News & reviews

When the word on the street (in this case Kentish Town's Highgate Road) is that a hot new lunch spot has opened, you can count on us dashing off to try it. House Kitchen is the latest venture from...

There's a new burger joint that's just opened in Balham, courtesy of Soho House. They already had Chicken Shop in the area, so now they've added the Diry Burger menu there too.  That means all the...

It's just over a month before Easter, but the ETM Group of bars (The Jugged Hare, The Gun and more) already have their Easter special planned - an Easter bunny in a burger. Their special Hot Cross...

Banh Banh's just completed a successful residency in the Bussey Building, but they're not stopping there. They've just confirmed plans to open in another Peckam location permanenty. It's a family...

There's always appetite for a new afternoon tea and the one that's just launched at Anna Hansen's Modern Pantry in Finsbury Square sounds very different to the norm. Anna and her Head Pastry Chef...

23/2/16 - Updated with reservation details.  It looks like there's still plenty of room for more barbecue in 2016 - although the restaurant that arguably helped to poularise it is moving away from...

When EVERYONE you know is raving about a particular supperclub, and you haven't been, you know it's time to get in the loop. We had heard a lot about Tata Eatery. They're regulars at Druid St and...

It only opened a week or so ago, but the Vogue exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery - Vogue 100: a century of style - is already drawing huge crowds. The good news is there's an altogether...

There are a couple of rather interesting events taking place at Noble Rot's wine bar over the coming months and you're the first to know about it. Given their dinners can sell out in hours, this is A...

The latest restaurant to fall foul of rising rates and redevelopment is Green's in St James, the restaurant and oyyster bar which has been in the area for over 30 years. But Green's fans don't...

We're starting to see a few more restaurants that are big outside the capital setting up shop in the centre of town - and The Stable is the latest. It's got locations all over the country from Poole to...

The next Grand Union will actually be called Trade Union, and is coming to Wapping, is broadening what it does a little, specifically in the coffee and barbershop direction. It's a huge space (over 6000...

Who wouldn't be pleased to learn about a lovely new French-style boulangerie opening in their neighbourhood? The lucky folks in questin are Fulhamites who'll have a new boulangerie and kitchen,...

Updated 18/2/16 with menu details If you were around, as ye olde Hot Dinners crew were, in London back in the 1990s you'll definitely remember Pharmacy. It was an ultra concept (or conceit)...

It opened on the quiet last year and closed the same way - but now Eggbreak in Notting Hill is returning with a bit more of a fanfare (and a mini refurb too). They're re-launching this month with a...

There's a new barbeque restaurant heading Chelsea way as Porky's gets ready to open their fifth restaurant there.  If you've been to one of their other restaurants, you'll have an idea of what to...

Seb Holmes picked up a lot of fans while head chef at the Smoking Goat and then with a series of Pestle pop-ups. Now he's nearly ready to settle down in Borough with his new restaurant Farang - but...

The terrace at the Bloomsbury hotel has undergone a considerable overhaul. The former lounge bar is now Dalloway Terrace restaurant. Best known for its huge, heated outdoor terrace (a perfect almost...

There's a new breakfast spot in town. Bernardi's in Marylebone has just launched their breakfast menu (and weekend brunch) and it does look rather enticing. The brunch menu, which launched this...

We take a trip to the long-awaited permanent home of Lucky Chip, to see how they've mixed burgers and wine.