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Sushi and champagne - Nobu's summer terrace is open for business

Information: 31 May 2023

London's summer terrace game is firmly underway and one that's an easy recommendation is the one at Nobu Hotel London Portman Square. This will be the second year they've teamed up with Champagne...

Test Driving BAO Marylebone - a Taiwanese dumpling house off Oxford Street

Information: 30 May 2023

The BAO team branch out into dumplings with their latest branch, just off Oxford Street. We went to check it out.

Banner's in Crouch End is closing after 30 years

Information: 25 May 2023

Crouch End residents have been reacting to the news that one of the area's longest-running restaurants, Banner's, is getting ready to close its doors for the final time. Owner Juliette Banner made the...

Kachori comes to Elephant Park with an ex-Gymkhana head chef

Information: 25 May 2023

2/6/23 - updated with the opening date Kachori is a new restaurant coming to Elephant Park that looks rather promising. The restaurant takes its influences from Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and...

Lilith & Co is a Diablo IV pop-up shop selling "goremet chocolate"

Information: 25 May 2023

A new pop-up with a difference is about to hit London. Opening as part of the launch of the game Diablo IV (a big deal if you're into gaming), Lilith & Co will be an over-18s-only chocolate shop...

Test Driving 20 Berkeley - high-end British food in a Mayfair townhouse

Information: 25 May 2023

20 Berkeley sees the team behind Sumi and Humo try their hand at "sophisticated British dining" in Mayfair. We went down to their townhouse to check it out.

Larry's Bar will be an underground cocktail bar at the National Portrait Gallery

Information: 25 May 2023

When the National Portrait Gallery reopens this summer after a three-year renovation we were expecting it to feature a rooftop restaurant by Richard Corrigan and a ground floor cafe by the folk at...

Previewing Cantinetta Antinori - luxe yet cosy Italian in Knightsbridge

Information: 25 May 2023

Cantinetta Antinori arrives in Knightsbridge as a joint venture between a global restaurant group and a top Italian winemaker. We popped in to check it out in a recent preview dinner.

5 food and drink things to look out for in this year's RHS Chelsea Flower Show

Information: 24 May 2023

If you're heading down to Chelsea for this year's flower show there are a few food and drink themed gardens and displays, along with some new bars and restaurants. Here's our guide.

Broken Eggs is London's first tortilla restaurant

Information: 24 May 2023

London's already got a restaurant devoted to croquetas, so perhaps it isn't surprising that someone's now decided to open a Spanish restaurant specialising in tortilla. Siblings Gabriel and Marta...

Revamped pub the Earl of Derby and Gengelly's are coming to New Cross

Information: 23 May 2023

With lots of news about pubs closing, it's always good news to hear of those getting a little more love. From Telegraph Hill, New Cross, news reaches us of such a promising pub overhaul. The Earl of Derby is...

A preview visit to The Campaner at Chelsea Barracks

Information: 23 May 2023

We took in an early doors preview of this new SW1 restaurant, tucked away in the Chelsea Barracks.

Brazilian restaurant Bossa coming to London from a World’s 50 Best chef

Information: 22 May 2023

22/5/23 - updated with opening details Alberto Landgraf, chef patron of two-Michelin-starred Oteque in Rio de Janeiro, ranked 47 on the World’s 50 Best Restaurants list, is bringing some Brazilian flavours...

Wonderland hope to keep carnivores and vegans happy with their Soho burger restaurant

Information: 22 May 2023

Updated 26/6/23 with opening date and launch info You've got to really stand out to make a dent in London's burger scene, so the founders behind new Soho spot Wonderland are hoping that they've got...

Sam's Kitchen sees Sam Harrison launch a cafe in Hammersmith

Information: 22 May 2023

22/5/23 - Updated with the new opening date The Sam Harrison empire in west London is expanding. He's only recently launched Sam's Larder, has Sam's Waterside on the horizon and now he's opening a...

Leo's sees the Juliets team and chef Giuseppe Belvedere opening a restaurant in Clapton

Information: 22 May 2023

Updated 22/5/23 with booking details and opening date The team behind Juliet's Quality Foods have something big planned. Owners Julian Porter and Lauren Johns have teamed up with chef Giuseppe Belvedere...

En Root bring their plant-based Indian food to Tulse Hill's Railway Tavern

Information: 19 May 2023

They only recently launched at The Ritzy in Brixton, but now the Indian-inspired and plant-based food of En Root has opened up in another new home, The Railway Tavern in Tulse Hill. They've just...

Shankey's serves up Indian food with Irish booze in Hackney

Information: 19 May 2023

We'll be honest we missed the opening of Shankey's last year on Dalston Lane and when it moved to Well Street in Hackney last November. But when a reader brought it to our attention recently we had to...

Test Driving The Midland Grand Dining Room - a destination restaurant for King's Cross

Information: 18 May 2023

This glorious-looking hotel restaurant now has a new look to mark chef Patrick Powell's arrival - we took a trip to St Pancras to check it out.

Top Mexico City taqueria Cariñito Tacos is popping up in London at Oranj

Information: 18 May 2023

Having already nailed down one of NYC's coolest roving restaurants as a pop up, Shoreditch wine bar Oranj is keeping the momentum going with their next residency. They've persuaded one of Mexico...

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