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  A brand new 5-star hotel, The Mitre, is opening right next to Hampton Court very soon. The building has been there for a few hundred years now but it's just had a boutique hotel overhaul. Ahead of the...

Mark Jarvis, best known for launching Anglo, as well as Stem and Neo Bistro, is getting ready for his next project. He's joined Liv restaurant in Belgravia (which opened last year) as Chef Director and...

They've already caused an Insta storm with their beautiful pastries and perfect pastas, now London bakery Pophams has designs on your interiors. A week ago they launched Pophams Home - an online...

If you’re a fan of the steaks, the fish and chips, and the Guinness at Mayfair pub The Guinea Grill (take a number) and often struggle to get a table, then its renowned pub manager Oisin Rogers has...

The Hoxton hotel in Holborn has a new restaurant which brings together an ex-St John chef and one of the people behind Quality Chop House. We head down for a look. 

A Hot Dinners exclusive One of London's coolest bars reopens tonight with a hot new food offering. Tayēr + Elementary by Alex Kratena and Monica Berg created quite the stir when it first opened (you...

Dalston has itself a new pizza parlour and it looks like this might be a bit special. Gordo's comes from Jesse Elias, who has previously been the senior GM at Yard Sale in Clapton before going it...

Sabrina Ghayour's new cookbook, Simply: Easy everyday dishes, is already a bestseller on Amazon even though it's only been out for just over a week. But if you like to try before you buy, then you...

Their kabab kits are coming in for high praise and now Berenjak is going one step further with the launch of Berenjak Bazaar - designed to be a one-stop-shop for Persian feasting.  As well as the...

We've mentioned a few times about how impressed we've been with the release of so many great meal kits both during the lockdown and since. Some companies have emerged that work specifically on...

Now there's a new way to start the weekend in London - with fresh waffles and bellinis at the never-knowingly-understated Bob Bob Ricard...

The Ned's epic Sunday Feast buffet is back in action, post lockdown. We went to see how a Covid-era buffet works in practice. 

Now this is a story to warm the cockles of your heart. Last night Twitter user Mehnaz took to social media to try and drum up some support for her dad's restaurant in Aldgate.

London gets the first UK outpost of this popular Dubai chain which promises an authentic Turkish experience. 

Instagram fave Bubblewrap are unveiling a new store, this time in the heart of Covent Garden. Expect all the popular flavours and some special exclusives for the new store too. 

27/8/20 - updated with details of an extended residency After being without Tomos Parry's excellent Brat restaurant for a few months - it returned in two different incarnations.  Over the past month,...

They already had a small, popular restaurant in Mayfair and now Japanese restaurant Taka are heading to Marylebone, where The Providores used to be. A much larger space, they'll have lots of new...

Gunpowder are known for their excellent Kashmiri chops. Now they have an at-home version of them - we tried it out.

Akoko is the first project from last year’s Masterchef: The Professionals finalist William JM Chilila. He'll be opening this West-African influenced restaurant in Fitztovia