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Test Driving Maset - The Lurra team turn French on Chiltern Street

Information: 18 November 2025

The team behind Basque-inspired successes Lurra and Donostia have turned to Coastal France for their latest, opening on Chiltern Street. We went to one of Marylebone's fanciest streets to check it...

Eating with Tod is launching Tod's Festive Feast at Outernet on Tottenham Court Road this Christmas

Information: 17 November 2025

Love him or loathe him, you can't get away from Eating With Tod on social if you're even remotely interested in London's food scene. And while the food influencer has his detractors, there's no...

Here's what's opening in the big revamp of Olympia

Information: 17 November 2025

Updated 17/11/25 with restaurant details Big changes are afoot at Olympia. Long known as a place for huge events in Central London (it's been around for 140 years), it's now in the process of...

Pizza Pilgrims is opening around the corner from King's Cross station

Information: 17 November 2025

A new pizza restaurant is coming to King's Cross with the arrival of the latest Pizza Pilgrims. They're taking over a former hair salon that's on the corner of Caledonian Road and Pentonville Road...

Contemporary Cambodian Barang is taking over The Globe Tavern for its latest residency

Information: 14 November 2025

Tom Geoffrey's Barang has been serving up its Cambodian-inspired menu across town in pop-ups, and now it's about to get a much longer residency. Taking over the spot recently vacated by Khao Bird...

How to get your hands on some very special Emily in Paris pastries

Information: 14 November 2025

If you're a fan of Netflix's Emily in Paris, and we know there are a lot of fans out there, you'll want to try and nab tickets to this exclusive Series 5 screening, because it comes with some pretty...

Noodle Inn is coming to Spitalfields. It's going to be much bigger, but there will still be queues

Information: 13 November 2025

Around this time last year, Noodle Inn opened in Soho and was an instant sensation. It immediately became the restaurant with some of the longest queues in Soho and has remained hugely popular to...

Maggie Jones is back in Kensington, having being closed due to a fire for two years

Information: 13 November 2025

This month has seen the return of two big restaurants, returning after being shut by a fire. First there was Som Saa, and now it's the turn of Kensington classic Maggie Jones, which is back having...

Plaza Khao Gaeng is opening in Borough Yards, bringing some of London's spiciest dishes

Information: 13 November 2025

13/11/25 - updated with more details about the menu Craving some spicy Thai food as the nights draw in? Allow us to draw your attention to London’s forthcoming second outlet of Plaza Khao Gaeng,...

Test Driving 74 Charlotte Street, a grown up affair for Ben Murphy in Fitzrovia

Information: 13 November 2025

Chef Ben Murphy settles down with a more refined offering in a restaurant that's really rather beautiful in an understated way.

FKABAM (aka Black Axe Mangal) is closing but it's not completely the end for the Islington restaurant

Information: 12 November 2025

After 10 years, Lee and Kate Tiernan have announced that it's the end of the road for FKABAM (Formerly Known As Black Axe Mangal). Sort of. Essentially, the last service of FKABAM in Islington will...

YolanDa Brown's Soul Mama is opening in Westfield Stratford

Information: 12 November 2025

YolanDa Brown's Soul Mama in Stratford has proved to be a big hit - so much so that she's opening a second Soul Mama in the area. This one will open on Westfield's The Street and will once again be...

Hawksmoor St Pancras sees the steakhouse taking over The Midland Grand space, and adding The Martini Bar.

Information: 12 November 2025

12/11/25 - updated with the opening date and menu details After the surprise closure of Victor Garvey at The Midland Grand, there were rumours about who was going to take over the very impressive...

The Bush Tavern is opening as the new home of No Drama Burgers

Information: 11 November 2025

We've been wondering when we'd hear where popular West London burger slingers No Drama were moving to, since they lost their own premises in Acton earlier this year. Now we have the answer. They'll be in...

Dalston's getting a modern Italian called HOAX with a secret late night cocktail bar

Information: 11 November 2025

After what seems like quite a while since we got too excited about the food and drink scene in Dalston, it all seems to be happening on the Kingsland Road at the moment. Just weeks after new East...

New Shoreditch spot 45 Curtain Road connects the trends as a Japanese and Mediterranean chophouse

Information: 11 November 2025

It's all change once more in Shoreditch, as the hotel that was formerly The Curtain and then The Mondrian has now transformed into 45 London. With the change in ownership comes a new restaurant (in...

Test Driving The Black Eel - a tardis-like pub in Dalston with truly great comfort food by Riley's

Information: 11 November 2025

The Black Eel is a new pub in Dalston that's taken over an absolute warren of rooms with a very talented chef in the kitchen. We went down to try it out.

Crisp Pizza open The Marlborough pub in Mayfair with a little help from The Devonshire - here's a first look

Information: 10 November 2025

9/11/25 - Updated with photos and menu details One of London's big openings for the autumn is the arrival of Crisp Pizza in Mayfair, where they've taken over The Marlborough Head pub on North Audley...

Mazarine in Mayfair sees an ex-LPM chef taking coastal French cooking to Hanover Square

Information: 07 November 2025

French restaurants have been a booming business on London's dining scene in 2025, and the latest to join that trend is Mazarine. This comes from the team behind Sparrow Italia and is run by ex-LPM...