News & reviews

Test Driving Le Pont de la Tour - a riverside favourite gets a big overhaul

Information: 06 October 2015

Le Pont de la Tour has just thrown open its doors to the public again - we head down there to see what's new.

The Beer Bakery pops up in Hoxton for a week

Information: 06 October 2015

Like beer? Love bread? Well put this date in your diary. From 27-31 October Tom and Henry Herbert of the Fabulous Baker Brothers and AB InBev are opening a popup combining both those ingredients...

Kioskafé is Monocle's latest venture in Paddington

Information: 06 October 2015

Looks like Paddington just got an interesting place to grab a morning coffee or lunchtime snack. Kioskafé, a newsstand and coffee bar opened last week - it's a new project from the folk behind...

The Ivy continues to grow with a new Ivy Café for Marylebone

Information: 05 October 2015

The Ivy has had a pretty busy past year. Not only have they revamped their original restaurant to great acclaim, but they also opened the Ivy Market Grill and the Ivy Chelsea Garden. And now there's a...

Ex Cinnamon Club chef launches Darbaar in the City

Information: 05 October 2015

There's a new high-end Indian restaurant on the way to the City, coming from Abdul Yaseen, a chef who has worked over a decade at Cinnamon Club and Cinnamon Kitchen. It's a banqueting experience, inspired...

Dandelyan, Sketch, Jinjuu and more win at the Restaurant and Bar Design Awards

Information: 05 October 2015

Find out (and see) which London restaurants have the best looking gaffs.

Beyond London is bringing pan Asian small plates and cocktails to Kensington

Information: 05 October 2015

Pan Asian, small plates, killer cocktails and top-end service. In the space formerly occupied by One Kensington, a new lounge style restaurant and bar is opening later this month which has all the...

Sexy Fish brings seafood to Berkeley Square from Richard Caring and Caprice

Information: 05 October 2015

A Hot Dinners Exclusive (updated with new pics) Caprice and Richard Caring have been having a pretty good year with the rapturous reception of the revamped Ivy and now they're moving onto a brand new...

Clare Smyth to leave Restaurant Gordon Ramsay and open her own restaurant

Information: 02 October 2015

Well now, THIS is quite a story. News broke this afternoon that Clare Smyth, currently Chef Patron at Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, is to open her own restaurant, with Ramsay's backing. Smyth has been...

Sutton and Sons fish and chips comes to Islington

Information: 02 October 2015

Fish and chips aren't just for Fridays. Stoke Newington based chippy Sutton & Sons is proving such a success (also opening in Boxpark in Shoreditch) they're opening a new site in Islington's Essex...

Night Tales turns permanent with cocktail bar and restaurant NT's

Information: 02 October 2015

From pop-up, to permanant site: after two years on the street food and festival scene, Night Tales has found a new home in the heart of London Fields, just down the road from Broadway Market. In the...

Fornetto pizza al tranchio is now open on Charing Cross Road

Information: 02 October 2015

Looks like there's a pizza war hotting up on Charing Cross Road. At one end of the road you have newly-opened NY Fold from American pizza champion Bruno DiFabio, and now there's Fornetto setting out...

Dishoom heads for Soho/Carnaby for its next restaurant

Information: 01 October 2015

Updated 1/1015 with soft launch details. A few more details are creeping out about the ever-popular Dishoom, which is returning to central London for its next opening. It's a big site, being over...

FOLD brings Vietnamese rolls to Brick Lane

Information: 01 October 2015

First there were banh-mi. Then there were bao. Now there are folds - the latest south east Asian street food trend to hit the streets of London. A new Vietnamese restaurant - aptly titled FOLD -...

Arbutus launches new bar - Les Couilles du Chien

Information: 30 September 2015

This place is quite literally the dogs' bollocks. A Michelin starred restaurant with a sense of humour is opening a new bar - cheekily titled Les Couilles du Chien. Arbutus in Soho is already known for...

Five things to do in the 2015 London Restaurant Festival

Information: 30 September 2015

Now in its seventh year, the London Restaurant Festival has 350 restaurants taking part across London in partnership with American Express, offering a host of special events and festival menus...

The Savoy launches its Temptation Wheel evening menu at the Thames Foyer

Information: 30 September 2015

So this is a bit of fun. The Savoy has introduced a Temptation Wheel - a roulette game where the wheel decides what chocolates, desserts or cocktail you go for. It's to showcase the new evening menu at...

The Barrafina burger comes to MEATliquor

Information: 29 September 2015

Haven't managed to make it into Barrafina yet? You can get a taste of it at all the MEATliquors, MEATmarket and MEATmission with the Barrafina Burger. The burger mixes unpasteurised Ermesenda cheese...

Test Driving Piquet - Allan Pickett does French cuisine with British ingredients

Information: 29 September 2015

We head to Fitzrovia to try out the new restaurant from Allan Pickett, who's cooking a very impressive menu of French cuisine using British ingredients.

Mangal Ocakbasi comes to Shoreditch with Mangal 1.1 at the Comedy Cafe Theatre

Information: 28 September 2015

The original Mangal Ocakbasi is a 25 year old charcoal grill hit in Dalston, often lauded by chefs and an early example of how Londoners are only too happy to queue for some great comfort food. And now...

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