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Scottish chef Nico Simeone is heading to London with his concept restaurant, hitting up Fitzrovia with a regularly changing tasting menu.

Incredibly sad news from South London last night as the family of Saima Thompson - founder of popular Brockley spot Masala Wala Cafe - revealed she had lost her battle against cancer. "We are beyond...

Last night's Newsnight piece about restaurant criticism, discussing whether restaurant critics "should be nicer to restaurants as they gradually reopen and find their feet" has found a lot of...

  Anna Haugh will be reopening the Irish-influenced Myrtle restaurant in Chelsea (read our recent Test Drive here) but that's not all she's planning. She's also launching Anna's Bistro, a new...

Passyunk Avenue are famed for their excellent cheesesteak sandwiches. They're now delivering kits all over the UK - so we decided to try one out...

We've already been impressed with Bao's new Rice Error delivery service, and this week it's about to get even better.  As part of their international guest chef series, they're launching a limited guest...

As recently as this month, the Greenhouse in Mayfair was talking about its reopening - flagging up a competition to win dinner there. But there have been rumblings about the financial status of the...

Look, we were already jealous about folks living in SW1, but now we're even more so. Not only are they in one of London's swankiest postcodes, but now they're also getting an at-home cocktail...

Tandoor Chop House (currently in Covent Garden) is about to get a new spin-off in Southwark called Tandoor Tacos. They are exactly as they sound - a mash-up of Mexican and Indian food, with the Chop...

Going on sale from today is the much-anticipated Hawkmoor at Home box. The box, which costs £120 (that includes delivery to anywhere in the UK) serves two people. In it you'll find the Hawksmoor...

There's one thing that we've seen less of since the lockdown began - ever-so-slightly mad food mash-ups. But here's Eggbreak to make up for that, with The Full English in a pie. It's not the first...

Restaurants, bars and pubs are coming back - but what about the festivals? Looks like they're going to be mainly virtual for the foreseeable, which is forcing a lot of folk to be particularly...

As London's restaurants prepare to spill outside, going alfresco in a big way this summer, new Hammersmith restaurant Sam's Riverside is taking full advantage of its waterside location. Only open...

The Harwood Arms is now delivering its very highly-rated Sunday roast. We give it a try. 

Some London restaurants will clearly need more time to prepare for reopening, particularly when so much of their offering includes counter dining which falls way short of even the new 1m plus rule. But...

This much-loved Victoria restaurant aims to bring the delights of the restaurant into your home - we tried it out.

Yesterday the government announced the reopening date for London's restaurants. But it seems that some aren't waiting that long. In town last week we spotted a few restaurants doing 'takeaway' that...

Yet another London store which blossomed all too briefly in the weeks before lockdown closed it was Knoops - a hot chocolate shop at Clapham Junction. The original one, which opened in Rye back in...

In normal times (which we're very slowly heading back to) Farokh Talati, head chef of St John Bread and Wine, hosts a monthly Parsi feast at Maison Bertaux. If you're unfamiliar with the cuisine, it's...