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That bento box above is Nobu Berkeley's new bento box for kids - just launched in time for summer holidays. It's a two level affair - the savoury level will have Nobu tasters like chicken yasai...

If eating out at one of London's high rise restaurants has gotten a little stale for you - how about eating dinner suspended 100 feet in the air? Anyone who saw the recent Heston series will...

The seemingly unstoppable burger juggernaut continues. Pop-up restaurateur Philip Dundas (whose Islington site has just been sold to MEATliquor) is handing over his West End Exeter Street site to...

London's current love of high-rise dining is certainly not on the wane. Not only do we have several new restaurants incoming (particularly from 20 Fenchurch Street) but now somewhere that has...

Beloved by Fay Maschler and Giles Coren, we went to see if Bravas Tapas was a slice of Spanish delight in London. It is.

As if the marvellous festival of meat that is Meatopia isn't enough to lure you to the Docklands this September we've just heard of an all woman-line up that help you decide to fork out for the...

Hot Dinners exclusive He has one of the best Italian restaurants in London with Locanda Locatelli but that's definitely more of a a special occasion place for most folk. So now Giorgio Locatelli is...

A new all-day restaurant is coming to Fulham. Eelbrook (named after its location on Eel Brook Common). Chef Brett Barnes will be putting together a menu that mixes British ingredients with European and North...

A lot has changed in London in recent years when it comes to places to eat into the wee small hours. One of the oldest kids on the block, Liverpool Street's Polo 24 Hour Bar recently expanded...

A new bar and restaurant opened in the City over the weekend as Forge (formerly Abacus near Bank) mixes booze, BBQ and rotisserie. It's a big old space, combining a large bar space with a restaurant...

Opening next week on Hanover Square is Cafe Kaizen. Taking over the space formerly occupied by Jalouse nightclub, they're billing it as a new concept for Mayfair, bringing East London's energy into...

Manchester is about to get another big-name restaurant as one of London's finest, Hawksmoor (who have only just launched Hawksmoor Knightsbridge - pictured), are set to open there next year. They're opening...

Tickets for the third Byron Burger Club night are going on sale tomorrow for a one day only event in Spitalfields which sounds like a doozy. Byron’s Head Chef Fred Smith will be serving up his own...

The hotel and restaurant formerly known as St John Chinatown, which went into receivership before becoming One Leicester Street when the restaurant was sold to hotelier Loh Lik Peng last year, has...

7There's nothing but good news at the moment for Londoners looking for restaurants with great wine lists. Just days after the prestigious Wine Spectator awarded Clos Maggiore its coveted Grand...

Opening this Autumn in central London (or "Fall" if we're going with the American theme) is a new "smoked salmon and salt beef bar" Delancey & Co. It's from Daniel Moosah, who has spent years in New...

8/7 - updated with launch details. Whenever we talk to people about L'Anima, hidden away in the City, we hear nothing but praise for Francesco Mazzei’s high end Italian restaurant. We've also been...

Having taken over central and east London - Hawksmoor moves west with its latest restaurant opening in Knightsbridge. We went along on opening night to check it and its new dishes out.

The lines between clubbing and eating out are blurring further with the opening of a new night spot APM at Zinc. The APM stands for Always Past Midnight. It's a members club so apologies if hearing...

Wine bars are very much back in vogue and heading up the pack is Hackney's Sager & Wilde, who have rarely been out of the press since they opened in August last year. Now Michael & Charlotte...