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God bless the internet - where else would you find something like Instagram sensation Symmetrybreakfast which posts a picture a day of the breakfast someone has cooked for themselves and someone...

Updated 5/11 with soft launch details. Dishoom's existing Bombay Cafés in Covent Garden and Shoreditch have already been big hits. Now they're joining an ever-growing number of restaurants which are...

If you manage to make it down to the last few days of the Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red installation at The Tower of London, warm up afterwards at Tom’s Kitchen Deli St Katherine Docks with a...

Updated with reopening date 4/11/14 We know the clocks have gone forward but we had to double check that it wasn't already April 1 in Melbourne with this latest story. Hot on the heels of Noma...

We've done our fair share of weekend lunches recently, enjoying meals at Bob Bob Ricard, Bar Boulud and The Colony Grill. But we hadn't had a proper Sunday lunch out for a while until a trip to Quo...

Updated 3/11/2014 with a first look at the finished restaurant. One of Gordon Ramsay's biggest hits recently has been the very well received Bread Street Kitchen. As a result, it's something he's...

Neil Rankin's collaboration with Noble Inns seems to have been a pretty fruitful one. The chef has had huge success with Islington's Smokehouse, he's revamped the menu at the Princess of Shoreditch,...

A new Japanese restaurant has opened rather stealthily in Belgravia today as Kouzu opens its doors.  It comes from one of the founding chefs of Zuma, Kyoitchi Kai, who was also more recently head...

Jago is the first restaurant from Louis Solley, who used to head up Ottolenghi in Notting Hill. He's now opening an all-day restaurant in Shoreditch with a focus on European, Middle-Eastern and...

It's time again for another round of Stuff We Liked - a general round-up of the things we've been talking about on Twitter, Instagram, facebook and more. This week there's doughnuts for bonfire...

Michelin has just released its Eating Out In Pubs Guide 2015 and several London pubs are gracing the guide's pages for the first time. They are, in no particular order: Parlour in Kensal Rise Russell...

A season of guest chef residencies at Zoilo kicked off last night and if the first one is anything to go by, you need to get booking, fast. The series aims to highlight the different cultural...

This Autumn really is the season of lobster with no less than three lobster restaurants opening their doors in London within a two week period. The second (the first was Lobster Kitchen while Lobster Shack opens...

If we're honest, we're happy any day to make a deliberate detour that gets us a Shake Shack burger, but an upcoming special will definitely be worth crossing town for. On 9th November, they're...

30/10/14 - updated with opening offer. A new cafe specialising in Provençal cuisine is coming to Exmouth Market, with a bar and plenty of outside seating too.

30/10/14 - updated with opening date. The folk behind Clerkenwell pub the Blacksmith and Toffeemaker, Matt Rix and Marc Dalla-Riva, are branching out northwards with a new place on Stoke Newington...

We do love a grilled cheese sandwich or three here at Hot Dinners, so we warmly greet the news that a new range has arrived at Brixton's Salon. The sandwiches feature Brick House sourdough bread,...

Not happy with taking over the roof of Selfridges for Christmas, Q Grill are also going east to Canary Wharf for a new pop-up restaurant - Q on Ice. They're in for the long haul for winter, starting a 17...

Following on from Giorgio Locatelli's pizzeria, the next chef to follow him into central London residency spot Carousel is Turkish-Cypriot chef Selin Kiazim. It's the latest place for the former...