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Velvet Taco are bringing their fish & chip tacos to London

Information: 26 September 2025

Originally due to open in Soho, American taco restaurant Velvet Taco is now heading to the City instead (taking over the old Shoyru site). If you've never thought about putting shepherd's pie or...

Test Driving Teo Hotpot, a Chinese restaurant with the best British beef and hotpots you don't have to share

Information: 25 September 2025

Bringing a taste of Chaosan to London's Bloomsbury, Teo Hotpot turns out to be a hotpot restaurant that's all about the quality from its British grass-fed beef to clear broths.

Sportswear brand Gant turns Mayfair's Mister Nice into an American clubhouse for a month

Information: 24 September 2025

Anyone walking past Mayfair restaurant Mister Nice over the past couple of days will be forgiven for doing a bit of a double-take. The restaurant has been completely taken over by American-founded...

Barcelona hotspot Bar Brutal is popping up in London

Information: 24 September 2025

One of Barcelona's top wine bars is coming to London, for two months only. Bar Brutal is known for its inventive small plates and natural wine list (we visited it ourselves a few years back) and...

Willem Dafoe gets a Mayfair pub named after him

Information: 23 September 2025

As autumn arrives, the drinks brands' marketing budget shoots up in preparation for Christmas, and that usually means we get some mad pop-ups and events in the last few months of the year. This...

Ria's expands to Soho with its mix of Detroit pizzas and natural wine

Information: 23 September 2025

Since opening in Notting Hill a couple of years ago, Ria's mix of Detroit-style pizzas and natural wine has proved to be a winning formula. So much so that the people behind it, David and Ria...

Bonheur by Matt Abé is the restaurant replacing Le Gavroche

Information: 23 September 2025

23/9/25 - updated with an opening date and more details We've known for a while that Restaurant Gordon Ramsay chef Matt Abé was taking on the old Le Gavroche site (snapped up by Gordon himself), and...

Test Driving Richoux, the return of the classic French restaurant and patisserie

Information: 23 September 2025

Classic French restaurant (and patisserie) Richoux has returned to London. This Fitzrovia restaurant is just the beginning, so we went down to see just what the modern version of Richoux has to offer.

Row on 5 is London's new 5 Rosette restaurant

Information: 23 September 2025

The 2026 AA Restaurant Guide is now out and with it comes a slew of awards for London restaurants. The folks who'll be celebrating hard today are the team at Jason Atherton's Row on 5 restaurant in...

The London Hilton on Park Lane adds a sushi bar to its line-up with 99 Sushi

Information: 22 September 2025

The Hilton on Park Lane has been going through a lot of changes of late on the dining side of things. On the lower ground floor, there's the new Mr Porter steakhouse, while on the opposite end of...

The Parcel Yard, one of London's most useful station pubs, has had a big glow up

Information: 22 September 2025

It's always been one of the handiest pubs in a London train station, and for the past few weeks, The Parcel Yard has been getting a revamp. If you're not familiar with the pub, it's at the back of...

Take a first look inside the new Fink's Clissold Park at Clissold House

Information: 19 September 2025

Earlier on this summer, we brought you the news that popular North London cafe and bakery group Fink's was taking over all the food and drink side of things at Clissold House. Now we're giving you...

Raved-about Cafe Mama Pho is coming to Bloomsbury next

Information: 18 September 2025

18/9/25 - updated with the opening date Family-run business Cafe Mama Pho got a namecheck in this week's My Manor when new Bodean's chef Richard Turner raved about their phở and fish sauce chicken wings...

OTT Paris restaurant Il Bambini Club is coming to London's Hoxton hotel

Information: 18 September 2025

18/9/25 - updated with the opening date Il Bambini Club is an Italian restaurant, known for its extravagant design, but originating in Paris and with a giant lemon meringue pie on the menu. While...

Test Driving Lagana, the Midas touch extends to the Pachamama Group's latest Shoreditch opening

Information: 18 September 2025

The London Pachamama Group has just unveiled its latest restaurant to make the switch to a Mediterranean menu. We went to Shoreditch to check out Lagana.

Heard heads to Soho with its burgers from a two Michelin-starred chef

Information: 18 September 2025

18/9/25 - updated with the opening date Just six months after he graduated from slinging burgers in a food truck to opening a burger restaurant in Borough, chef Jordan Bailey is already planning an...

Spice bags come to Peckham with the arrival of Scaldy

Information: 17 September 2025

Spice bags are bigger than ever in London and the number of places to get them is expanding. Scaldy, already in residency in the City, are coming to Peckham. If you haven't yet come across a spice...

Julie's spawns a sibling with new Holland Park pop up Little Julie's

Information: 17 September 2025

Eagle-eyed Holland Park residents will have spotted a new arrival on their doorsteps this past week or so. Popular restaurant Julie's has extended across Clarendon Cross to a new site. Little...

Test Driving Lilibet's, hospitality fit for a Queen at this new Mayfair seafood restaurant

Information: 16 September 2025

Mayfair's key seafood spots have a new rival in Lilibet's, a glamorous arrival from an experienced restaurateur that sets great store by its old school approach to hospitality.

Dalston's pie and eel shop gets a new life as The Black Eel pub

Information: 16 September 2025

For years, it was best known as F Cooke eel, pie and mash shop. Then it became a Chinese karaoke joint and, most recently, was cocktail and board game spot Draughts. Now, one of the best-known...

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