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In Paris and St Tropez they're responsible for a roster of hotter-than-hot restaurants, including Loulou and Girafe, and now the Loulou Groupe are heading to London for their first UK opening. The team have...

New restaurant and bar Boiler & Co is heading to Bankside and has a very interesting chef heading up the menu - Kerth Gumbs. Last seen at Ormer Mayfair, he also made a big splash in the final of...

Piccadilly is getting a stunning new rooftop bar and restaurant.

During the pandemic, one of the restaurants to close was the long-running Bar Boulud, one of two key restaurants at the Mandarin Oriental (the other is Dinner by Heston).  But now they've just...

Having stormed to success in its Heddon Street residency, Fallow has moved up the road to St James. We went to check out their new digs.

They already have two London stores at the Westfield supermalls, but in the run up to Christmas you can now try all manner of sweet treats from My Cookie Dough's first central London popup. This...

Some London restaurants are happy to put up a few baubles and bits of tinsel in the run-up to Christmas and consider themselves fully decorated. Then, there are the places who truly understand the...

Chelsea has a new neighbourhood dining spot. Newly opened at The Cadogan, A Belmond Hotel, on Sloane Street is The LaLee.

After closing their Shoreditch restaurant during lockdown, the folks behind the Jones Family Project have bounced back again and are about to open in Covent Garden. The Jones Family Affair takes...

They already have truffle burgers as their Christmas special, but Shake Shack also have something else pretty special planned for December. Mark Rosati of Shake Shack and Karan Gokani of Hoppers are...

22/11/21 - updated with Yard Sale opening date There's even more pizza on the way as two of London's favourites expand with a couple of new openings.  First off, we have Pizza Pilgrims, who are...

22/11/21 - updated with the opening date After previewing the restaurant in a residency at Brown's, chef Daisuke Hayashi is getting ready to open Roketsu in Marylebone. Hayashi came to London after...

  Updated 22/11/21 with menu details and images Back in 2019, longstanding Mayfair restaurant The Square closed rather abruptly (right in the middle of a lunch service) but we're getting closer to a new...

Tucked down Kingly Street, this all day Carnaby spot comes into its own in the evening with interesting small plates and a great wine list. 

We head to Hackney to try Max Rocha's Cafe Cecilia, a real hidden gem that's definitely worth crossing town for.  

He's well known in Australia where having earned his stripes at top Sydney restaurant ARIA he went on to launch many of his own restaurants. Now chef Roy Ner is hoping to win over a London audience with...

Just opened and taking the place of the departed Adam Handling restaurant, the Belmond-owned Cadogan hotel in Chelsea has opened its new restaurant The LaLee.  Based around one of the hotel's most famed...

Updated 18/11/21 with bakery opening date A new Mediterranean restaurant (and bakery) is coming to the Strand, landing at the 180 Strand building (which is also where the latest Soho House is).  Toklas'...

  18/11/21 - Updated with news of the Croydon opening It's been a long time, but, US burger chain Wendy's is back on these shores - and opening in London too. They originally opened in Reading but their...

Four years after it burst on to the London scene, transforming the perception of the City as a night time destination in one bound, The Ned is heading to New York. As part of general expansion...