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The Breakfast Club and Greggs open up at Gatwick Airport

Information: 31 July 2023

If you've flown out of Gatwick this summer you may have noticed a few new spots to eat and drink in the airport. We thought it might be handy for us to round up all the new openings for you. The...

Morley's, The Standard and Heinz team up for a King's Cross chicken shop with added caviar

Information: 31 July 2023

The fried chicken behemoth that is Morley's (which just opened its 100th store) is trying something a little bit different - a team-up with The Standard hotel and Heinz. They're launching a...

London Fields pub The Prince Arthur scores a hot new head chef

Information: 28 July 2023

With all the comings and goings in the London food world, we took note when The Prince Arthur in London Fields announced the arrival of its new head chef. Joe Couldridge arrives at the pub with a...

Forza Wine are coming to the National Theatre

Information: 28 July 2023

Be it galleries or theatres, it seems that big London institutions have realised that it's now good sense to have an in-house restaurant that's a draw all in itself. Jose Pizarro at The Royal...

A taste of Cornwall at One Aldwych - bringing the south west to the heart of London

Information: 27 July 2023

If you haven't got a trip to the south west booked anytime soon, you can now take an epicurean tour of Cornwall without leaving central London, thanks to a new tasting menu experience at One Aldwych.

Wild Notting Hill is a Wild Tavern spin-off

Information: 26 July 2023

23/9/23 - updated with the opening date Four years after they opened Wild Tavern in Chelsea, the team behind that is opening Wild Notting Hill. It is, as you'll have guessed from the name, in the...

KFC are opening an omakase restaurant in Waterloo - for one day

Information: 26 July 2023

You've got to admire the marketing bods at KFC; whatever they're paying that team is paying dividends. Last year their chicken-fuelled pub in Hammersmith for the World Cup was the talk of the town...

Red Vine brings a British menu and Welsh wines to Clapham

Information: 26 July 2023

A new restaurant has opened up in Clapham that happens to be from the family behind a Welsh vineyard. Red Vine is a neighbourhood restaurant with a modern British via the Med menu and, as you can...

Souvlaki Street to open Evi's, its first permanent London site in East Dulwich

Information: 25 July 2023

25/7/23 - updated with the opening date If thoughts are turning to sunny Greek getaways, then we have the ideal warm-up for you in the form of Athens-inspired food in a new London location. After...

The Berkeley opens its rooftop pool bar in Knightsbridge to all

Information: 25 July 2023

We're always on the lookout for a hot new rooftop bar and the one opening up at The Berkeley sounds on point. There's long been a lovely swimming pool and lounging space up at the top of the...

Lobster roll pop-up kicks off Café Pier's takeover programme in Chelsea

Information: 25 July 2023

Last month we reported on the revival of an early 20th century cabmen's shelter in Chelsea which had been turned into the diminutive Café Pier. Now the riverside spot is about to get its first...

Is Jeremy King's next restaurant just opposite The Wolseley?

Information: 24 July 2023

We recently heard news of Jeremy King's much-anticipated return to the London restaurant scene with The Park. At the same time, the legendary restaurateur let it drop that it was not the only...

Wagamama’s Noodle Lab has returned to Soho

Information: 24 July 2023

Good news for fans of Wagamama’s Noodle Lab. Having closed in Soho’s Dean St in 2020, citing pandemic business-viability reasons, before resurfacing in Old Street in 2021, it’s back to Soho again,...

Solo diners charged double to dine at Alex Dilling at Hotel Cafe Royal

Information: 21 July 2023

Update 25/7/23: The restaurant has just released an update to this story, clarifying its solo dining policy. They say that there is always one or two tables open for solo dining without a minimum...

310 Portobello is The Pelican and Straker's Notting Hill summer pop-up

Information: 21 July 2023

They're two of the hottest places in West London right now and over the course of the summer The Pelican and Straker's have taken over the spot on Portobello Road that was Pizza East for a pop-up. The...

Clapton's 107 wine bar signs up ex St John chef Elliot Hashtroudi for five month residency

Information: 21 July 2023

All eyes have been on the wine bar formerly known as P Franco to see who's taking over cheffing duties now that the bar is properly up and running again. This week we got the answer; they've signed up...

Nest are moving from Hackney to Shoreditch

Information: 21 July 2023

If you’d previously had the pleasure of dining at Hackney’s tiny Nest restaurant over the past few years, then things are on the move – and in a good way. Taking over an impressive Victorian...

Test Driving Mountain - the Brat team's sequel is an unqualified hit

Information: 19 July 2023

Tomos Parry's follow up to his Brat restaurants, Mountain, is a Soho love letter to Spain by way of Wales.

TikTok chef Thomas Straker is opening Flat Bread at Arcade Battersea

Information: 19 July 2023

TikTok darling and Notting Hill restaurateur Thomas Straker is expanding his empire. Today he announced that he'll be opening a new food concept at the upcoming Arcade Battersea. Flat Bread uses the...

Oxeye has closed its doors in Nine Elms

Information: 19 July 2023

Well this is sad news indeed. Last night chef Sven-Hanson Britt put a post up on Instagram announcing the closure of his Nine Elms restaurant Oxeye. It made for heartrending reading. "I’ve tried...

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