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Din Tai Fung are opening a restaurant in Selfridges for all your post-shopping dumpling needs

Information: 27 January 2022

27/1/22 - updated with booking details We've been waiting an age for Din Tai Fung to launch their Centre Point restaurant. So long, in fact, that they're getting ready to open another restaurant in...

Richoux 2.0 is reopening in Mayfair and it sounds promising

Information: 27 January 2022

Classic London cafe Richoux had been on the same spot in Mayfair for 100 years before it closed its doors last year. But now it's about to re-open under the same name. Taking over the space are Jamie...

Top Burmese restaurant Lahpet is opening in Covent Garden

Information: 27 January 2022

27/1/22 - updated with opening date They started life as a stall on Maltby Street before becoming a popular Shoreditch restaurant - and now Lahpet are heading to the centre of town for their biggest...

Mildreds takes over the old Angus Steakhouse on St Martin's Lane

Information: 26 January 2022

It's good news for anyone looking for a plant-based spot to book in London's theatre district. Mildreds is opening on St Martin's Lane this spring. This'll be the vegan restaurant group's sixth...

Fuwa Fuwa bring their Japanese soufflé pancakes to Soho

Information: 26 January 2022

If you're on Food Tok you'll know that Japanese souffle pancakes are A Big Thing. There are countless videos of the fluffy delights being flipped on the grill before being topped with all manner of...

Marsha chicken restaurant is coming to Kingly Court

Information: 26 January 2022

We've discovered news of Marsha, a chicken restaurant that's on the way to Kingly Court. It seems to be taking over from the previous chicken restaurant, Whyte and Brown (and may also be from the...

Dan's wine bar opens in Dalston

Information: 26 January 2022

Dalston Junction is becoming quite the oenophiles dream destination with the addition of yet another interesting-sounding wine bar. Joining the likes of Weino Bib and Newcomer Wines is dan's, a...

Test Driving Hawksmoor Wood Wharf - steaks on the water in Canary Wharf

Information: 25 January 2022

Hawksmoor's latest steak restaurant is a little different from the others - this one's floating on the water at Canary Wharf. We got on board for a Test Drive.

Top 50 gastropubs revealed - Unruly Pig tops the list, The Guinea is the best in London

Information: 25 January 2022

The reveal of the Top 50 Gastropubs of 2022 yesterday makes it the first big awards of the year to be announced. Topping the list for the first time is The Unruly Pig, the Suffolk pub with chef Dave...

Great British Menu returns in 2022 with Tom Kerridge, Nisha Katona and Ed Gamble as judges

Information: 24 January 2022

24/1/22 - Updated with more news about the series In big news for the legions of Great British Menu fans, the BBC revealed that the series is returning... with an all-new judging panel. Probably the...

Truffle Burger are bringing all the truffles to The City

Information: 21 January 2022

They've started out as street food before getting a permanent space in Soho last year and now Truffle Burger are getting bigger, with a new restaurant in The City. As before, and the name really...

The Wong Kar Wine team are heading to London from St Petersburg

Information: 21 January 2022

We were sad to see the back of Corazon, Soho's popular taco spot which failed to make it out of lockdown. Now there's news of what's going to take its place. It'll be a new restaurant from the team...

Caia is a new wine bar for Golborne Road

Information: 21 January 2022

Rishabh Vir and Tim Lang, two of the people behind Portobello restaurant Fiend, are getting ready to open something new in the area. This time they're taking over a site that was last a Flat Iron...

Test Driving Sarap Filipino Bistro - Heddon Street's latest flavour sensation

Information: 20 January 2022

Following on from his Brixton spot, chef Budgie Montoya has landed at Heddon Street with a bistro version of his Filipino dishes. We went along for the ride.

Camberwell is getting a bouji new grocery, Gladwell's

Information: 19 January 2022

Camberwell residents are soon going to have the perfect place to buy their daily comestibles when Gladwell's opens its doors this spring. The former Grade II listed bank will reopen as a grocery...

Commercial Road's historic Victorian funeral parlour becomes burger bar

Information: 19 January 2022

From Victoria funeral parlour to burger joint, a listed building in Limehouse is coming back to life after years of neglect. Francis J Walters on Commercial Road used to have the most ornate facade,...

Silverleaf will be a destination cocktail bar for The City

Information: 19 January 2022

The City isn't blessed with an abundance of the best cocktail bars right now, but that looks about to change with the latest addition to the new Pan Pacific hotel. The hotel opened before Christmas,...

Flat Iron Square has moved

Information: 19 January 2022

If you've been a fan of Flat Iron Square near London Bridge, then next time you go back be warned that it's now somewhere else. Yes, because of ongoing development in the area, you'll now find them in...

Test Driving Carmel - Berber & Q shifts up a gear in Queen's Park

Information: 18 January 2022

The team behind Berber and Q have a new restaurant in Queen's Park that's something of a departure for them, We went along for a Test Drive.

The Ledbury is reopening

Information: 17 January 2022

Updated 7/2/22 with reopening date and booking info The Ledbury was one of the first casualties of the first lockdown back in 2020, with Brett Graham making a somewhat abrupt decision not to reopen...

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