News & reviews

It pays to keep an eye on Giorgio Locatelli because a lot of what the chef does that's considered breaking news is something he's already flagged up months before. Just as he talked about closing...

5/3/25- updated with opening date One of London's best pasta restaurants is gearing up for a new opening. They already have popular restaurants on Old Street and in Fitzrovia, and now Officina 00 are...

Many things open under the radar in London, and this newish pizzeria that opened in Marylebone is one of them that we're only catching up on now. Pizza by Jagua is in Marylebone (near the currently closed...

He already has two more Italian restaurants in Soho named after the street they're in, so when restaurateur Nima Safaei came around to giving his latest opening a moniker he stayed true to form,...

One of Stratford's most popular restaurants, Darkhorse, now has a sibling. Modern European wine bar and restaurant Templar has opened in Stratford Cross, one of the area's newer developments. It's...

The slow steady trickle of London restaurant closures appears to be accelerating with a pair of the city's longstanding restaurants announcing their closure this week. The first was Chelsea...

The team behind highly-rated Islington pub The Baring, are heading south of the river for their second opening, The Kerfield Arms in Camberwell.  Taking over what was The Crooked Well, which closed...

If you've ever fancied the idea of ditching the drudgery of office work and running your own business, we might have the perfect thing for you. Chatsworth Road wine bar Nobody Asked Me has gone up...

Popular agave bar Hacha is on the move. Last week they closed their Brixton bar after three years and have moved across south London to Bermondsey. Their new agaveria is taking over the space that...

Up until now, there's only been one Trullo, one of Islington's best restaurants, leaving aside its sibling restaurant Padella, of course. But now, at least for a short while, a second Trullo outpost is...

We've been banging on about the impending arrival of The Knave of Clubs from chef Patrick Powell, James Dye, and Benjy Leibowitz, for a few weeks now. But while you might have remembered that there was...

Vegetarians look away now. One of the big names in London's meat scene is making a bold new move. You may remember Richard Turner from being one of the key people behind Hawksmoor when it first...

The fallout to this week's Jason Atherton interview continues. Following the chef's interview by the Times and his subsequent apology on Instagram comes an open letter railing about sexism still...

We've already brought you the news about Cav, the bar opening in Bethnal Green, but now we know a lot more about the kitchen residency that's going to be a part of it for the first year. Tasca is...

The evolution of Lonsdale Road at the heart of Queen's Park's restaurant scene continues with the news that what was Lula has turned into PYRÃ. And with a new name, comes a new chef. Running the...

Updated 18/2/25 with statement from Atherton below In a stunningly tone-deaf interview with the Times, top chef Jason Atherton has decided that sexism in Britain's restaurants can't or doesn't exist...

18/2/24 - updated with confirmation The news well and truly broke over the weekend, and now it's been confirmed - Gordon Ramsay is indeed taking over what was Le Gavroche. The current head chef over...