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A Dubai ramen restaurant feted by both Michelin and the World's 50 Best Restaurants list is coming to London. Kinoya Ramen was this year marked as the One To Watch on the Middle Eastern and North...

A South African steakhouse from Australia is the latest international restaurant group to set its sights on London - and Mayfair in particular. The Meat & Wine Co is the brainchild of founder...

It looks like a new outpost for Whitechapel's Xi’an Biang Biang Noodles is on the horizon. As reported by industry newsletter Propel, they're looking to open in Covent Garden next, taking over from...

When it comes to football, Boxpark Croydon really has carved a space out for itself as the place to be. However, with the World Cup coming up in November, a new contender to the crown is incoming.  Skylight...

The largest Moët & Chandon Champagne bar in Europe has just opened at Harrods. We pulled up a stool at the bar to check it out. 

We've got a double portion of Greggs news for you today. First, the bad news. Last week the pastry purveyors failed to persuade Westminster Council of the merits of having their flagship Leicester...

You may have seen the news about Welsh restaurant Ynyshir heading up the National Restaurant Awards 2022 list and thought, 'I'd love to go, if only it wasn't SO far away'. Well, the good news is...

Two months after she opened her Mexican restaurant, Cavita, chef Adriana Cavita is now ready to unveil her cocktail bar and mezcaleria Mayahuel. Situated underneath the restaurant but with its own...

Every year, there's this thing called "Christmas in July", where the big shops all parade their Christmas offerings for the year and it's always this time because of the longer time needed to plan...

Chef Akwasi Brenya-Mensa's Tatale is one of the year's most highly-anticipated openings. We went down to Southwark's new African Centre to check it out.

Ground control to David Bowie fans: Heddon Street will already be familiar to you as the location for the Ziggy Stardust album photo cover in 1972, which is commemorated by a blue plaque. Now, just a...

Six years ago we ran a news story about the move of top pub landlord Oisin Rogers, who was taking over The Guinea Grill in Mayfair. In the intervening years, Rogers has turned the Bruton Place pub...

Chef James Cochran has opened a modern day sports bar down the road from his Islington restaurant. We popped in for a look.

London has its fair share of in-store coffee bars, from Carhartt in King's Cross to the most recently-opened Café Leon Dore in Soho. But the latest to launch, in the heart of Mayfair, may be the...

The latest street food regular to find a permanent place for themselves is Taca Tacos in Deptford.  They've been serving up tacos every week at Brockley Market for three years, along with doing...

19/7/22 - Updated with the opening date Ukrainian Chef Yurii Kovryzhenko has been an ambassador of Ukrainian cuisine for years, something that has only taken on greater importance in recent months...

Top pastry chef Angelo Musa has opened his first patisserie outside Paris. We took the lift up to the fourth floor of Harrods to check it out.

If you're a Canary Wharf worker or resident, you'll have known by now that Wood Wharf is where all the interesting new openings are at. So far we've had Hawksmoor, Caravan and Emilia's Crafted Pasta...

As Londoners got to grips with the heatwave, the City of London turned out to be the hottest place of all last night. Billingsgate was the venue for the 2022 reveal of the World's 50 Best...

It's been a while since the last Salt Yard opening, but that's about to change. The Spanish/Italian restaurant originally opened in Fitzrovia before adding a few more restaurants to the group - ...