News & reviews

Ed's Easy Diner owner converts its original Soho spot to Slim Chickens

Information: 18 January 2019

London's restaurant scene is constantly in churn - with new restaurants replacing old. That's the nature of the beast. But even we admit to being a bit surprised at our emotional reaction to the...

Baba Gs are winners in the BBC's My Million Pound Menu

Information: 17 January 2019

In the second week of My Million Pound Menu, where Fred Sirieix and others are handing out wads of cash to promising restaurant start-ups, London stalwart Baba G's has come out top. At the end of...

World Restaurant Awards 2019 shortlist announced

Information: 17 January 2019

The battle of the restaurant awards is fully on. The day after the World's 50 Best announced a major shake-up, the new kid on the block The World Restaurant Awards countered with the release of its...

Test Driving Clifford's - a candlelit spot off Fleet Street

Information: 17 January 2019

London's legal district has a new subterranean restaurant and bar - we went to check it out.

World's 50 Best Restaurants list unveil radical changes for 2019

Information: 16 January 2019

Big news in from the World's 50 Best Restaurants list today. They're introducing a raft of changes to the voting system and judging panels. In an announcement today they revealed that anyone who's...

Ladies and Gentlemen Bar open their second bar L&G Camden

Information: 16 January 2019

Kentish Town's award-winning bar Ladies and Gentlemen have opened their second cocktail spot, taking over the former public loos outside Camden Road station.

Island Social Club are bringing their Caribbean rotis and rum bar to Haggerston

Information: 16 January 2019

Island Social Club have been popping up around town with a number of Caribbean-led pop-ups and supperclubs. Now they're setting up shop in Haggerston with a long-term residency, bringing it all...

Swedish-style cafe Soderberg is opening in Soho's Berwick Street

Information: 16 January 2019

Popular Scottish chain Söderberg is expanding to London, bringing their cardamom buns and open sarnies to Soho's Berwick Street.

Henry Harris' latest pub is now The Crown in Chiswick

Information: 16 January 2019

This is the fourth pub to be launched by famed chef Henry Harris, following successes elsewhere in town. This time the food will have a Mediterranean vibe.

Test Driving Din Tai Fung - the dumpling powerhouse hits London

Information: 15 January 2019

With all the hype over the opening of their first London restaurant, could Din Tai Fung live up to expectations? We went to check out the famous Taiwanese dumpling chain's Covent Garden restaurant.

X-Upper is bringing gourmet sausages to Islington's Upper Street

Information: 15 January 2019

A new restaurant that's specialising in just the one thing is opening in Islington. X-Upper is all about gourmet sausages and they've rustled up some impressive chefs to create them.

Heston Blumenthal creates chocolate scotch eggs for Easter at Waitrose

Information: 14 January 2019

Is too early to bring you an Easter story? Well just in case you're the kind of person who likes to do some serious advance planning around your seasonal chocolate consumption, we've just clapped...

Da Terra at the Town Hall Hotel sees a top San Sebastian and an ex-Aulis chef open in Bethnal Green

Information: 14 January 2019

The space that once housed Viajante and The Typing Room will now be a modern Latin American restaurant run by two chefs who arrive here via The Fat Duck, Fera and the Michelin-starred restaurant...

Inigo are bringing their sushi handrolls to Selfridges

Information: 14 January 2019

The latest pop-up to hit Selfridges' Food Hall comes in the form of sushi rolls from Inigo. You might have seen them in the City (and formerly in Soho) but if not, they're best known for their sushi hand...

AOK Kitchen will be a gluten and dairy-free restaurant and bakery in Marylebone

Information: 11 January 2019

Looking for a healthy restaurant in Marylebone that's all gluten and dairy-free. Then it sounds like AOK kitchen may be just the thing. AND there's a gluten-free bakery too.

Darjeeling Express's Asma Khan teams up with Haché for the Lotus Burger

Information: 11 January 2019

Yes, we may have only just been talking about veggie burgers, but another has popped up on our radar that's well worth your attention. Asma Khan of Darjeeling Express (and imminent Chef's Table...

The Gun reopens in Spitalfields - same address but new building

Information: 11 January 2019

When the Spitalfields pub The Gun served its last pint in 2015, most folk thought that was the end of an institution that had been around these parts in one guise or another since the sixteenth...

Crosstown are bringing their doughnuts to Hammersmith

Information: 10 January 2019

The last few years have seen Crosstown Doughnuts expanding all across London and they're getting ready to open their latest outpost. This will be their Hammersmith branch - and is also the first...