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Set firmly in the Mayfair triangle, new Turkish opening Chargal is hoping to woo Londoners in with three storeys of mezze, refined Turkish dining and a late-night club in the basement. It's taken...

Although most of the current buzz around everyone's favourite Indian cafe, Dishoom, has recently been around their planned expansion to New York, it seems they're also looking at extending their...

Urban Pubs and Bars, the team that owns pubs like The Gun in Spitalfields as well as the Salt Yard group, are gearing up to launch their next big pub. In September, they took over the St John's...

That smash burger trend hasn't come even close to finishing, with another launch, this time inside a City pub. Having started last week, newcomer Off The Street are serving up their burgers inside...

Pizzarova has four pizzerias in Bristol, having first opened back in 2013, and before that they had started life selling pizzas off the back of a landrover (which is where the name comes from). Now, for...

24/10/25 - updated with the opening date For the past year, Northern Thai restaurant Khao Bird (which originally started life as pop-ups in Brighton) has had a very successful residency above The...

23/10/25 - updated with the opening date When they opened in Soho last year, Supernova were an instant hit. It certainly helped that they carefully cultivated scarcity by only opening at certain...

It's always the main restaurant awards of the season. Find out when the 2026 Michelin stars for London and the UK are being announced - and what to expect.

They've been helping out with the launch of The Marlborough pub, but now The Devonshire team look to have lined up their own next big opening. 

The Donovan Bar in Brown's Hotel has been host to some pretty interesting residencies in the past few months, including Andrew Wong, Mitch Tonks and Tom Kitchin. But for their next, they're going a...

They've been a mainstay of Brixton Village for the past eight years, now the same team behind Guzzl deli are opening Guzzl Canteen, a gourmet hot dog and rum bar. Keeping it local, the team are...

Until now, the team behind Mr Bao and Daddy Bao have been mainly south of the river (Westfield outlet notwithstanding) and solely about Taiwanese cooking. But now they're coming to London Fields,...

Updated 21/10/25 with opening date Following the closure of their two Covent Garden restaurants, we've been wondering what the Petersham Nurseries team were going to do next. Now we have our answer, of...

21/10.25 - updated with the opening date It's been big in Thailand and now Khao-Sō-i is coming to Fitzrovia, bringing its Northern Thai soul food menu.  The restaurant started in Chiang Mai (before...

20/10/25 - updated with a name and more details In recent months, there had been a flurry of activity on the riverbank at Richmond where the old Pitcher & Piano used to be. It's a huge site, with...

After a few fallow years, Shoreditch's food scene has come roaring back. We've had the likes of One Club Row, Singburi and Angelina open there. Now, hoping to make a similar impact, is a high end...

20/10/25 - updated with opening details. It's all change for Fergus Henderson and Trevor Gulliver's teeny bakery in Neal's Yard with the news that they've moved to bigger and better premises. The...