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While the UK’s current heatwave may be giving Bangladesh’s temperatures a run for their money, we know the latter country certainly has more reliability in that department. So, when you undoubtedly need...

Back in December when Soho restaurant SOLA unveiled its dramatic new look, one of the key new additions was the Bourbon Room lounge and bar downstairs. Now they're using that space to offer diners...

Victory Mansion in Stoke Newington has been a neighbourhood restaurant and bar in Stoke Newington for a few years now, an Asian/Mexican fusion affair with their "ta-kos" being the biggest draw. Now...

They already have a big indoor space in Battersea Power Station, but now Arcade Food Hall are going alfresco too.  They're taking over the Coaling Jetty at the Power Station, which is that huge jetty...

A few years back, we reported on the impending arrival of Mykonos restaurant Nammos, which was supposed to be heading to Knightsbridge. Now it turns out that those plans have changed and the...

Updated 21/6/24 with opening date and menu details Lucky Islington residents are about to get a new coffee shop, wine bar and restaurant and an ice cream parlour, all in the space of a month or so...

Updated 22/6/24 with new images, menu details and opening date Finsbury Park folk are going to feel deeply smug this summer when the Four Legs team open their second place. Not only will they have...

You may have tried their pasta or burgers at one of their stalls across London - either at one of the Mercato Metropolitanos, dotted around Canary Wharf or at Camden Market and Crate Walthamstow...

Until recently, the small No. 23 space next door to Carousel in Fitzrovia had been used for rotating residencies, most recently for Chuck NYC and Poons Wontoneria. Now that's about to change as it...

19/6/24 - updated with the opening date Top restaurateur Jeremy King, has risen from the ashes like a phoenix (or "getting back in the saddle" as he puts it) and is properly back in the restaurant...

Updated 17/6/24 with menu details For the first time since it opened in 1987, The River Cafe is opening a new café - although it's not far at all from the original. In fact, it's right next door.  The...

Humble Crumble is a dessert shop that serves exactly what you think - various pots of steamed fruit covered with crumble and done extremely well. Since originally starting as a pop-up, they've been...

Roti King has been on the expansion drive of late, having recently opened at Waterloo and Battersea alongside the original Euston restaurant. Now the specialists in Malaysian street food are getting ready...

It's not often we get to write about new Greenwich restaurants, but upcoming neighbourhood restaurant Highroad Social sounds very promising. 

It's been almost a year since Native at Browns closed its doors, but now we hear that there's a brand new restaurant taking its place. Chef Alexis Gauthier first previewed his 123V concept across...

There's no getting away from the fact that, so far, it has been a dismal summer. And there's one activity that the poor weather is guaranteed to mess with which is the great British picnic. Luckily for us,...

First things first - just in case you're wondering, the mail-order fashion company hasn't decided to open a restaurant business. This Mr Porter is actually a "modern steakhouse" that originates from...