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If you want to go somewhere that can't fail to give even the most Grinchiest Londoner all the festive feels, these London restaurants and pubs really understood the assignment this Christmas (and yes, they're all very Instagrammable).

We give you the lowdown or uber-edit of which London's restaurants are creating the biggest buzz right now...

Ever wondered where the A-listers eat when they're in town? Here's ongoing our guide to which celebrities are dining at which London restaurants right now.

If you're planning to go out in London to celebrate New Year's Eve, we've done the legwork for you to find the restaurants with the best parties and dinners around London on 31 December.  

London's bakers are turning out cracking mince pies this Christmas along with less traditional takes on the festive favourite. Here's where to get your hands on them.

  Hot Dinners rounds up some of the best food and restaurant pop-ups and events around town at the moment.

Restaurateurs, chefs and authors Sarit Packer and Itamar Srulovich share their favourite places to go in and around Stockwell and Vauxhall for food.

As we wind up the year, there are still some very big new openings still to come this month, including the new opening from Core's Clare Smyth and the long-awaited Guinness brewery in Covent Garden.

The penultimate month of the year saw us eating excellent pizza, getting dessert FOMO in Fitzrovia and diving into a bowl of amazing noodles in Covent Garden.

Take the stress and strain out of perfectly timing the turkey or wasting time over the washing up. Here's our pick of the best restaurants open in London for Christmas lunch.

Here's our yearly run-down of the best food and drink books of the year, focusing on those books created by the people behind London's great restaurants and bars.

Perfect for visiting relatives and great for all ages, London's Christmas afternoon teas are a great way to get together over the festive season. Here's our pick of whose seasonal selections are the best in town. 

Presenting our annual festive guide to the best Christmas sandwiches on offer in London for 2025.

  Looking for somewhere to have a private celebration? We've wandered the length and breadth of London to find the city's most extraordinary private dining rooms.

Every year London's new restaurant openings reveal a raft of shiny new private dining rooms that are perfect for group get-togethers or company dos. Here's our pick of this year's party spaces. 

If we're in the Christmas season, then it's time to start planning what you want for this year's Christmas hamper (which also make extremely good gifts for the foodie in your life). We've gathered together some of London’s very best festive hampers.