News & reviews

Updated 14/03/16 with soft launch details. If you've been paying attention to our Coming Soon pages, you'll have seen news that Cubitt House (the people behind Percy & Founders) were planning to...

We have to admit to being rather partial to the snack section in Japan Centre (we really, REALLY can't get enough Pockeys or Hello Panda biscuits). So when we heard that they were planning a...

We've already had some of the UK's top sommeliers join together at the Town Hall Hotel's Typing Room for a special matched dinner - now it's the turn of the cocktail makers. This next dinner will...

Already set up in Soho, there's a big new Yoobi on the way to Oxford Circus too.As before, it's a Japanese/Brazilian mash-up with a big focus on temaki rolls, maki rolls and sashimi. And their new...

We've been waiting a LONG time for a good influx of Mexican cuisine in London, but we're finally seeing something of a trend - with the latest being Santo Remedio (aka "Holy Remedy"). It's been in...

Just launched in Soho, Bukowski Grill are now adding breakfast to the menu - and they've a 50% off food launch offer too.  Their early breakfast includes: Rolls - merguez with roast pepper salsa &...

JaguarShoes Collective are expanding their empire further north, taking over pie and mash spot Manze on Chapel Market for two months. Every evening the beautiful art deco cafe will transform into a...

Updated 10/3/16 with a look at the menu It's all about the whisky at the moment - with incoming news that the same people behind the Worship Street Whistling Shop are opening Black Rock, a whisky...

So this is interesting. Launceston Place has a hot new Chef Patron in the kitchen. When head chef Tim Allen left the restaurant last summer, we were wondering who would take over from him. Now we...

As anyone who likes a good steak dinner in London will know, such tastes can run to rather pricey meals. So it'll be interesting to see what Cafe Rouge's 32oz 35-day dry aged Charolais Cote Du Boeuf...

It's one of our favourite food events of the year and it raises the most enormous amount of money for charity - yes Auction Against Hunger is back and this time it's bigger than ever. The event is...

We can't go a week without hearing about some new innovative take on afternoon tea and this week's story comes courtesy of Balthazar which has just launched a Bobbi Brown tea. The tea ties in with the...

There's roast chicken and then there's Hélène Darroze's roast chicken. The Michelin-starred chef has just launched a six-course roast chicken menu for two, Le Poulet du Dimanche, to be served in her...

The health food trend in London is ever continuing, with a new cold pressed juice bar and healthy food restaurant on the way to St Paul’s. With an Oxford biologist and a London nutritionist (among...

The latest street food to grow roots is Walter and Monty - best known for popping up at Night Tales and more markets across London. Billed as "street food with Michelin expertise", it's from founder Alex...

London is in the grip of a wine bar revolution. And there's a huge new one on the way. Humble Grape opened its first wine bar and shop in Battersea last year and now they're planning a second one -...

Jason Atherton's Clerkenwell restaurant brings a slice of Tokyo to EC1

Pitt Cue has grown up and landed in MUCH bigger digs in the City. We head along to see what else has changed.

It's fair to say that the Edgware Road probably isn't the first place you'd think of dining in some sort of modernist Japanese sky high pub. But that's exactly what's opening there this Spring...

So far we’ve had all kinds of street food hit Soho, but to our knowledge this is the first time we’ve seen RUSSIAN street food - and that’s what Zima is promising. It's being added to the basement...