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Platapian sees a second generation restaurateur take over from Patara in Soho

Information: 23 July 2025

It's all change at one of Soho's longstanding Thai restaurants Patara, which has undergone a full 21st-century reimagining and emerged as Platapian. The new look and menu is the result of...

The Manicomio team are behind new City Italian restaurant Campanelle

Information: 22 July 2025

The City has a brand new Italian worth checking out this summer. Campanelle is from the same team behind such classic London restaurants as Manicomio in Chelsea and Canto Corvino in Spitalfields...

Test Driving Noisy Oyster, a handy place for martinis and seafood snacks in Shoreditch

Information: 22 July 2025

Tucked away from the main drag in Shoreditch is where you'll find Noisy Oyster, which turns out to be a haven for well made martinis and seafood snacking. We went down to try it out.

Burro e Salvia is closing up shop in Shoreditch

Information: 21 July 2025

After 12 years of giving the people of East London amazing homemade pasta, the folks at Burro e Salvio are calling it quits. But in the run up to their closure they've decided to go out with a bang,...

Junk Burger's smash burgers are coming to Marylebone

Information: 21 July 2025

It would appear that London simply does not have enough smash burger restaurants as Junk is getting ready to open its second burger bar in Marylebone. The first Junk (which hails from France) opened in...

Victor Garvey at The Midland Grand announces shock closure

Information: 18 July 2025

There are some London restaurants whose closure is announced, accompanied by a sense of "well it was on the cards". That's definitively not the case with Victor Garvey at the Midland Grand, which...

Sabor's Nieves Barragán opens Legado in Shoreditch

Information: 18 July 2025

18/7/25 - updated with the opening date Seven years after opening the wildly successful (and Michelin-starred) Sabor on Heddon Street, Nieves Barragán is getting ready to open her next restaurant. She'll be...

NYC fried chicken spot Pecking House is popping up in London

Information: 17 July 2025

London is getting a new fried chicken pop-up thanks to The Standard, which is bringing New York's Pecking House to the hotel for a two-month stint. The New York spot was set up by ex-Eleven Madison...

Margot Green sees the Daisy Green group bring their Aussie vibes to Clapham

Information: 17 July 2025

It might seem like an absolutely no-brainer to open an Aussie-style cafe in Clapham given how many expats live there, but it's taken until this year for the Daisy Green group to get the memo and...

A Mexican/Sri Lankan residency is coming to Paradise Soho

Information: 16 July 2025

Sri Lankan cooking, Mexican street food, a fun night out in Soho? You can tick all three off your wish-list at once, thanks to a pop-up called Miris y Maíz. It all takes place at Paradise Soho, and the...

The Pot Luck Club is bringing a touch of South Africa to its London pop-up

Information: 16 July 2025

If you’d like to experience a little bit of exciting Cape Town dining without leaving the comfort of home, there’s a pop-up coming to London that you’d better put on your radar. The Pot Luck Club is...

A new Ta’mini Lebanese Bakery to open in Kensington

Information: 14 July 2025

When you can’t have too much of a good thing, along comes the third Ta’mini Lebanese Bakery in London. After successful launches in Fulham (during the first COVID lockdown of 2020) and Bloomsbury...

Leytonstone welcomes Forno’s second London bakery

Information: 14 July 2025

Hang onto your delicate strawberry and elderflower tarts, some lovely Italian patisserie news should cheer the good people of East London this week: Forno has opened a branch in Leytonstone. If...

Pick & Cheese brings its cheese conveyor belt to Camden

Information: 12 July 2025

There are many great places for food inside Seven Dials Market, but the one that understandably gets most of the attention is Pick & Cheese. From the same people behind The Cheese Bar, that's the...

Joyeta Ng is bringing her take on Cantonese cooking to a residency at "mu"

Information: 11 July 2025

As you'll know from our guide to London's best pop-ups and events, there are some excellent residencies all over London right now. But one in Dalston deserves particular highlighting, we thought. Joyeta...

Checking into the Cala San Miguel Ibiza Resort for 48 hours of food, cocktails and sun

Information: 10 July 2025

The sleepy chic north side of Ibiza is a world away from the island's other hedonistic side. We got a chance to take a mini break in a beautiful resort that's just opened up a very glamorous beach...

Shoreditch wine bar Oranj is on the move

Information: 09 July 2025

One of East London's wine bars is on the move. Oranj, which originally opened back in 2022, was at the forefront of the new wave of wine bars that have opened across East London in the past couple...

The Highbury Barn is getting a brush-up

Information: 09 July 2025

We've had a lot of news about pub openings and revamps recently, and now here comes one a little closer to home (well, our homes anyway). The Highbury Barn, a large pub right in the middle of...

Speedboat Bar motors west to open in Notting Hill's Electric Bar

Information: 08 July 2025

9/7/25 - updated with the opening date It's all change over in Notting Hill where Soho House's Electric Bar has jettisoned its diner, getting ready instead to open the second iteration of the hugely...

Test Driving Mareida, showcasing Chilean cuisine in Fitzrovia

Information: 08 July 2025

Mareida brings something to London that we haven't seen all that much of - Chilean cuisine. We went down to Fitzrovia to see just what that looks like.

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