News & reviews

What do you get if you pair up the co-founder of Ottolenghi with the founder of a noodle empire? It turns out that a Taiwanese noodle bar in Covent Garden is the answer. The business duo in question are...

This weekend saw the Financial Times unveiling its newly expanded food and drink dream team, Appetites, consisting of Tim Hayward, Marina O'Loughlin and Jay Rayner alongside columnists Jancis...

2025 continues to be a year of dining well in London pubs. The latest central London boozer to take things up a notch is Belgravia pub The Alfred Tennyson, which is just getting ready to unveil a...

After making a big splash in Notting Hill with their first restaurant last year, Holy Carrot already has a second site lined up, this time in Spitalfields.  Run by Irina Linovich and ex-Acme Fire...

21/3/25 - updated with the opening date They make what is one of our favourite burgers in London and now Zan Kaufman's Bleecker, is about to get bigger. Soon after opening in Seven Dials and London...

21/3/25 - updated with the opening date. Flat Iron is getting even bigger. The affordable steakhouse already has 14 restaurants in London and there's about to be a 15th - and it's also their second in...

Four years down the road of having charmed the residents of Blackstock Road with their winning mix of books, coffee and wine, the founder behind BookBar is heading west. Making the announcement...

The new Stratford Cross development is resulting in adding some very interesting new food options to the area. We've recently had the opening of Templar from the Darkhorse team and next year we'll...

Even if the springtime burst of sunshine we've been having recently doesn't continue, it's going to be well worth knowing that London has a brand new terrace bar overlooking the river. Seventy5th...

What's better than having one successful restaurant in Aldgate? Having two of course. That's the trajectory London restaurateur Murat Kilic is hoping for when he opens Ara just down the road from...

When we heard that the family who own the London and New York branches of Le Relais de Venise l’Entrecôte were opening a new restaurant in London, you can be sure we sat up and took notice. Romeo...

Right now, you can hardly make a move in London without bumping into a new sandwich spot. The latest to join the ranks is La Spot which is getting ready to open in Fitzrovia. The Spanish-inspired...

19/3/25 - updated with the opening date and menu details Last year, Tom Brown closed his Michelin-starred Cornerstone restaurant in Hackney. At the time, it was said that he was concentrating on...

Central London is firmly in the grip of a noodle craze - the queues outside Noodle Inn aren't getting any shorter and there's the new Noodle & Beer in Chinatown too. Now, here's news of a third hot new...

It's all change over in Fleet Street where one of the area's best-known buildings, which used to house The Telegraph, is being transformed into a modern mix of offices and restaurants. The Telegraph...

The changes coming with the new Riverside stand at Fulham stadium are going to have a big impact on the area when it's finally completed this summer. We've already talked about how Adam Byatt is...

18/3/25 - Updated with a confirmed opening date If you've been anywhere near Oxford Circus in the past year or so, you will have seen the massive Ikea that's taking shape there in the former Top...

It previewed at Carousel last year and now Chilean restaurant Mareida is getting ready to open, not too far away from Carousel in Fitzrovia. It's founded by Prenay Agarwal (pictured above) who has...

Reemies, by Reem Abu Samra, started life as a cake delivery business and over the years has found itself a huge following, Now, the first Reemies bakery is getting ready to open. The cake business started...