News & reviews

Test Driving Pavyllon - top French chef Yannick Alléno takes on London

Information: 17 July 2023

Yannick Alléno is a hugely influential chef in France with multiple Michelin stars to his name. Pavyllon sees him bringing his cooking to London - we went down to try it out.

Galaxy Restaurant and Karaoke is coming to Liverpool Street

Information: 17 July 2023

We’re here for those of you who wish to emote into a microphone while enjoying a cracking Chinese meal. You’ll know exactly what we’re talking about if you’ve experienced Galaxy Restaurant & Karaoke...

BAO are coming to Battersea Power Station with their second noodle shop

Information: 16 July 2023

If you haven’t been to check out all the food options at the rejuvenated Battersea Power Station yet, we’re about to give you another reason. Following on the success of their noodle shop format in...

Simpson's in the Strand is selling off the silverware (and lots more)

Information: 14 July 2023

Simpson's on the Strand has had something of a troubled history of late. It was one of London's truly iconic restaurants, originally opening as a club in the early 1820s, before becoming a coffee...

Big Penny Social creates Walthamstow-on-Sea with a big city beach

Information: 14 July 2023

Can't quite make the time to get away to the beach this summer? Well if you're near Walthamstow, the beach is coming to you. Big Penny Social have created Walthamstow-on-Sea (or at least "on...

Outcrop sees the AngloThai and Luca teams pop up at 180 Strand

Information: 14 July 2023

14/7/22 - updated with new photos of Outcrop We've been waiting for the opening of AngloThai by John and Desiree Chantarasak but while it looks like we'll have to wait a while longer for that, they...

Origin City opens, courtesy of the 56 West Smithfield Wine Bar team

Information: 13 July 2023

When you’re already running an exceptional wine bar and shop, the next step is surely to launch a restaurant. That’s the philosophy from the team at 56 West Smithfield wine bar who have just opened...

Chef Tom Sellers is opening Dovetale in Mayfair

Information: 13 July 2023

13/07/23 - updated with more details You couldn't really get more of a prime London spot to open a restaurant than the corner of Piccadilly and Berkeley Street, so Tom Sellers has chosen well for...

Restaurant and music venue Soul Mama coming to Islington from musician YolanDa Brown

Information: 12 July 2023

Everyone likes a positive story in these challenging times, and we can bring you something truly groundbreaking: a Kickstarter campaign that has set a new global record for restaurant fundraising...

Test Driving Studio Gauthier - the French chef takes his vegan food to a new audience

Information: 11 July 2023

Studio Gauthier sees chef Alexis Gauthier bring some of the extremely accomplished (and Michelin-starred) cooking from his Soho restaurant to a more casual affair in Fitzrovia. We went down for a...

Chefs Tom Cenci and Ivan Tisdall-Downes collaborate with grass fed Irish Beef on their summer menus

Information: 11 July 2023

Irish Beef’s ‘Great Taste Comes Naturally’ summer is here and chefs Tom Cenci (of Nessa) and Ivan Tisdall-Downes (of Native) are celebrating grass fed Irish beef.

Brat's Tomos Parry is opening Mountain in Soho

Information: 11 July 2023

11/7/23 - updated with the new photos We've been hearing for a while about an upcoming new Soho restaurant from Tomos Parry (the man behind Brat in Shoreditch) and now we've finally got some actual...

Half Cut Market in Kentish Town announces its first permanent head chef

Information: 10 July 2023

It has been trading for over 18 months as a restaurant, wine bar, deli and shop and now Half Cut Market is taking things to another level, by appointing Jack Newton as its first permanent head chef. Originally...

World Famous Gordos get ready to serve their pizzas at Netil Market

Information: 08 July 2023

8/7/23 - updated with the opening date Back in 2020, we reported on the arrival of an interesting new pizzeria in Dalston, going by the name of Gordos. It came from an ex-GM at Yard Sale, Jesse...

Provisions Hackney is opening its wine bar

Information: 07 July 2023

When Provisions opened in Hackney last year, the plan was for it to be like the original on Holloway Road - a shop during the day and a wine bar at night. The pandemic and staff shortages threw...

Plateau in Canary Wharf has closed

Information: 07 July 2023

D&D restaurants have been shutting a few places recently as they restructure, with Avenue and Radici both closing earlier this year. But arguably their highest-profile closure so far is Plateau in...

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...