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South Kensington hasn't had much in the way of interesting new openings recently, but that looks set to change when Margaux opens its doors next month. Billed as a 'gastro wine bar' or a modern bar...

Formerly Head Chef at Galvin at Windows, which he helped launch back in 2006, André's Garrett decision to leave the high rise restaurant this year left his London fans hoping that his next job...

You may recall a while ago, us mentioning an Aussie-inspired place called Tuck Shop opening in Shoreditch. Well things went pretty quite for a bit, but now the project is all go again. "We have...

A new restaurant with chef Jonas Karlsson in charge is soon opening just opposite Kew Gardens (near the Coach & Horses pub). Linnea, both Sweden's national flower and the name of Karlsson's...

Hudson’s House was the first of two new restaurants to open this year at the St Giles Hotel in Bloomsbury (the other, VQ opened a week ago and is on soft launch till the end of October). It opened a...

There's a new American pizza and cocktail restaurant opening at Seven Dials next month as Earlham Street Clubhouse opens its doors. Originally intended to be Chuck's Clubhouse (that is still coming...

London meets New York head on at Chop Shop on Haymarket.

It already has a pretty popular spot in Great Portland Street (not to mention Bicester) but now Villandry are opening a third cafe in swanky St James. They'll be opening inside a 1913 Edwardian...

Taking full advantage of its location inside the old "Bank of New York" building right in the middle of The City, a new Prohibition style bar and restaurant is coming soon from the people behind...

Open over the past month in an under-the-radar way is the Highbury Arts Club situated right beside Hot Dinners' favourite London wine shop - the Highbury Vintners, where the old Clock Cafe used to...

The nights may be drawing in, but one good thing about that is that it heralds the return of Forza Winter. This year's event sees them combine all their projects to date to create a communal Italian...

Not content with busying themselves with the upcoming opening of their latest restaurant Ember Yard, Ben Tish and Simon Mullins from the Salt Yard Group are also consulting on a new Soho bistro, due...

It was foodie central at the Freemasons Hall in central London tonight as the great and good of the food world gathered to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Observer Food Monthly Awards. As you...

Steering very far away from the jellies that they're best known for, Bompas and Parr's next feast will see them linking up with Heavy Metal Bowling at Finsbury Park's Rowan's Bowling Lanes with...

(Updated 17/10 with more details) Covent Garden is having resurgence. Once sneered at by the food snobs for its host of cheap and tourist-targeted restaurants, in the last few years we've witnessed...

It's been a while since a new restaurant debuted on the South Bank but Topolski, which opens there on November 1, is set to change that. Named after the Topolski Century art bunker it replaces (no,...

It's only there for 12 weeks, so we head for the 24th floor at Tower 42 to see if Anthony Demetre's pop-up is worth catching.

Updated 16/10/13 with menu details Fresh from opening his laidback Soho joint Grillshack, Richard Caring is now backing another Soho-based restaurant by the duo behind it - Mark Askew and Hannah...

(Updated 15/10 with menu details) It had been a while since we heard from chef Bjorn van der Horst. There was a lot of love for his Eastside Inn when it opened where Burger & Lobster now is in...

Apparently there are forces at work to rebrand Holborn as Midtown. If they succeed, it'll probably be in part to the super glamorous new hotel that opens today - the Rosewood London. We popped along last...