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Still classic after all these years - we Test Drive the Ritz

Information: 29 October 2013

Inspired by its turning up as a plot point on Downton Abbey, we get dressed up and head over to the Ritz for dinner.

Tommi's Burger Joint Heading to the King's Road

Information: 29 October 2013

The Icelandic Tommi's Burger Joint has been a big hit ever since it opened both its long term pop-up and permanent restaurants in Marylebone. We've been to both (a few times) and can easily see why...

Searcys and Arnaud Stevens launch new restaurant Sixtyone in Mayfair

Information: 28 October 2013

Chef Arnaud Stevens has a wealth of experience all over London, ranging from Koffmann's La Tante Claire, Maze Grill and City Rhodes - and now he's launching a new modern British restaurant with...

Margaux gastro wine bar set for the Old Brompton Road

Information: 25 October 2013

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...

André Garrett to open restaurant at Cliveden hotel

Information: 24 October 2013

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...

Tuck Shop cafe opens at White Rabbit Studios in Shoreditch

Information: 24 October 2013

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...

New Neighbourhood restaurant Linnea opening next to Kew Gardens

Information: 24 October 2013

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 joins VQ at the St Giles Hotel in Bloomsbury

Information: 24 October 2013

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...

American preppy style pizza joint Earlham Street Clubhouse opening in Covent Garden

Information: 24 October 2013

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...

Steak & more in Haymarket - we Test Drive Chop Shop

Information: 22 October 2013

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

Villandry cafe comes to St James

Information: 21 October 2013

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...

Prohibition style Steam & Rye opening in the City

Information: 21 October 2013

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...

Highbury Arts Club offers tapas and weekend brunches

Information: 21 October 2013

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...

Forza Winter returns with Italian feast and hot cocktails

Information: 18 October 2013

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...

French Bistro Blanchette coming to Soho with Salt yard consulting

Information: 18 October 2013

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...

Heston Blumenthal wins Chef of the Decade at 10th Observer Food Monthly Awards 2013

Information: 17 October 2013

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...

Bompas & Parr join up with Heavy Metal Bowling for a BBQ night

Information: 17 October 2013

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...

Sticks & Sushi set their sights on Covent Garden

Information: 17 October 2013

(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...

Topolski bar and restaurant to open on the South Bank

Information: 17 October 2013

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,...