French

Classic French restaurant in Soho

French bistro in Fitzrovia from the people behind Clipstone and Portland

There's been quite a shake up over at the Pantechnicon building in Belgravia with the newest arrival being the French restaurant Amélie. We went to check it out.

It's over a year since Marcus Wareing's restaurant at The Berkeley had its last service. Now the Knightsbridge hotel is getting ready for a new restaurant to take its place. They're bringing in restaurateurs Ugo and Antoine Lecorché to open a London branch of

Last week we brought you the story of a new wine bar at Heathrow. This week we're talking about another new opening in the airport's Terminal 2, but this one is a lot more bouji. You may have tried French chef Cyril Lignac's food at his Mayfair restaurant Bar des Prés. Well, now

The arrival of this new French cafe in the heart of Borough now gives the area a perfect place to pop in for a drink and a dish, or to enjoy a longer more leisurely lunch or dinner.

A huge French brasserie has arrived in Canary Wharf's Wood Wharf, floating in the water beside Hawksmoor. We went in to try some classic French fare. 

Updated 20/8/24 with opening date

Two decades after winning a Michelin star for his eponymous restaurant in Twickenham, chef John McClements has come out of retirement to launch a new French bistro in Richmond. Mignonette is the latest venture for the chef and restaurateur who is also behind the South West London group Ma Cuisine.

It's taken over the old Restaurant 109 site and there'll be

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 have noted that there's another similar floating

Jackson Boxer has taken over the restaurant at a Covent Garden hotel to create Henri, his own take on a Parisian Bistro. We went down to get a slice of France in the heart of London.

Having opened back in the sixties but fallen out of favour in recent years, the Holland Park institution that is Julie's now has a new owner, chef and lease of life.

The group behind Gaia in Mayfair are opening something new in London, bringing  La Maison Ani to The Carlton Tower Jumeirah in Knightsbridge.

Taking over the space that was the Italian restaurant Al Mare, this time they've gone French (with some Med flavours thrown in too). It's actually the second La Maison Ani, as they launched one in Dubai last

It might be situated in the heart of the British establishment, opposite the Institute of Directors and across the road from The Athenaeum but chef Anthony Demetre's new bistrot on Pall Mall is a going to be a lovely slice of Paris in London. Called Bistrot at Wild Honey, it's taking over the lower level entrance space to the restaurant.

Dubbed a 'little sister' to Demetre's Michelin-starred restaurant the new space is a

There's a classic French brasserie right on the edge of Spitalfields Market. We went down to see what they're cooking up at 65a. 

Claude Bosi's third new opening in the space of a year is a more personal affair as he teams up with his wife Lucy for a neighbourhood Lyonnaise bouchon. We headed west to Chelsea to take a look for ourselves.