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Tendril (mostly) Vegan Kitchen & Bar goes permanent in Mayfair

Information: 07 July 2023

7/7/23 - updated with the opening date Rishim Sachdeva has been popping up with his Tendril restaurant in a couple of spaces, but now he's getting ready to launch the restaurant in its permanent...

Sam Harrison to open Sam's Waterside in The Brentford Project, a restaurant, cafe and deli

Information: 07 July 2023

7/7/23 - updated with a new launch date Restaurateur Sam Harrison has been a busy man of late. In addition to his riverside restaurant Sam's Riverside, he's opened two deli concepts, Sam's Larder -...

Market Place Peckham is reopening with a new look and new food

Information: 06 July 2023

Good news if you’ve missed the Peckham outlet of the hugely popular Market Place food halls. After closing earlier this year for a revamp, Market Place Peckham is coming back, baby. It was the very...

Test Driving Little Pizza Hicce - the Hicce team create a top pizzeria in Islington

Information: 06 July 2023

The Hicce Hart team have expanded just across the road in Islington with Little Pizza Hicce. We went down to check out their very unique pizzas.

My Neighbours The Dumplings are the latest Seed Library residency in Shoreditch

Information: 06 July 2023

Shoreditch's Seed Library, the bar from Ryan Chetiyawardana (Mr Lyan) below the One Hundred Shoreditch hotel, has been getting some pretty great residencies in. They've already had Norman's Cafe and...

The Avocado Show is coming to Covent Garden

Information: 05 July 2023

5/7/23 - updated with the opening date Is Covent Garden ready for two avocado-based restaurants? There's already an Avobar near the Piazza, but now we hear news that The Avocado Show is getting...

Test of time - we make a return visit to SOLA

Information: 04 July 2023

As this Soho restaurant breaks into the top 40 section of the National Restaurant Awards list we felt it was time for a return visit to Victor Garvey's Californian fine dining spot on Dean Street.

Yard Sale and Sonora Taqueria team up for a special pizza, La Sonorense

Information: 04 July 2023

They've only just opened in Stoke Newington, but the great Sonora Taqueria are already getting ready for their first big collaboration. Sonora's Michelle Salazar de la Rocha and Sam Napier are teaming up...

Four Hundred Rabbits Pizza comes to Battersea Rise

Information: 30 June 2023

Breeding like…well, rabbits, the next London site for Four Hundred Rabbits Pizza has just been announced and it’s another win for South London; it’s in Battersea Rise. Already operating outlets in Crystal...

New Italian restaurant 64 Old Compton Street to open in Soho

Information: 30 June 2023

Struggling to find somewhere in Soho to eat on a sultry summer’s evening but everything is fully booked? Got a friend who can never find the restaurant location? We can help with both of these...

Test Driving Larry's - the glamorous new dive bar at the National Portrait Gallery

Information: 29 June 2023

London has a new cocktail bar that definitely shouldn't be left to the tourists visiting the National Portrait Gallery. We find ourselves very much falling for Larry's.

Taking to the rooftop for the Florattica weekend brunch

Information: 29 June 2023

If you love a rooftop brunch then new City restaurant Florattica is the place to go

Michelin-starred chef Paul Foster brings the beef-focused Grassfed to Camden's Hawley Wharf

Information: 28 June 2023

Chef Paul Foster already has a Michelin-starred restaurant to his name in Stratford-Upon-Avon, called Salt, but now he's getting ready to open in London too. He'll be taking over a space in Camden's Hawley...

The Dorchester rooftop bar is reopening with an English country garden makeover

Information: 28 June 2023

You know it's definitely summer when The Dorchester reopens its rooftop bar. This year the space will bring the English country garden vibes and serve up an all-day brunch menu by the hotel's...

64 Goodge Street is the latest opening from the team behind Clipstone and Portland

Information: 27 June 2023

It's been a while since we had a brand new opening from the people behind Quality Chop House, The Woodhead Restaurant Group. They're also the people who brought us Fitzrovia restaurants Clipstone...

Test Driving Bellanger - the Islington grand cafe gets a new look

Information: 27 June 2023

Bellanger in Islington has just had a lot of work done. We went back to see the brand-new look and also look at how the menu has adapted to a more Mediterranean outlook.

The Tate Modern is launching new riverside bar and cafe, Corner

Information: 26 June 2023

London's galleries are shaking things up a little. We've only just had the reopening of The National Portrait Gallery with Larry's in the basement and Richard Corrigan on the rooftop and now Tate...

Test Driving Claridge's Restaurant - a new era for the Mayfair hotel's dining scene

Information: 22 June 2023

After 18 months closure, Claridge's has a new restaurant called... Claridges Restaurant. We were first in the door to look at the new room and try the new menu.

Anya Hindmarch's Ice Cream Project is back - this year's flavours include Branston pickle and petit pois

Information: 22 June 2023

Last year, the launch of Anya Cafe's ice cream pop-up from Anya Hindmarch caused a bit of a stir. Rather than use plain old flavours like vanilla, they had mayonnaise, ketchup and even Lee and...

Estelle Manor is the latest Cotswolds opening to entice Londoners out of the city

Information: 22 June 2023

A few weeks back we brought you news of Aynho Park, a frankly epic undertaking opening in the Cotswolds with five new restaurants. Now we're back with details of a new place to entice Londoners out of...

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