bangers have been delivering breakfast buns to East London for a while, but now they're getting ready to move to the next level, opening a breakfast bar in Shoreditch. The new place will be...

Trying the Oscar-themed bar menu at 45 Park Lane

Information: 05 March 2024

Didn't get an invite to this year's Academy Awards? Well a Mayfair bar has a menu that allows you to try the exact food the stars will be enjoying post-Oscars.

Anya Hindmarch releases Frosties, Bakes Beans and After Eight scented candles

Information: 04 March 2024

Every summer, Anya Hindmarch brings out ice cream in out-there flavours like soy sauce, baked beans and Kellogg's Frosties. While we have a little longer to wait before this year's batch is...

How Emerald Eats' chicken fillet rolls and spice bags are taking London by storm

Information: 04 March 2024

If you've been wondering what that lengthy queue snaking down Broadway Market at the weekends is for, let us enlighten you. Emerald Eats is an Irish food stall that's gone fully viral over the past few...

Next up from The Oystermen is thirty7 in Covent Garden

Information: 29 February 2024

29/2/24 - updated with more details about the opening They already have a successful restaurant in Covent Garden (which also doubled in size after opening) as well as a wine bar and now The...

Cheeky overnight: Mark Jarvis meets Henry VIII for a Hampton Court revamp at The Mitre

Information: 29 February 2024

Anglo's Mark Jarvis is now in charge of all the food at The Mitre, a hotel that's just across the road from Hampton Court Palace itself. We stayed for a night at the hotel to see what he's cooking...

Bun & Sum brings smash burgers to Hackney

Information: 28 February 2024

They're already a big deal in Mile End and now LA-style halal smash burger specialists Bun & Sum are opening in Hackney too. With Bun & Sim's Farbez Uddin recently crowned best chef at the National...

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