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Is Richard Caring's Le Caprice coming to the Chancery Rosewood after all?

Information: 30 January 2026

In what's very much an on-again/off-again affair, it looks like the much rumoured return of Le Caprice is back on again. The restaurant had long been rumoured to be part of the launch of the new...

Test Driving the Forbidden City bar at A. Wong - another way to try the chef's two-Michelin-starred food

Information: 29 January 2026

It's one of London's best restaurants and has two Michelin stars to boot. But did you know that there's a new(ish) bar at A. Wong and you can try some of their food down there? We went along to see...

Arôme Bakery is coming to Chinatown, and this one's going to do soft serve

Information: 28 January 2026

As one of the many Londoners who can't bring themselves to go past one of the two Arômes in town without diving in for a pastry or two, news that they're opening a second West End bakery is great...

Old Street bar FlipDog is using a red hot poker to make its drinks. We're not kidding.

Information: 28 January 2026

Look, we love a gimmick as much as the next person, but even we were slightly taken aback by the upcoming Old Street bar FlipDog. The bar (which happens to be a cocktail bar rather than a hot dog...

Spotlight is St Martin's Lane Hotel's new residency space, kicking things off with Sertaç Dirik

Information: 28 January 2026

St Martin's Lane Hotel seems to have been working on something to replace Asia de Cuba properly since it closed all the way back in 2019. Now it looks like the team there is fully embracing the...

The Devonshire takes the top spot at the UK's Top 50 Gastropubs 2026 awards

Information: 27 January 2026

They were threatening the top spot last year, having gone straight in at number two, but this year The Devonshire was crowned the number one gastropub in the country by the Uk Top 50 Gastropubs...

Kinz sees a 1930s bank and vault transformed into a Lebanese restaurant in Notting Hill

Information: 27 January 2026

There may be fewer banks in London these days, but quite a lot of those ex-banks are being converted into impressive-looking restaurants. Recently we've had the opening of Aki London in Marylebone...

Test Driving Tempo, a thrilling new restaurant to check out in Bethnal Green

Information: 27 January 2026

A talented young team are behind this wine-forward, new-wave Asian restaurant in Bethnal Green. We found Tempo very much to our taste.

Dim Sum Duck, one of King's Cross's best restaurants, is about to open a second location

Information: 26 January 2026

It's already one of the best restaurants in King's Cross and Dim Sum Duck is clearly one of its busiest too, because they're getting ready to open a second restaurant in the area. Taking over what...

Kokodoo pick Fulham for their flagship Korean fried chicken joint, with DJ sessions planned

Information: 26 January 2026

Fulham folk who love a bit of Korean fried chicken will probably have already taken note of the arrival of Kokodoo on their high street just over a week ago. After years in the business, first as a...

Persian ice cream parlour Darlish is bringing baklava ice cream sandwiches to both Notting Hill and Bloomsbury

Information: 23 January 2026

January might not seem like the best time of year to be talking about ice cream, but by the time Darlish's two new parlours open in Spring, it'll be a different story. If you haven't been to their...

Victor Garvey's latest restaurant Materia Prima opens in Notting Hill

Information: 23 January 2026

Very under the radar, and first spotted by industry newsletter Propel, Victor Garvey, the chef behind Michelin-starred SOLA, has opened his latest restaurant in Notting Hill. Called Materia Prima...

It's all change at The Light Bar in Shoreditch, with a new owner, executive chef and club room

Information: 22 January 2026

Five years after it reopened after a long hiatus, The Light Bar in Shoreditch is about to enter its third iteration, with a brand new owner on board and - crucially - a rather interesting new...

Test Driving Beef & Bass, a new Chelsea spot delivering exactly what it promises

Information: 22 January 2026

New Chelsea restaurant Beef & Bass focuses on serving up two key ingredients really well. We went to the King's Road to see if they delivered on their promise.

Special dishes, collabs and limited editions in London's restaurants

Information: 22 January 2026

One-offs, limited editions, special menus and more are hitting London restaurants all the time. We'll be updating this page regularly with the very best special new dishes as they appear, so you can...

Bara is a new Peckham cafe with a strong Welsh influence

Information: 21 January 2026

Bara, a new cafe and sandwich shop in Peckham, is bringing something new to the table: a little bit of Welshness. It comes from Zoë Heimann and Cecily Dalladay, a private chef who made it to the...

Arnaud Donckele will be the new chef at Le Manoir when it returns in 2027

Information: 20 January 2026

At the end of last year, Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons closed for a major refurbishment that won't be complete until Summer 2027. But the bigger story was that after over 40 years, Raymond Blanc was...

Hoppers comes to Shoreditch, adding new South Indian dishes to its Sri Lankan signatures

Information: 20 January 2026

Updated 20/1/25 with full details and an opening date. It's been nearly 10 years since the original Hoppers launched in Soho. Now they're about to open their fourth restaurant, but this one is...

Test Driving Bistro Sablé - a French pivot makes this former pub now one of Islington's best restaurants

Information: 20 January 2026

What was once Smokehouse has been transformed into Islington's newest French restaurant, Bistro Sablé. As locals, we went along to see just how the transformation has changed things.

Endo at The Rotunda is back in pop-up form, opening inside Mayfair club Annabel's

Information: 19 January 2026

Back in September 2025, a fire at the former Television Centre in White City meant that one of London's best restaurants Endo at The Rotunda was forced to close, less than a year after a major...

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