News & reviews

Manakish & Naanza bring flatbreads to Covent Garden

Information: 30 April 2021

Coming to Covent Garden this summer is a new restaurant that's all about two types of flatbread: manakish or naan. They're taking over an old Starbucks (we're noticing a trend of chain coffee shops...

Jollibee's Filipino Fried chicken is coming to Leicester Square

Information: 30 April 2021

30/4/21 - updated with the opening date. While we don't think the queues are going to be quite as long (over 10 hours) as the ones when they opened in Earl's Court, the news that Jollibee is opening on...

Test Driving The Mash Inn - a long lunch you won't want to end

Information: 29 April 2021

The Mash Inn has taken to alfresco dining with aplomb - this is a country restaurant that fully embraces the concept of a long lunch.

Eataly London arrives in Broadgate - a full guide to the restaurants, shops and more

Information: 29 April 2021

The Italian food and wine marketplace gets ready to open their first London opening in the heart of the City at Broadgate.

Iconic Soho restaurant Vasco & Piero's Pavilion has closed

Information: 28 April 2021

You win some. You lose some. No sooner were we able to share the news that Notting Hill's The Cow had survived its license review by Westminster council, than the story dropped that one of Soho's...

Notting Hill's The Cow pub succeeds in battle for survival

Information: 28 April 2021

Update 28/4/21 - looks like good things do happen to nice people, as we've just heard that Westminster Council has approved the pub's reopening. "We thank you from the bottom of our hearts for the...

Cin Cin Italian restaurant makes the leap from Brighton to London

Information: 28 April 2021

Updated 28/4/21 with menu and opening date A new Italian restaurant is coming to Fitzrovia, via Brighton. The original Cin Cin has been a hit and also won a Michelin Bib Gourmand. They've now...

An immersive and interactive football bar is coming to the O2

Information: 28 April 2021

We've had bars where you can play cricket, and where you can enjoy darts and crazy golf, now we have one where you can play football. Opening up in the O2 is Toca Social, which mixes up food and...

The Courtyard at Treehouse is the latest hotel forecourt to turn alfresco restaurant

Information: 28 April 2021

Continuing our intermittent series on London hotels who have repurposed their entrances into alfresco restaurants (so far we've had The Dorchester and The Savoy), now the Treehouse Hotel London on...

Flat Iron launches their ultimate steak sandwich

Information: 28 April 2021

There's definitely a sense of normality returning when restaurants start launching special dishes - and Flat Iron's new steak sandwich looks like it's worth emerging from lockdown for. Designed by their...

The World's 50 Best Restaurants awards returns for 2021

Information: 27 April 2021

It skipped a year for 2020, for obvious reasons, but the World's 50 Best ceremony is making a comeback later this year. Plans have been confirmed for the awards ceremony to take place on 5 October...

Harry Morgan in St John's Wood is closing down

Information: 27 April 2021

News broke on social last night that one of London's best known Jewish delis was about to close its doors for good. Harry Morgan first opened in St John's Wood way back in 1948, winning itself a...

My Local Kitchen is delivering meals from top chef Garry Hollihead

Information: 27 April 2021

While restaurants are slowly getting back to business, the delivery side of hospitality has been changed forever by the pandemic and various lockdowns. But while some restaurants are backing away...

Cinco de Mayo at home - James Cochran bosses the easy chicken dinner kit

Information: 27 April 2021

In the run-up to this year's Cinco de Mayo, while many restaurants are still waiting to open one Islington restaurant has put together a party kit that's easy to knock up at home. James Cochran's 12:51...

Test Driving the Black Axe Mangal box - BAM classics to your door

Information: 26 April 2021

Black Axe Mangal is back in delivery form. Does it match the restaurant experience? (Spoiler - Yes, yes it does).

New Irish pub Brendan the Navigator opens in Highgate

Information: 23 April 2021

Updated 23/4/21 with opening date Highgate is about to get a new Irish pub and the people behind it have an interesting background. Called Brendan the Navigator, it's going to open on Highgate Hill,...

Macellaio RC takes over the Cafe Monico space on Shaftesbury Avenue

Information: 23 April 2021

In what should be its biggest restaurant yet by far, Robert Costa's Macellaio RC (somehow, we've only now just realised what the RC stands for...) is heading up to Shaftesbury Avenue. It's taking...

Colbert and The Botanist take over Sloane Square with alfresco crepes and pizza

Information: 23 April 2021

Over in Chelsea, Sloane Square has been taken over by not one but two neighbouring restaurants, keen to make the most of the alfresco space. First up there's Colbert which has brought back its...