News & reviews

News reaches us of a new bistro hitting Hackney this month - with a chef who's worked with Pierre Gagnaire and Alain Ducasse. Bouchon Fourchette will be a small French bistro (seating around 50) on...

Feast is a collection of some of London's best street food and restaurants under one roof. The last one was held in December and we thought the event was one of the best we've been to in London. So...

The move of street food vendors to more permanent locations (see MEATliquor and Pitt Cue Co) continues with news that Homeslice Pizza is setting up shop in Covent Garden. Their chef Ry Jessup has...

If you happen to get a criminal number of cheesy Valentine cards and find yourself aghast at the poor poetry and clipart images you've been sent as a supposed token of undying love, you may be...

Could Victoria be the next part of London to get a foodie makeover? It now has two restaurants of interest - Tozi which will open on Gillingham Street in March and Wilton Road eaterie A. Wong which...

Last year, Kentish Town's food offering got a big shot in the arm with the arrival of the Chicken Shop/Pizza East/Dirty Burger triumverate, and since then the area's steadily had an influx of great...

Smithfield and Farringdon are both among the best developing food areas in town at the moment, with recent openings Polpo, Burger & Lobster, the Longroom and a great looking Byron all revitalising the area...

If there's a notable trend in North London this year so far it's pies. We've already been round to try them at Kentish Town pub Tapping The Admiral and first bricks and mortar shop for Piebury...

There can't be a better time for a new pancake place to open than the run up to Pancake Day. So it's perfect timing for new East London spot Shutterbug, which has been exquisitely described (for...

[Updated 7/2/13 with menu, design and bar details] He's been opening restaurants as far away as Singapore and Shanghai but, as rumoured on our Coming Soon page for a few months now, Jason Atherton...

If you’re a fan of Ibérico pork (or all things piggy), then you’ll want to pay a visit to Tramontana Brindisa this month. In celebration of the traditional winter slaughter of the pig, known in...

American chef Tim Anderson found fame in the UK when he won MasterChef in 2011. Since then, he left his old job at the Euston Tap to set out on his own. His first restaurant Nanban, focuses on...

There are all manner of restaurants opening up in London we're pretty excited about, but there's something special about the ones coming in the Shard. Maybe it's because eating there will be a way...

It won over our hearts (and completely furred up our arteries) when we ate there just before Christmas, now the newly-reopened Electric Diner has designs on your breakfast. They're introducing a...

We head down to the Longroom at Smithfield to try their salt beef and tosated cheese sandwiches while washing it all down with craft beer.

TV chef Gizzi Erskine's last time in the kitchen with Disco Bistro's Carl Clarke was at her Korean pop-up K-Town. That was a big hit, and they'll soon teaming up again at Clarke's Disco Bistro at St...

News reaches us this week of an interesting place opening in Victoria - one of the few areas of the city almost entirely bereft of decent restaurants. Well new Italian spot Tozi hopes to change all...

It's one of the best known daily street food markets in London - and now it's coming back to King's Cross following its winter break (after a few recent guest spots around London too). KERB will be...

The Sustainable Restaurant Association has just had its second annual awards with a number of London places coming away from today's ceremony with gongs. Wahaca (pictured here) picked up the...

(Updated 4/2/13 with opening details) Having had recent success on the South Bank with their Summer Shack, Yalla Yalla are jumping back into the pop-up business. Their new al-fresco shack is taking...