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This new Battersea wine bar is hoping to shake up the way Londoners think about natural wine. We went along to be inspired. 

Updated 8/9/21 with new images We're getting quite used to American steakhouses making their way to the UK but we've always known that we've had a very select few London places which are as good,...

  We may be some way off from knowing when the Night Tube is ever coming back, but there's at least one good sign that late-night eating and drinking in London is back on the cards.  For the first time...

  We gave their delivery kit a Test Drive late last year and now The Barbary Next Door is actually becoming a real life restaurant.  It's taking over what was Jacob The Angel, which is of course right...

There's a changing of the guard at the Kimpton Fitzroy hotel on Russell Square as hotel restaurant experts the Galvin Brothers get ready to take over the space where Neptune was. Where there used to...

18/8/21 - updated with opening menu and opening date Hackney-based fans of Koya will be very happy - they're opening their latest restaurant on Broadway Market (taking over the space where Twigs...

  José Pizarro brings tapas to the RA - we head along to see if that's as great a match as we think it is. 

It's expansion time for another popular restaurant - this time Kanada-Ya who have two new London places opening before the end of the year. So if you've yet to try their tonkotsu ramen, then more...

It's been closed since the first lockdown but now the longstanding Covent Garden restaurant Joe Allen is making a comeback - this time with a little help from Russell Norman (also busy opening his...

7/6/21 - amended with new opening date Islington's Japanese tea room Katsute100 is on the move - they're opening a second tea room, this time in Shoreditch. So, if you're on Brick Lane and suddenly get a...

Promising loaves, if not fishes, the new Bread Ahead Cafe popping up for a six-month residency at Southwark Cathedral is going to be shaking up their food offering. From today, guests heading to the...

You can tell that things are trying to get back to normal with the amount of crazy pop-ups we're seeing. We've already had the Eggslut cloud and the Only Fools & Horses pub - now there's a "walk-in...

We always have an eye out for Yard Sale's collaborations, as they're usually pretty darned good. And their September option sounds pretty much unmissable. This month they've teamed up with sandwich...

Sloane Street now has a new boutique hotel worth checking out. Beaverbrook Town House is the London outpost of the luxury Surrey hotel with 15 suites overlooking Cadogan Gardens. The hotel's Fuji...

If layers of flaky pastry are your thing, then you'll be wanting to know about Criss Cross. Opening in Soho this month, this new cafe and shop is devoted to one thing and one thing only - the...

Antipodean-inspired East London brunch spot Friends of Ours has forged a reputation over the past few years for its amazing brunches. Now it's heading to south west London for its next venture. The team are...

Belgravia's beautiful new Japanese restaurant serves up sushi and more with a Nordic influence. We went to check it out.

The hugely popular Tian Tian Market is once again expanding - and this time it's heading to Bloomsbury (in The Brunswick centre). They're taking over what was the New Look store. If you've yet to...

  Claridges, already home to Davies and Brook, two bars, and another restaurant in the foyer, has managed to eke out some extra space for just one more restaurant. This time, it's down in the belly of...