News & reviews

Test Driving Pick & Cheese Camden - the cheese conveyor belt restaurant goes north

Information: 12 August 2025

You may have seen the cheese conveyor belt restaurant at Seven Dials popping up on your Instagram feed from time to time. Well, now it's come to Camden too. We went to check out Pick & Cheese 2.0.

SOLA's Victor Garvey kicks off a crowdfunder for Materia Prima in Marylebone

Information: 11 August 2025

Upon the news of the surprisingly quick closure of The Midland Grand, we revealed that Victor Garvey was already getting ready to open another restaurant in Marylebone. Now, thanks to a crowdfunder, we have...

Kamara sees Brother Marcus opening an Eastern-Med-influenced cocktail bar in Soho

Information: 08 August 2025

The team behind Brother Marcus (best known for their Mediterranean brunches) are trying something a little different for their next opening. They've taken over the bar space that was the original...

Hoxton’s art’otel will open 25th floor restaurant Solaya from Kenny Atkinson

Information: 07 August 2025

7/8/25 - updated with the opening date When the swanky art’otel chain opened its second London outpost in Hoxton in 2024, we told you about its ground-floor dining experience Brush East London Grand...

Test Driving Shanghai Me, high-rise in Mayfair meets high-end prices

Information: 07 August 2025

The restaurant at the top of the Park Lane Hilton has transformed into the high-end pan-Asian Shanghai Me. We popped up to the 28th floor to see just how the new restaurant and bar are settling in.

Kruk is Peckham's hot new Thai restaurant worth trying

Information: 07 August 2025

We are all for the exciting Thai food scene in London right now and news reaches us, via Southwark News, of an interesting new addition in Peckham. Kruk sees two friends from South London who've...

Harrods parts ways with its big-name chefs, including Calum Franklin after just nine months

Information: 06 August 2025

Change is afoot at Harrods, where they seem to be making efforts to part ways with some (if not all) of their big-name chefs. This month sees the departure of three big names. First off is the one...

Yangguofu Malatang brings its spicy hot pots to London's Chinatown

Information: 06 August 2025

Hot pot restaurants are ten a penny in London but the arrival of another new one in the centre of town has got fans rather excited. Yangguofu Malatang is a beast of a restaurant chain from China...

Fantomas in Chelsea closes for a revamp after just nine months, with chef Chris Denney leaving

Information: 06 August 2025

It was one of the hottest new restaurants to open in Chelsea for a while, but now Fantomas has closed its doors and its chef has departed. Chris Denney was the driving force behind Fantomas, which he...

Test Driving Chalk Freehouse - Tom Kerridge's second try at breaking Chelsea

Information: 05 August 2025

Tom Kerridge is taking his Chelsea pub in a new direction, one which has more nods to his best-known pub, The Hand and Flowers. We went along to see what the change has brought about.

Petersham Nurseries are throwing the most aesthetic fireside feasts this summer

Information: 05 August 2025

If your guilty pleasure on Instagram is scrolling through endless videos of gorgeous tablescaping, then get ready to immerse yourself in the most beautiful real-world version in London this summer...

Café Ciel opens in The OWO from the founder of Miel bakery

Information: 04 August 2025

The OWO might be one of London's most expensive new hotels, but it hasn't had the most trouble-free launches. Chief among those was one of the restaurants, Café Laperouse, which had a dire review...

Shoreditch is the first of the mayor's Summer Streets areas to go car free this summer

Information: 04 August 2025

The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, is getting in on the good weather. The first of four new areas which have been handpicked to enjoy the 'summer streets' alfresco treatment this year launched at the...

Carmela's pizzeria brings East Coast USA style pizzas to Islington

Information: 01 August 2025

1/8/25 - updated with opening date and menu details Earlier this year, Nordic restaurant Skal closed its doors for good in Islington, and now we know who will be taking over that space on Upper...

Test Driving Island - next-level surf & turf in King's Cross

Information: 31 July 2025

Island sees two top chefs, Tom Brown and Brad Carter, come together for what might be London's ultimate surf & turf experience. We went to King's Cross to check it out.

Supernova's burgers have arrived in South Kensington, around the corner from Museum Mile

Information: 30 July 2025

We're still waiting to find out what's happening with their Mayfair opening, but in the meantime, Supernova have quietly opened their second smash burger bar, this time in South Kensington. Announced...

Luke Moody and Layla Morris win a Brixton Market residency with their Durban Curry House

Information: 30 July 2025

It was the competition that helped launch Adejoké Bakare's Chishuru, which became one of London's best restaurants, and now Brixton Village has announced the winners of its 2025 incubator...

A rooftop bar with Insta-worthy views of Big Ben has opened for the summer

Information: 30 July 2025

London's rooftop bar scene is stupidly competitive but one new opening this summer has an ace up their sleeve. Searcy's Bar & Brasserie in Westminster has been open for a while, but this is the...

HANBAAGAASUUTEEKI takes an Asian-inspired approach to smash burgers in Victoria

Information: 30 July 2025

No, we still haven't reached peak smash burger - here's one we missed (it opened about a month ago). Called HANBAAGAASUUTEEKI, it's an Asian-inspired smashburger restaurant that's opened in Victoria...

Test Driving Singburi 2.0, the cult Thai restaurant moves to Shoreditch

Information: 29 July 2025

A standout London restaurant has made the move from the wilds of Leytonstone into buzzy Shoreditch. We went along to see if Singburi's spirit has survived the move into the centre of town.

Page 34 of 527

Results 661 - 680 of 10539

News & reviews

Also see...