News & reviews

Sounds interesting - chef Morgan Meunier kicks off a series of supperclubs at new London Bridge spot The Rooftop Café at The Exchange. His dinner on Wednesday 20th March will cost £40 and the menu...

[Updated 14/3/13 with online booking details and bar opening date] Hoxton looks set to get another interesting new restaurant in March when Beagle opens its doors on Geffrye Street. The restaurant,...

Eric Chavot returns to London with the intention to reinvent himself from his previous incarnation as a two Michelin-starred chef. Brasserie Chavot in Mayfair ends up ticking all of our boxes.

[12/3 - updated with opening date] Yum Bun have long been one of the darlings of the London street food revolution that's been taking place over the last couple of years. They're best known for...

[Updated 12/3/13 with more auction details] We're always impressed with the events that Action Against Hunger come up with, but their latest one, Auction against Hunger is going to take some...

From former drug baron to best-selling author to DJ and crime novelist, Howard Marks aka Mr Nice, isn't short of a story or two to tell. So he'll make a particularly good host for Disco Bistro's...

Monocle, the global affairs magazine and media brand founded by Tyler Brûlé, will open its first London café at 18 Chiltern Street, Marylebone in early April. The 15-seater café follows the success...

Updated 10/3/13 with full opening hours. Ever since they pipped Jeremy King and Chris Corbin to the post in securing the site of the old Theatre Museum in Covent Garden, it’s been presumed that...

Things have been moving so fast in Hoxton and Shoreditch recently, that we'd (almost) be forgiven for missing a new opening. Which is a long way round of saying that Monikers on Hoxton Square crept...

Just across the road from Pollen St Social, Jason Atherton is opening up his first of two new restaurants this year. Little Social at 5 Pollen Street opens on Monday 18 March. It'll be a French...

East London fans of fried chicken should rejoice. The Spit & Roast crew are rocking up to Dalston Superstore for an eight week residency on the Kingsland High Street. From 23 March they'll be at...

Brunch? Bof - that's so 2012. Apparently now it's all about Le Drunch - a concept winging its way across the channel from Paris. It's their term for the meal that's seen lunch slip slowly towards...

It may be one hell of a publicity stunt, but you've got to give Wahaca credit for coming up with its latest menu addition - grasshoppers. To raise awareness of sustainability, particularly around...

Popular Holborn Korean restaurant Kimchee is expanding into the takeaway market by opening two new stores in quick succession. The first Kimchee To Go will open on the Strand on 2 April - the second...

In Good Company is the pop up night that started at Le Dauphin in Paris when London's Tony Conigliaro crossed the channel to bring his cocktail making skills to the Parisians. Now they're returning...

Gail's is well known for their bread and bakeries - but we head to Bloomsbury to try out their first restaurant. They say a picture's worth a thousand words - to go with this, we have just three...

Peruvian restaurant Lima has been a favourite since it opened last year. Now it's starting up a special tasting menu and we popped along to give that a try.

While he works towards opening up his Shoreditch restaurant, MasterChef winner Tim Anderson is continuing to do pop-ups to help hone the eventual menu when it opens. He's just announced details of...

The sun is actually shining in London, Spring is here and on top of all that cheer we hear that some rather brilliant chefs managed to raise a whopping £381k for charity last night. The event -...

Popular food pub The Ship in Wandsworth is getting a bit of a swanky reburb. They're completely rebuilding their outside bar area, which fronts on the Thames, creating lots more seating outside...