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Until now, the team behind Mr Bao and Daddy Bao have been mainly south of the river (Westfield outlet notwithstanding) and solely about Taiwanese cooking. But now they're coming to London Fields,...

20/10/25 - updated with a name and more details In recent months, there had been a flurry of activity on the riverbank at Richmond where the old Pitcher & Piano used to be. It's a huge site, with...

After a few fallow years, Shoreditch's food scene has come roaring back. We've had the likes of One Club Row, Singburi and Angelina open there. Now, hoping to make a similar impact, is a high end...

20/10/25 - updated with opening details. It's all change for Fergus Henderson and Trevor Gulliver's teeny bakery in Neal's Yard with the news that they've moved to bigger and better premises. The...

There's no shame in admitting that, like the joys of a foreign supermarket, one of the fun things about being abroad is seeing what's different in each country's McDonald's. The good news is that...

The team behind Faber (Hammersmith) and Somers Town Coffee House (King's Cross) have just opened a new restaurant above their Mile End "seafood gastropub" The Victoria. Completely separate from the...

A new pizza residency is on the way. Fresh Hot Pizza have been running pop-ups since the beginning of the year, and now they're settling down in Haggerston.  It comes from James Fox, who got his...

Following the closure of their two Covent Garden restaurants, we've been wondering what the Petersham Nurseries team were going to do next. Now we have our answer, of sorts. The baton has moved to...

A modern Indian restaurant that started life in Dubai (before opening in Mumbai too) is coming to London.  Trèsind describes itself as a "modernist Indian dining experience" so it's a high-end...

As you may know, what was once London's In and Out Club on Piccadilly, Cambridge House, is getting a huge makeover at the moment and is due to launch as a new hotel sometime in 2026. If you're not...

It's all happening on Chiltern Street at the moment. The Hart has just opened its doors. Work is underway at reopening Chiltern Firehouse after the fire. And now Melody Adams, the restaurateur...

Sushinoya are going big in London. The first outpost of this new high end grab-and-go sushi spot opened in King's Cross and while we still have to wait for them to open in Moorgate, their flagship...

If there was ever a new restaurant guaranteed to look and feel good, it should be just-opened Haggerston spot Jiāonest. Chef and owner Hua Yang came to London from China to study spatial design. But...

It might seem like the Dubai chocolate craze has been and gone but Harrods are very much hoping not. The store is banking on the fact that most Londoners will want to try the original chocolate bar...

They've been popping up across town and now nose-to-tail, live-fire cooking experts Whole Beast are about to open their own permanent place in Brixton.  Taking over the space that was Shrub and...

Hats off to the journos at City AM who've managed to winkle out a reopening date for the Chiltern Firehouse. As you'll remember, the celeb haunt has been closed ever since a fire raged through the...

Updated 15/10/25 with opening date One of the city's most well-known 24-hour restaurants in London is the sky-high Duck & Waffle in the City. But now it looks like another restaurant is getting in on...

14/10/25 - updated with the opening date Bringing something new to Soho is TANGRA, a new late night Indo-Chinese restaurant on Frith Street. It takes its name from the Tangra neighbourhood of...

A short walk from Liverpool Street station, a brand new live-fire restaurant is coming to the City and it's from someone best known for his pubs.  Rob Star, the man behind the Electric Star Pubs (The...