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With perfect timing for National Chocolate Week (14-20 October) comes news of a cocoa-based restaurant that will open in Borough Market next month. Rabot 1745 is the brainchild of the founders of...

The London Malmaison in Farringdon is currently getting a bit of a refurb and along with that, a new steak restaurant too. The new basement restaurant will be the lurid-sounding Strip Bar & Steak - its...

Burgers take on the cronut craze Over in Soho, BGRG on Wardour Street has taken the burger craze in a whole new direction with the Dessurger. It's their take on the cronut craze and features a sugar...

Not content with opening Merchants Tavern in Shoreditch and Hartnett Holder & Co in Lime Wood, Angela Hartnett is launching her second solo venture in the very building where she started her career...

We're big fans of the Langham's Artesian - and particularly Alex Kratena's Martinis - so it's great to see that it's once again topped the World's 50 Best Bars list for the second year in a row (and...

Following on from Vauxhall's Dirty Burger, Soho House are continuing their south of the river ventures and have confirmed that the second Chicken Shop will, as expected, open in Tooting (even though...

Being a successful chef these days means more than just being able to turn out top quality nosh at short notice. Instead, we increasingly look to these culinary professionals to provide us with...

North Londoners get a new Italian restaurant as Ballaro prepares to open on Haverstock Hill. Certainly the people behind it sound worth a punt - Chef Carmelo Carnivale is the former Head Chef at...

A big new Shoreditch spot, named after a neighbourhood in Queens, launches on Curtain Road this week. Far Rockaway bills itself as a place where "New York's compelling urban culture comes to the...

We head to Mayfair to try Michelin-starred Karam Sethi's (from Trishna) latest venture, Gymkhana.

We've already talked about the Japanese pub being opened by Scott Hallsworth (ex Nobu and Wabi) by Marble Arch. Well while work on that continues, Scott has created a pop-up version down on the...

26 years after it first opened, the oyster bar at Bibendum is undergoing a radical redesign. The bar  has been given a comprehensive update by Sir Terence Conran and Richard Doone. The new-look bar will...

The Running Horse in Mayfair, which has been around since 1738 has had a rather major wash and brush up and re-opens soon under new owners James Chase of Chase Distillery and Dominic Jacobs, ex bar...

An interesting team with experience at some of the country's top restaurants has behind the opening of Tirage on Bishopsgate next month. Their concept is to offer one of the largest selections of...

[Updated 8 October 2013 with opening times and menu details] Tonkotsu, who were at the forefront of London's ramen revolution are soon opening in Tonkotsu East in the Hackney Arches - and now...

Chef Tom Kerridge whose Marlow pub the Hand and Flowers is the only one in the country with two Michelin stars, celebrated last night being named the UK's top restaurant at the National Restaurant...

Tim Anderson may have won the 2011 series of MasterChef, but fellow finalist Tom Whitaker hasn't been slacking off since he reached the top three. The former advertising exec is about to open in his...

There are going to be a lot of happy people (Hot Dinners included) when Florence Knight finally gets into her new Polpetto premises. But for now we'll have to make do with a Florence pop-up this...

(Updated 4/10 with opening date and menu details) Bobby Chinn has two successful restaurants in Vietnam - Restaurant Bobby Chinn in Saigon and Hanoi - as well as a pretty successful broadcasting...

More film & Ross Hot on the heels of his Eat Film event at the London restaurant festival, Jonathan Ross will be at it again for a special Halloween event. He's working with Soho House and Bombay...