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Popular Sydney brunch cafe The Rusty Rabbit is heading to Notting Hill

Information: 30 July 2024

Homesick Aussies will want to make a beeline for Notting Hill soon as popular Sydney cafe Rusty Rabbit is gearing up to open on Westbourne Grove. With two cafes in the Sydney suburbs of Darlinghurst and St...

Test Driving Ukiyo - hand rolls, sushi and sake on tap in Covent Garden

Information: 30 July 2024

Covent Garden gets a very useful little sushi spot with the opening of Japanese hand roll bar Ukiyo in The Yards.

Chatsworth Bakehouse open a second place in Crystal Palace

Information: 29 July 2024

If there's anything that London simply can't get enough of at the moment, it's bakeries. And one of those bakeries that Londoners are obsessed with is about to open a second place - a second...

Lola's Cupcakes are making Harry Potter and house reveal cakes

Information: 29 July 2024

If you've got a Harry Potter fan in your life then the arrival of a new range at Lola's Cupcakes is going to make picking their next birthday cake a whole lot easier. The cake company has teamed up...

Marceline French grand brasserie is the next floating Canary Wharf restaurant

Information: 29 July 2024

21/7/24 - updated with interior pictures If you've been to Wood Wharf any time over the past couple of years, you'll be familiar with the huge floating restaurant that is Hawksmoor. However, you'll also...

Travel notes: Lainston House serves up the perfect weekend for foodie Londoners

Information: 27 July 2024

A ten minute drive from Hampshire you'll find this comfortable estate complete with hotel, two restaurants and even a cookery school. We checked into Lainston House for the full foodie experience.

Junk is bringing French smash burgers to Soho

Information: 26 July 2024

On a time when all eyes are on Paris for the Olympics, one French burger company is making its way over to the UK. Junk is getting ready to open a burger bar in Soho (where Wonderland was briefly). It's not...

Milk opens new bakery Milk Run in Tooting Bec

Information: 26 July 2024

They're already big with their cafe in Balham and now Milk have opened a brand new bakery just down the road towards Tooting Bec called Milk Run. If you fancy a Milk pastry to-go, this will be the...

Searcys has a takeaway Champagne package if you're heading to Paris

Information: 26 July 2024

If you're lucky enough to be heading off to the Olympics in Paris over the next couple of weeks, we rather like this little takeaway package that Searcy's Champagne Bar has put together for...

Boxpark Shoreditch faces closure - but has started a campaign to survive

Information: 26 July 2024

Update 26/7/24 The NTIA (Night Time Industries Association) has now launched a campaign to save Boxpark Shoreditch from redevelopment. "We are calling on Hackney Council to review their decision and...

Mauby is bringing Soho vibes to Brockley

Information: 25 July 2024

The arrival of Mauby in Brockley is the latest venture for a couple who first made a name for themselves with their amazing jerk chicken and barbecue. The new bar is the latest opening from Daniel...

Sager + Wilde on Paradise Row is closing

Information: 25 July 2024

He's recently had a big success with his latest opening Bruno in Victoria Park, but after ten years Michael Sager has decided to call it a day on his Sager + Wilde restaurant in Bethnal Green. It...

Test Driving Holy Carrot - inventive plant-based action in Notting Hill

Information: 25 July 2024

Holy Carrot used to be a supperclub but now it's become one of London's new breed of plant-based restaurants, with an Acme Fire Cult chef behind the menu. We went to see what he's cooking up.

A Christmas-themed bar is popping up in London for summer

Information: 24 July 2024

Does December 25th seem impossibly far away at the moment? Well, you'll get a chance to get your festive fix in August as a new, hidden Christmassy bar is popping up in London. It's being set up by...

Alaz brings a taste of Egypt to Chiswick

Information: 24 July 2024

London has an amazing selection of Middle Eastern restaurants, but the offering doesn't often drill down to Egyptian food specifically. So the arrival of Alaz on Chiswick High Road is hoping to...

Urchin, Dorian's follow-up restaurant, is popping up in Greece for the summer

Information: 24 July 2024

There's no question that Dorian is one of London's hottest restaurants - getting a table at a decent time in the dining room is a near-impossible task if you don't plan your dinners months ahead...

Albers opens in De Beauvoir with small plates and negronis for a fiver

Information: 23 July 2024

News reaches us of another promising new opening that's flown under our radar until now. Albers has opened in De Beauvoir, an area that's getting very interesting at the moment (including the...

Kleinsky's brings NY-style bagels to Mayfair (via Cape Town)

Information: 23 July 2024

Bagels are very much a thing at the moment, as evidenced by the huge popularity of (and queues at) It's Bagels (who are about to open their second location, in Notting Hill). It turns out that...

Test Driving Koyn Thai - a Thai reinvention for the Mayfair restaurant

Information: 23 July 2024

Originally a Japanese restaurant of two halves, Koyn has changed its basement into a separate Thai restaurant. We went down to check out the brand new menu.

Kolamba East sees the Sri Lankan restaurant head to the City

Information: 21 July 2024

21/7/24 - Updated with the opening date After finding success with their first Sri Lankan restaurant in Soho, Kolamba founders Eroshan and Aushi Meewella are going east for their second opening. It's...

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