News & reviews

24/10/19 - updated with opening date Yes, that's right - another Bleecker is coming to town - and this time they've gone west, opening up in Westfield London in their food court. We're not shy of...

They made their name with porridge, but the team behind 26 Grains has a much more varied menu at its Borough Market opening, Stoney Street. There will be a seasonal menu that adapts from breakfast...

Following the launch of Omotesando in Fitzrovia, another high-end coffee shop % Arabica (not to be confused with the Levantine restaurant) has come to London. They're going one better than...

Just a few months after they opened their first space in Bethnal Green the Taproom Group are expanding to Brixton. Taproom by Brixton Village will follow the lead of the East London opening and...

They started serving up fried chicken in Brixton five years ago and now Other Side Fried are back with a permanent restaurant under the arches. 

This Levantine-inspired all day space in King's Cross has a modern Middle Eastern menu you'll want to work your way through.

Dinner, aperitivo, art and Balearic DJs arrive on the ever-changing Mayfair restaurant scene from Ibiza.

  Ready or not, we're starting to gear up for Christmas (and once 5 November is passed, be prepared for a deluge of Christmas fare). One very popular event that's back is also one of the kitschiest - the...

Interesting foodie news for anyone near King's Cross. Wonderful foodie store Vallebona has just opened a pop-up shop down at Coal Drops Yard. Run by Stefano Vallebona and his wife Naoko, the company -...

  Always one of the better food awards that happen at the tail end of the year, tonight was the turn of the Observer Food Monthly awards.  As ever, they're awards which try to spread the love around...

The upcoming Mayfair Literary Festival has a couple of events that London's foodies might want to get on their radar. 28 October The Fumoir at Claridge’s is the setting for a talk called “Tales from...

Updated 13/1/19 with menu He may have left the sadly departed Neo Bistro and Stem behind (with Anglo still going strong), but Mark Jarvis has already started on his next venture. He's joined forces with...

He already has a Michelin star in Bristol and now Peter Sanchez-Iglesias has arrived in London, with the flagship restaurant Decimo at the top of The Standard hotel in King's Cross. We went down to...

Every now and again there's a collaboration between restaurants that makes you stop in your tracks. Last week it was the bacon naan pizza from Dishoom and Pizza Pilgrims - and this week it's the...

They already have a hidden 1940s immersive cocktail bar in a tube carriage - now Cahoots is about to grow. They're opening up two new spaces in Soho, keeping the 1940s theme - with a ground floor...

They've already secured a place in the London burger hall of fame, so it'll be interesting to see what Four Legs - the residency at Islington's Compton Arms - do with Sunday Roasts. Kicking off this...

  He already has two Michelin stars to his name at his eponymous restaurant and now Claude Bosi is getting into the burger business. If you were watching Snackmasters on Channel 4 last night, you...

This new restaurant from Ramsay is replacing the former Maze Grill on Grosvenor Square. This time it's an all-day restaurant where the focus is very much on steak. 

Forget the Met Ball or Ascot, clearly the best dressed list you should be much more interested in is the Best Dressed Irish Oyster competition. Hot Dinners headed over to Wright Bros in Battersea...

Ben Tish has come to Fitzrovia with Norma, a Sicilian/Moorish restaurant that's been garnering a lot of praise. We head down to check it out for ourselves.