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Molly Mc's singing pub is coming to Southwark

Information: 09 April 2025

9/4/25 - updated with new pics and an opening date You may have spotted videos on your social (or maybe it's just our algorithm) of a rise in London pubs offering proper sing songs, whether that's trad...

Test Driving The Lavery, an elegant newcomer in an historic building in South Kensington

Information: 08 April 2025

South Kensington is the unlikely location for the arrival of an interesting new restaurant in a historic old building. We went down to try out The Lavery.

Donabe on the South Bank is London's first Japanese clay pot rice restaurant

Information: 07 April 2025

For the past seven years they've been serving up top class sushi on the South Bank. But now the owners of Hannah at County Hall are switching things up a bit, according to Code Hospitality...

Jason Atherton closes Mary's, the original Pollen Street Social site

Information: 07 April 2025

Around this time last year, Jason Atherton announced the closure of his (then) flagship restaurant Pollen Street Social. A few months later, in August, that restaurant was given a light do-over and...

Black Tap Burger's massive Crazy Shakes are descending on Soho

Information: 04 April 2025

If you've been around Piccadilly Square recently, perhaps on your way to The Devonshire right around the corner, you may have seen that Black Tap Burger is incoming. Not familiar with them? Let us...

The Orangery lets diners eat inside a huge hydroponic farm in central London

Information: 04 April 2025

We have to admit that when we received the information on The Orangery on 1 April we did initially put this down as an intricate April Fool. But it turns out that there really is a new restaurant...

Fulham Pier adds a big new food and drink space on the river right beside Craven Cottage

Information: 04 April 2025

4/4/25 - updated with opening details It's been planned a while, but a big change for Fulham is now imminent. Fulham Pier is a big new riverside add-on behind the brand new Riverside stand of...

A Cornish fisherman's pub has landed in London outside The Ambassadors Theatre

Information: 04 April 2025

Covent Garden has a new pub, but this isn't any ordinary pub. It's a little slice of Cornwall come to town, themed with The Curious Case of Benjamin Button play currently on at The Ambassadors...

Test Driving 27 Old Compton Street - the late night pasta bar that's exactly what Soho needs right now

Information: 03 April 2025

Amidst a sea of luxury openings comes a well-priced Soho spot that wants to make sitting down for a bowl of pasta and a glass of wine an easy, fun thing to do. We find that 27 Old Compton Street is...

Zeit für Brot German bakery has landed in London

Information: 02 April 2025

Somewhat out of the blue and with little fanfare, a German bakery and cafe has made its debut in London. Zeit für Brot (translated as "time for bread") has a number of bakeries across Germany. Over...

New Knightsbridge spot Clap Ka-fe is hoping to go viral with its cute Japanese pastries

Information: 02 April 2025

They already run a sushi restaurant at the top of the building, now the Knightsbridge cafe CLAP London (we feel we've pretty much exhausted jokes on that name) has taken over the ground floor too...

Claude Bosi is opening Josephine in Marylebone

Information: 01 April 2025

1/4/25 - updated with more details and the opening date. Last year, chef Claude Bosi, together with his wife Lucy, opened French bouchon Josephine in Chelsea to rave reviews. It was, however, for...

Test Driving the pop-up Guinness bar at The Ned, where it's ALL about the Guinness

Information: 01 April 2025

Guinness madness sees no sign of easing up in London. Latest to the party is The Ned, where they've opened a special bar where the drinks and food all revolve around Guinness. We went down to try it...

Buttered up - Soho's new single item restaurant Butter LDN is for dairy lovers only

Information: 01 April 2025

Updated 12pm 1/4/25 - we know we've tricked a fair few of you, who've started following Butter on Insta, but this was our 2025 April Fool and one to add to our long line of April Fool's Day jokes...

Konjiki is serving up cheese nigiri and sushi tacos in Kensington

Information: 31 March 2025

Kensington's restaurant scene is on fire right now and nowhere is that more obvious than on Kensington Church Street. Hot on the heels of Krokodilos and Passyunk Avenue opening their doors comes a...

Seventy Five is a new restaurant inside Liberty with an Ex-Da Terra chef in charge

Information: 31 March 2025

Somewhat out of the blue, Liberty on Regent Street is getting ready to open a brand new restaurant. It's part of their 150th anniversary celebrations, hence the name of the restaurant, Seventy Five. It...

Greek restaurant Myrtos arrives in South Kensington with an ex-Pied a Terre chef in charge

Information: 28 March 2025

9/5/25 - Updated with soft launch details We've had a few excellent new Greek restaurants open in London of late and it looks like another is coming to South Kensington. Myrtos is from ex-Pied a...

Parasol sees the Discount Suit Co team join forces with Ruby's founder in Dalston

Information: 28 March 2025

28/3/25 - updated with opening details The team behind bars like Discount Suit Company and The Sun Tavern are getting ready for their next bar, this time in Dalston. They're taking over the basement...

Test Driving Nina - a glamourpuss of a restaurant where the food is as hot as the scene

Information: 27 March 2025

Nina in Marylebone is already blowing up on social. We booked in to see if lives up to the hype.

William Gleave is the new Chef Patron at Sargasso in Margate

Information: 27 March 2025

Ever since the news broke that the restaurant at Hill & Szrok had closed, we've been wondering where we'd see their resident chef William Gleave pop up next. Well now we know that he's made a...

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