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The team behind Camden's Black Cow are opening Epicurus, an American and Middle Eastern diner

Information: 28 April 2023

Ex-Palomar chef Shiri Kraus and Amir Batito have already built a following for their popular Camden steakhouse, The Black Cow. Now the duo are about to open a new diner in Camden's North Yard...

MasterChef finalist Philli Armitage-Mattin takes over Kebab Queen

Information: 27 April 2023

We quickly became big fans of Kebab Queen, the counter restaurant below Le Bab in Covent Garden where everything's served to you on a heated countertop. It all sounds mad, but it works really,...

Test Driving Ploussard - a great neighbourhood restaurant arrives in Battersea

Information: 27 April 2023

The team behind Other Side Fried are trying something very different for their latest opening - a neighbourhood restaurant and wine bar in Battersea. We went down to try it out.

Gordon Ramsay's The Savoy Grill reopens with new wine room and bar

Information: 26 April 2023

After a two month closure, Gordon Ramsay's The Savoy Grill has just thrown open its doors again to show off a brand new look. The main restaurant has been given what they're describing as a Gatsby...

M Restaurant is letting you dine inside a Himalayan salt dining pod in Canary Wharf

Information: 26 April 2023

We've seen dining pods pop up from time to time across London, most notably on the south bank of The Thames, but M Restaurants are doing something a little different with theirs. They're stacking a...

Homies on Donkeys are taking tacos to Leytonstone

Information: 25 April 2023

25/4/23 - Updated with the opening date Homies on Donkeys picked up a big reputation for their tacos at their original Walthamstow location, but they moved on at the end of 2022, and were looking...

Grill 88 serves up luxury surf and turf over at The Biltmore Mayfair

Information: 25 April 2023

It's been almost a year since chef Jason Atherton announced he was parting ways with The Biltmore Mayfair hotel on Grosvenor Square. Since then the hotel has been running the Cafe Biltmore that he...

Test Driving Gouqi - chef Tong Chee Hwee is back in London

Information: 25 April 2023

He headed up the food at Hakkasan for 18 years and now chef Tong Chee Hwee is back with high-end Chinese restaurant Gouqi just off Trafalgar Square. We went to check it out.

Gymkhana is now making "restaurant-quality" home cooking sauces

Information: 25 April 2023

If you'd like to be dining at Gymkhana every other night but the budget can't quite stretch to that, then you'll be very interested in the latest from the restaurant. They've just launched Gymkhana...

Canary Wharf is the next stop for Blacklock's chops

Information: 24 April 2023

24/5/23 - updated with the opening date They last opened in Covent Garden and now Blacklock have their sights set on Canary Wharf's North Dock. They're part of a big influx of restaurants into the...

KERB's summer market at the National Theatre has a table long enough for 200 diners

Information: 24 April 2023

If you enjoy dining out and meeting new people then the arrival of KERB's summer market on the South Bank will be right up your street. This year the street traders are stepping things up a bit with...

Calum Franklin is delivering a special Coronation Pie

Information: 24 April 2023

If you've been missing some Calum Franklin pie action from the pie maker extraordinaire, then you'll be pleased to know that he's making a special return for the coronation with a brand-new pie...

Chishuru chef Adejoké Bakare’s pop-up is coming to Borough Market’s Globe Tavern

Information: 24 April 2023

This summer there's another enticing reason to visit Borough Market, with word of West African chef Adejoké (‘Joké’) Bakare’s forthcoming pop-up at Globe Tavern. The two-month residency, Joké &...

Harvest is Jesse Dunford Wood's new Kensal Rise restaurant

Information: 24 April 2023

24/4/23 - Updated with the opening date Jesse Dunford Wood, the chef behind Parlour and Six Portland Road, is getting ready to open his third restaurant, called Harvest. It'll be his second in...

Chungdam brings Korean BBQ and Pyeonbaek steam boxes to Soho

Information: 21 April 2023

There’s a new place in Soho for all your Korean-BBQ needs, with Chungdam now open on the former YMing Chinese restaurant site. Well-travelled destination diners might twig that it’s named after one...

The Gothic Bar is opening at The Midland Grand Dining Room in King’s Cross

Information: 21 April 2023

If you’re knocking about King’s Cross and looking for a new bar, then why not head for one of London’s major landmarks, the St Pancras Renaissance Hotel (also where the Spice Girls filmed their...

Terra Moderna is a new Antipodean-Italian restaurant in Belsize Park

Information: 21 April 2023

It’s starting to feel like ‘Antipodean-influenced’ needs to be a whole new subgenre of restaurants, such is its rise in London launches. Belsize Park is now home to a modern Italian restaurant that...

Passyunk Avenue comes to Nine Elms, bringing an American dive bar to the US Embassy

Information: 20 April 2023

Every now and again a restaurant or bar will open in what's pretty much the perfect location for it - and that's what it looks like with the latest outpost of Passyunk Avenue. The American dive bar...

Rastro serves up Mediterranean sandwiches and espressos in Bethnal Green

Information: 19 April 2023

An Instagram post by Allegra chef Patrick Powell alerted us to the arrival of a new cafe on Bethnal Green Road. Rastro is the first project from a team who've worked at a range of hospitality...

Amethyst in Mayfair is opening Vinum wine bar underneath its restaurant

Information: 18 April 2023

Back when we first visited Carlo Scotto's restaurant Amethyst, we spotted that there was quite a lovely downstairs bar space. But the exacting chef wanted to get his restaurant operating perfectly...

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