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Rick Stein celebrates 50 years as a restaurateur with 1975 menu prices

Information: 13 January 2025

In today's febrile restaurant scene, most restaurateurs would be congratulating themselves for having successfully reached the end of one year. So it's properly impressive for anyone to reach the...

Marta pizzeria in Chelsea is all about thin Roman-style pizzas

Information: 13 January 2025

In the run-up to the end of last year, we were so focused on the recent openings of Alley Cats and Zia Lucia in Chelsea that we missed another very promising new Chelsea pizza opening, called Marta. It...

Sourdough Sophia is heading to Highgate for her next bakery

Information: 13 January 2025

Having started during lockdown in Crouch End and now with a fully fledged bakery there and in Islington, the North London baker Sophia Handschuh and her husband Jesse Sutton-jones are gearing up to...

De Beauvoir's hot new cafe is Leigh's

Information: 10 January 2025

Islington's run of interesting openings continues this year with the arrival of Leigh's in De Beauvoir. The duo behind it are Cordon Bleu-trained chefs Melanie Clarke and McKenzie Amaral who have...

The Great Indian is Archway's new Indian gastropub

Information: 10 January 2025

Londoners love their pubs and love a good Indian, so the growth of Indian-based pubs in the City isn't altogether surprising. Arriving off the back of the huge success of The Tamil Crown and Prince comes...

West African restaurant Shakara arrives in Marylebone

Information: 10 January 2025

New West African restaurant Shakara opened quietly just before Christmas, but it has some impressive names behind the scenes. In the kitchen is Victor Okunowo, previously from Talking Drum and a...

Roji chefs to launch new Japanese izakaya Himi in Carnaby

Information: 10 January 2025

10/1/24 - Updated with the opening date For the last two years, chefs Tamas Naszai and Tomoko Hasegawa have been running omakase restaurant Roji in Mayfair (which we thought was excellent). Now Roji...

Tamila's next destination is King's Cross

Information: 09 January 2025

8/1/25 - Updated with full opening details. The casual rotis and curries restaurant Tamila (from the people behind the Tamil Prince and Tamil Crown) first opened in Battersea late last year, but...

Test Driving Jupiter Burger - the Dom's Subs crew take on the burger world at Netil Market

Information: 09 January 2025

Jupiter Burger, from the Dom's Subs guys, is serving up excellent burgers from its new shack beside London Fields. We went down to check it out.

Alba restaurant aims to bring a taste of Amalfi to Knightsbridge

Information: 09 January 2025

Updated 9/1/25 with new opening date and photos Just in case you were thinking that London may have just reached Italian restaurant saturation, a new restaurant is banking on the fact that the...

Michelin adds a whopping 16 new London restaurants to its guide ahead of the star reveal

Information: 08 January 2025

Updated 9/1/25 with January's openings Every month the inspectors at Michelin hand-pick a few new restaurants to add to their UK and Ireland guide. That doesn't mean the same as getting a star, but...

Ivan Ramen is back in London with a residency at The Ned

Information: 08 January 2025

A year after his longish residency in Islington won him legions of London fans, top ramen chef Ivan Orkin is back in town with another residency. This time he's heading into the City with a...

Gura Gura team to open casual Indian Oorja on Shaftesbury Avenue

Information: 08 January 2025

Indian restaurateur Gobind Chona's first London restaurant Gura Gura must have been a hit because he's getting ready to open his second quite close by. Oorja is opening on Shaftesbury Avenue (next to...

Test Driving Pinna, bringing Italian vibes and great pasta to Mayfair

Information: 07 January 2025

The team behind Wild, Lita and Fantomas bring their magic touch to this Sardinian restaurant in the heart of Mayfair. We take a closer look at Achille Pinna's solo restaurant Pinna.

Locanda Locatelli has closed

Information: 04 January 2025

Although the news was first previewed in an article on Michelin-star closures in the Times back in September, it was still a shock to read late on Friday that Georgio Locatelli's Locanda Locatelli...

Ukrainian restaurant Tatar Bunar is coming to Shoreditch

Information: 03 January 2025

Two Ukrainian restaurateurs, Alex Cooper and Anna Andriienko, are getting ready to open their first London restaurant, Tatar Bunar, in Shoreditch. The duo have multiple restaurants in Ukraine and...

Test Driving The Brave - James Cochran's new food-led pub in Islington

Information: 03 January 2025

Islington's pub scene continues to be in rude health with the arrival of this exceptionally good bistro pub with chef James Cochran running the kitchen.

Swirl is Leyton's new must-try wine bar

Information: 02 January 2025

Amid all the festive craziness pre-Christmas, a new wine bar opened its doors for the first time in E10. Swirl is a new bar that sees three local entrepreneurs joining forces. Arch Deli owner...

Zima head to Notting Hill with their caviar and dumplings

Information: 02 January 2025

Almost a decade after launching their Russian street food restaurant in Soho, the team behind Zima have now opened a second restaurant, this time in Notting Hill. In December, they took over the old...

The Dark Horse in Camden sees Le Bab running a pub

Information: 02 January 2025

The Farrier in Camden closed late last year, but it hasn't taken long for another new pub to spring up in its place. The Dark Horse takes over the site in the old Camden stable area and also happens to...

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