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These days, are you really a proper high street brand if you haven't launched a food and drink pop-up or two? This year, Bosch have already had us eating off the floor and there was a pop-up...

It's one of the most prestigious wine awards in the world, so getting a mention by the Star Wine List is a big deal for any London restaurant. So we're delighted to learn that four London...

23/6/25 - updated with the opening date One of two restaurants announced by fledgling group Mad Restaurants (the other is ALTA), MOI is all about Japanese cooking over fire and sounds very much in...

All eyes were on Italy’s Turin this year, where the World’s 50 Best juggernaut staged their annual celebration of the globe’s best restaurants. With only two London restaurants on the 51-100 long...

Big news for anyone heading for Covent Garden or looking for a proper dining experience to complement a cultural excursion: acclaimed chef Angela Hartnett OBE is opening a new restaurant at the...

Unless you’re a professional food taster, you may not have had the pleasure of cleansing your palate with a shot of olive oil, but that’s all about to change with the news that an olive-oil pop-up...

They already have two popular pizzerias in Waterloo and Earl's Court and now Crust Bros are getting ready to open their biggest and most central pizzeria yet.  They've taken over a space that was...

Updated 16/6/25 with opening date and prices When most chefs earn their second Michelin star, they can then allow themselves to bask in the glory (and the extra bookings) for at least a few months. But...

It's one of the least attractive parts of the South Bank, but now there are plans to give the tunnels by Waterloo and the IMAX a massive makeover. The folks behind the move have form -  they run...

Updated 16/6/25 with opening date It's been almost 10 years since Alan Yau took over a Soho pub and transformed it into Duck and Rice. A decade on, it seems it's time to expand as it's the latest...

Updated 15/6/25 with opening date Five years on from opening their first London tea shop, the French Japanese brand Café Kitsuné is heading into central London. Up until now if you wanted to try...

Updated 15/6/25 with opening date Brad Carter was initially coming into London to open at Undercroft (which, in a surprise twist, was taken over by Aldo Zilli before opening). Now the chef, best...

Updated 13/6/25 with opening date and booking info The North East London restaurant and all-round institution, which closed late last year under the guise of taking a longer-than-usual sabbatical, has made a...

13/6/25 - updated with a look at the new restaurant's design If you've ever watched Crazy Rich Asians and wondered what it was like dining at the top of that amazing hotel in Singapore, well you're soon...

Together they run one of the UK's best seafood restaurants. The only trouble for Londoners is that you have to travel all the way to Devon usually to try their food. But this summer Mitch and Ben...

They already have pizzerias in Putney and Barnes and now Base Face Pizza are getting ready to open their next location a little further west in Richmond. It's planned to be their flagship space,...

12/6/25 - soft launch details added They have multiple restaurants across France (as well as one in Brussels) and now French restaurant group Tigermilk are getting ready to open in London too. But...