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The Maine brings New England to London in a restored Georgian townhouse

Information: 12 October 2021

Hanover Square is getting a very impressive-sounding new restaurant in the shape of The Maine. It's part of a full redevelopment of a 18th-century Georgian townhouse, so it's going to look pretty...

Mei Mei chef Elizabeth Haigh accused of plagiarism by NY chef Sharon Wee

Information: 11 October 2021

A well known London chef and cookbook author has been accused of plagiarism by a New York chef. Elizabeth Haigh, who runs Mei Mei in Borough Market, published her first book Makan this summer...

Fallow moves to permanent digs at St James's Market

Information: 11 October 2021

Popular Heddon Street restaurant Fallow is on the move. Having started out life as a 12 week pop-up at 10 Heddon Street back in 2020 (and then extended well beyond that), they've finally found a...

El Norte is a new high-end Spanish restaurant for Mayfair

Information: 11 October 2021

The people behind Kensington's Latin American restaurant Zuaya and Como Garden, the Italian restaurant next door, are looking to Spain for inspiration for their next restaurant, El Norte. This time...

Langan's Brasserie gets ready to reopen following a major refurb

Information: 08 October 2021

Updated 8/10/21 with menu details Langan's Brasserie was one of the true legends of the London dining scene, with the restaurant being the place to be seen at back in the 70s and 80s. Originally...

Pall Mall gets a new underground champagne bar from Searcys

Information: 08 October 2021

It's been a movie set for films like The Dark Knight, Gandhi and upcoming release Infinite, now 116 Pall Mall has thrown open its doors to the public with the opening of a new underground bar. Called...

Adesse at Selfridges is US celebrity vegan chef Matthew Kenney's new London restaurant

Information: 08 October 2021

Updated 12/10/21 with opening date We'll confess we hadn't heard of American chef Matthew Kenney before. But it turns out he's a pretty big deal, with more than 40 restaurants around the world and a...

Clapham's Studio Voltaire is reopening with a new café from Italian Supper Club

Information: 08 October 2021

Clapham art gallery Studio Voltaire is reopening after a major £2.8 million redevelopment and as part of that, they're also launching a brand new cafe. Called The Café at Studio Voltaire (yes,...

Atul Kochhar's next restaurant is Masalchi in Wembley

Information: 08 October 2021

8/10/21 - Updated with opening date and menu details You wait ages for an Atul Kochhar restaurant and then two turn up at once. The chef isn't happy with just opening Mathura in Westminster, he's...

Test Driving The Seafood Bar - huge seafood platters in Soho

Information: 07 October 2021

The Seafood Bar has made the trip from Amsterdam to open in Soho. We went to try their huge seafood platters...

Le Petit Beefbar hits Chelsea

Information: 06 October 2021

The latest global restaurant chain to arrive in London is Beefbar. The meaty menu restaurant first opened in Monaco and since then has grown with branches in Saint-Tropez, Milan, Mykonos and Sao...

Atul Kochhar is opening Mathura, a huge restaurant in a former Westminster fire station

Information: 06 October 2021

Following up from the opening of Kanishka in Mayfair, Atul Kochhar has taken over a huge space in Westminster for his next restaurant, Mathura.

World's 50 Best Restaurants list sees Noma regain the No 1 position for 2021

Information: 05 October 2021

The World's 50 Best Restaurants awards are back - and Noma is at the top again. Antwerp was the scene for this year's announcement - the first for two years. The festivities kicked off with Massimo...

Test Driving Trattoria Brutto - Russell Norman's ode to Florence is a winner

Information: 05 October 2021

Russell Norman, the man who brought us Polpo, is back with a brand new place in Farringdon that's influenced by the restaurants of Florence. We went down for an early look.

Anglo chef Mark Jarvis brings 1771 to Belgravia

Information: 05 October 2021

The man behind Anglo, Mark Jarvis, is getting ready to open his next restaurant, 1771 - taking over the space from Liv (which also had a menu by Jarvis). In its new guise, the menu aims to offer...

Warehouse in Covent Garden sees ex-Silo chef open The Conduit Club's first public restaurant

Information: 05 October 2021

Sustainability is such an easy buzzword for London restaurants to bandy about, but when it's used by a chef who used to head up the kitchen at Silo, you can feel pretty confident he knows what he's...

Figaro's Bar recreates a piece of Provence in Piccadilly's Trocadero

Information: 05 October 2021

Things are changing at The Trocadero. This giant shopping and entertainment centre has been largely dormant for years, but now a host of new openings there are shaking things up.

How to watch the World's 50 Best Restaurants 2021 announcement

Information: 05 October 2021

If you're looking to watch the ceremony for the World's 50 Best Restaurants announcement today, then look no further.

Pierre Koffmann is bringing back his iconic pig's trotter dish for delivery

Information: 04 October 2021

One of London's iconic (and we don't use that word lightly) dishes is coming back. Revered chef Pierre Koffmann (who seems to be making it his mission in 'retirement' to visit every restaurant in...

Les 2 Garcons bring traditional French food to Crouch End

Information: 04 October 2021

It looks as though Crouch End has just got itself a rather interesting new restaurant. Les 2 Garcons opened up a few weeks back, taking over the old Nickel site on Crouch Hill (Nickel's moved to...

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