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New London restaurants coming in November 2020

Information: 29 October 2020

As autumn continues and the temperatures cool, there are still many new openings to look forward to in November.

Test Driving Kol - Santiago Lastra's winning fine-dining Mexican restaurant hits Marylebone

Information: 29 October 2020

Santiago Lastra has brought a fine-dining edge to his new Mexican restaurant Kol. We head down to Marylebone to check it out.

Bondi Green is Daisy Green's new flagship restaurant complete with A grade bakery

Information: 29 October 2020

This new canalside flagship restaurant at Paddington sees the Daisy Green group go up a notch featuring an in house bakery from one of the founders of Puff, rooftop dining and loads of plant-based...

Hoppers celebrate a fifth birthday with their new Cash & Kari delivery service

Information: 28 October 2020

Today, it's been five years since Sri Lankan restaurant Hoppers launched their first restaurant in Soho (along with long queues). To mark the occasion, they're kicking off their own delivery store...

Six by Nico starts delivering with Home By Nico, kicking off with Bangkok

Information: 28 October 2020

Only recently launched in London (see our Test Drive here), Six by Nico has been a big hit here as well as in all its other locations. Now it's kicking off Home by Nico - a four-course menu sent to...

The Conticini Café at Camden's Buck Street Market sees top pastry chef Philippe Conticini settle in North London

Information: 28 October 2020

Top French pastry chef Philippe Conticini must really like Camden. He's chosen that part of town to open his second patisserie there this year. Having opened a Salon de The in the North Yard of...

Edu bring their Spanish burgers to The Spit and Sawdust in Bermondsey

Information: 28 October 2020

You may have seen them before at Flat Iron Square. Now Spanish burger merchants Edu are about to kick off a new nearby residency, settling in Bermondsey pub The Spit and Sawdust. They call their...

ASAP Pizza returns to Flor for a regular Sunday pop-up

Information: 28 October 2020

Before the main restaurant returned after the lockdown, Flor's head chef Pamela Yung tried something new, ASAP pizza, their own take on a pizzeria with a heavy focus on quality produce and heritage...

London restaurants offering free kids meals and packed lunches during half term

Information: 27 October 2020

London restaurants are stepping up to help out with Marcus Rashford's End Child Food Poverty campaign, supporting families over the half term. We've gathered together a list of the London...

The AA reveals new London rosettes for 2020/21 with Muse and The Ritz getting four each

Information: 27 October 2020

There may be a pandemic on, but there's still plenty of room for awards season. While Michelin is delayed until next year, The AA has announced this year's new rosettes (with a virtual ceremony, of...

Test Driving Galvin at Home - posh French on your table in minutes

Information: 27 October 2020

Enjoy haute French food at home with this clever, but easy to follow meal box from the Galvin brothers.

Jackson Boxer has opened a dive bar underneath Brunswick House in Vauxhall

Information: 26 October 2020

With all that happening in and to the world of hospitality, folk in that industry could be forgiven for wanting to just hunker down, let the maelstrom pass them by and hope for better times ahead. That's...

Arôme bakery is opening its first permanent spot in Covent Garden

Information: 26 October 2020

Fans of patisserie Arôme, which popped up for a while in Soho, will be pleased to hear that the artisan bakery is about to get its first permanent spot. They'll be opening next month in The Yards...

The Prince of Wales Townhouse is a new pub for Hammersmith

Information: 26 October 2020

The effects of the pandemic haven't been kind to many in the hospitality industry, with pubs and bars being hit particularly hard. So it's pleasing to see something that's bucking the trend - a...

Badger Badger is a new Deptford pub with yakitori and games

Information: 23 October 2020

This new pub on Deptford High Street is offering a yakitori and fried food menu to go alongside a large selection of beers and board games.

The Cheese Bar opens Funk, a cheese shop on Columbia Road

Information: 23 October 2020

23/10/20 - updated with the opening date and pics Not happy with a cheese truck, a cheese bar, a cheese conveyor belt and a cheese barge - the team behind all those wonderful things has opened a...

Harwood Arms chef Sally Abé joins Conrad London St James as Consultant Chef

Information: 23 October 2020

She's made a name for herself at Fulham's Harwood Arms, where she won it a Michelin star - making it London's only Michelin-starred pub. Now chef Sally Abé has added another job to her roster - she...

A Nobu Hotel has opened in Marylebone's Portman Square

Information: 22 October 2020

Nobu Berkeley Street may have closed, but much of the the team has moved onto this bigger endeavour. The second Nobu Hotel in London features a huge new restaurant, a bar with a terrace and its own...

Sycamore Vino Cucina in Covent Garden is an all day Italian with a destination bar

Information: 22 October 2020

This new Covent Garden Italian sees top chef Paul Robinson inspired by Northern Italy from the nduja pizzas for breakfast through to hand-rolled pasta for dinner.

Sketch launches a very Mayfair meals-at-home service

Information: 21 October 2020

It was only a matter of time before somewhere like sketch joined the delivery revolution. Their new ‘sketch at home’ is a series of three meals and a drinks collection that you can either pick up...

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