News & reviews

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...

MEATliquor's Clapham bar and diner is one of their biggest yet

Information: 04 October 2021

As they reach their 10th birthday, a new MEATliquor has arrived. This time they've opened in Clapham and it's a bit on the big side.

Jolene neighbourhood bakeries to open in Angel, Shoreditch and Hackney

Information: 04 October 2021

Updated 4/10/21 with opening dates Jolene Bakery and its offshoot Big Jo have been a huge success story of the past few years - you only have to see the queues snaking down from both during lockdown to...

Jinli bring their Sichuan hotpots and more to Camden's Mornington Crescent

Information: 01 October 2021

It's been two years since they opened their flagship restaurant in Chinatown. Now Jinli's Chendu-born restaurateur Yi Fei is heading to North London. He's just opened the restaurant group's fifth...

Naughty Boy is popping up at Boxpark Croydon with a two week kitchen residency

Information: 01 October 2021

Having spent the summer on ITV's Cooking with the Stars, DJ and producer Naughty Boy is heading to Croydon for a two week restaurant residency. The Naughty Boy Kitchen popup will hit BOXPARK Croydon...

Louche is a new late night bar for Soho, with its eye on Soho's past

Information: 01 October 2021

A new bar is heading to Soho, taking over the space that used to hold 68 & Boston on Greek Street. From the same people behind the Records bars (Venn St, Northcote and Eastcheap) Louche is looking to...

Uncle Roger is doing deliveries and a London pop-up with Matsudai Ramen

Information: 01 October 2021

1/10/21 - updated with the location of the pop-up If you're one of Uncle Roger's (aka comedian Nigel Ng) legions of fans, you'll probably have seen his video last night with news of his upcoming...