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Bébé Bob adds vodka-battered nuggets to the menu

Information: 13 March 2024

They already have some pretty special Landes chicken on the menu at Bébé Bob, which we've tried, but now they're adding even more chicken to the menu - vodka-battered nuggets. Once again made using...

Viral brunch spot Apple Butter is opening a second cafe, off Oxford Circus

Information: 13 March 2024

With perma queues outside its Seven Dials restaurant, it was only a matter of time before the super popular brunch spot Apple Butter opened a second place in London. And so it has come to pass...

Yard Sale Pizza's next stop is Tufnell Park

Information: 13 March 2024

There's no sign of slowing Yard Sale down, as they're just gearing up to open their twelfth pizzeria. This time they're heading north to Tufnell Park, and that also means they'll be delivering to...

Sons + Daughters are reopening in King's Cross with a new menu and evening cocktails

Information: 13 March 2024

Fans of the creative sandwich shop Sons + Daughters in Coal Drops Yard have been kicking their heels this year waiting for it to reopen after a major refurb. Well, today we bring you good news. Not...

Los Mochis London City is their new rooftop restaurant in Broadgate

Information: 12 March 2024

12/3/24 - updated with the opening date Following the success of their Notting Hill restaurant, and their recent omakase counter Juno, Los Mochis are heading to the rooftops, opening a new...

Ex-Petrus head chef Larry Jayasekara to open The Cocochine in Mayfair

Information: 12 March 2024

12/3/24 - updated with new photos, details and an opening date. A long time coming (we first wrote about this back in 2022), Larry Jayasekara has finally confirmed details about his first solo...

Hot Dinners marks the 10th anniversary of The Murphia List with a party at Sea Containers Events

Information: 12 March 2024

It was fitting that the party for Hot Dinners' 10th Murphia List was somewhere appropriately jaw-dropping. And where better than the Cucumber Bar at Sea Containers Events, where the floor to ceiling views...

Test Driving Bruno - a jewel of a wine bar in Victoria Park Village

Information: 12 March 2024

Michael Sager's new Victoria Park wine bar, Bruno, is a really personal project. We popped over to take a look.

Three Sheets are opening a cocktail bar in Soho

Information: 12 March 2024

12/3/24 - updated with the opening date They've been very popular in Dalston, and now Three Sheets are getting ready to open their second bar, this time in Soho. Run by Max and Noel Venning, the...

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...

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