News & reviews

They already run a sushi restaurant at the top of the building, now the Knightsbridge cafe CLAP London (we feel we've pretty much exhausted jokes on that name) has taken over the ground floor too...

1/4/25 - updated with more details and the opening date. Last year, chef Claude Bosi, together with his wife Lucy, opened French bouchon Josephine in Chelsea to rave reviews. It was, however, for...

Updated 12pm 1/4/25 - we know we've tricked a fair few of you, who've started following Butter on Insta, but this was our 2025 April Fool and one to add to our long line of April Fool's Day jokes...

Kensington's restaurant scene is on fire right now and nowhere is that more obvious than on Kensington Church Street. Hot on the heels of Krokodilos and Passyunk Avenue opening their doors comes a...

Somewhat out of the blue, Liberty on Regent Street is getting ready to open a brand new restaurant. It's part of their 150th anniversary celebrations, hence the name of the restaurant, Seventy Five. It...

9/5/25 - Updated with soft launch details We've had a few excellent new Greek restaurants open in London of late and it looks like another is coming to South Kensington. Myrtos is from ex-Pied a...

28/3/25 - updated with opening details The team behind bars like Discount Suit Company and The Sun Tavern are getting ready for their next bar, this time in Dalston. They're taking over the basement...

Ever since the news broke that the restaurant at Hill & Szrok had closed, we've been wondering where we'd see their resident chef William Gleave pop up next. Well now we know that he's made a...

  It's been a while since he opened a new restaurant in London, but chef Adam Handling is doing something a little different for his next launch - he's opened a chocolate shop in Covent Garden.  Called...

Fans of East London's popular churchyard burrito stand Bad Manners got a bit of a shock last week when they were told that it was their last week serving up their OG all day breakfast menu. But the...

26/3/25 - updated with Baked by Cordia opening date Two years ago Chantelle Nicholson opened Apricity in Mayfair, a restaurant that perfectly showcased her strong commitment to sustainability and...

Over in Brixton two seasoned restaurateurs are teaming up for what sounds like a very promising rotisserie restaurant. They're Kieran Monteiro (previously Boma) and Sam Mousawi (who ran the Park...

What do you get if you pair up the co-founder of Ottolenghi with the founder of a noodle empire? It turns out that a Taiwanese noodle bar in Covent Garden is the answer. The business duo in question are...

This weekend saw the Financial Times unveiling its newly expanded food and drink dream team, Appetites, consisting of Tim Hayward, Marina O'Loughlin and Jay Rayner alongside columnists Jancis...

2025 continues to be a year of dining well in London pubs. The latest central London boozer to take things up a notch is Belgravia pub The Alfred Tennyson, which is just getting ready to unveil a...

After making a big splash in Notting Hill with their first restaurant last year, Holy Carrot already has a second site lined up, this time in Spitalfields.  Run by Irina Linovich and ex-Acme Fire...

21/3/25 - updated with the opening date They make what is one of our favourite burgers in London and now Zan Kaufman's Bleecker, is about to get bigger. Soon after opening in Seven Dials and London...