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St Christopher's Place has upgraded its Italian restaurant offering. Taking over the space long held by Carluccios is Isola. It's the latest opening from the San Carlo Group (who run Alto on the...

SW18 residents looking for a fun night out this festive season will soon have something close to home that's just the ticket for friends and family gatherings. Not only is Strike going to be South West...

The Ferragamo family have brought their Tuscan bistro to the heart of Mayfair. We went along for cocktails and pasta. 

If your favourite part of the Christmas lunch is not the turkey but the Brussels sprouts then Taste of London's festive edition has just the thing for you. The Christmas food festival, which opens in...

If you've been following the Instagram account of Max Halley - the sandwich king behind Max's Sandwich Shop in Crouch Hill - you'll know that he's gone and opened a pub. Max has joined forces with...

  Dipna Anand is best known for her highly-rated Brilliant Restaurant in Southall as well as her own cookery school. Now she's opening a restaurant at Somerset House (taking over the space last held by...

  Bob Bob Cité has transformed into Bob Bob Ricard City. We head down to see just what's changed and to press that Champagne button...

Updated with confirmation of Daniel Humm's departure There's big (and surprising) news from the Claridge's camp this week. All was not well, it seems, in the land of Davies and Brook. The problem...

Londoners love their chicken wings and when the next big opening has a huge name behind it, it's a good bet that Another Wing ought to do well. The music man in question is DJ Khaled who yesterday...

The people who opened The Light Bar in Shoreditch earlier this year have quietly opened their second place - a new pub across town in Marylebone. Flowerhouse looks quite different from your standard...

A new cafe by day/wine bar by night is heading to The City. Where's Fred comes from Chelsea Finch, who's also behind the District cafés in Parsons Green, Mayfair and Nine Elms. The food menu is...

Boasting impressive views over Trafalgar Square, this high rise sushi restaurant mixes Japanese techniques with British produce. We took the lift up to the top floor to check it out.

Updated 10/11/21 with more info on the Vinoteca opening We've only just had the opening of the big Hawley Wharf development in Camden and now another new retail and restaurant scheme is getting...

We're all supposed to be multitaskers in the new economy, so we applaud new venture Elephant Stores at Elephant Park in Elephant & Castle which is a multi-use space with three pop up businesses in...

The Barbary has expanded next door with a mini version of itself (and a brand new menu). We head down to Covent Garden to try it out. 

A Hot Dinners exclusive Dalston has a new coffee shop that genuinely sounds like it's adding something new to the area. Its owners are Jakarta-born folk who back in 2018 opened Birmingham's "first and...

If there's a hotter ticket than the prospect of a Sabrina Ghayour supperclub, then we've yet to discover it. The bestselling cookbook author and regular Saturday Kitchen guest has always been well...

It's long been a popular spot in Brixton for Jamaican tapas and boozy brunches, but now Three Little Birds is heading in a new direction. Owner April Jackson is turning her Coldharbour Lane bar into a...

3/11 - Updated with the opening date and details about the menu Given Five Guys' fairly massive rollout across the UK. it was only a matter of time before more US chains started heading this way. We...

3/11/21 - updated with the opening date The team behind Berber & Q, Brothers Josh and Paul Katz and Mattia Bianchi, are getting ready to open a new restaurant in Queen's Park. Carmel will be both a bit...