Gastroblog
What's better than a lovely, flakey pastry with a proper cup of coffee in the morning? Well how about one given a bit of a spin by three top food writers and cooks?
That's the deal at Caravan Fitzrovia which has just kicked off a three month pastry push. Their first team-up is with blogger and cookbook author Ed Smith, aka Rocket & Squash whose Pain au ‘Nduja - a pain au chocolat made from ‘Nduja…
Read more: Caravan teams up with cooks and writers for some rather special pastries
Notting Hill's food credentials are boosted by a restaurant and bar team that comes via the River Cafe and Soho House to take over this old pub. They'll be serving up sharing plates, cooked over fire or in a wood-burning oven. …
Read more: Gold on Portobello Road will be a four floor food palace with a late bar
The former head chef of Chiltern Firehouse is moving up in the world, literally. He's opening this seventh floor restaurant with sky garden in the new Manhattan Loft Gardens development in Stratford.…
There's no surer sign that summer's on its way than when terraces, all across town, begin to be unveiled in their new plumage.
Top of your to-try list has to be the new Perrier-Jouet terrace at Harrods which launched to a celeb crowd last week. The fourth floor terrace (we honestly didn't even know it was there) is apparently a sunny spot facing due south west - perfect to sit and sip Champagne i…
Read more: Harrods unveil their summer Perrier-Jouet Champagne Terrace
Providing a blissful bolthole to weary shoppers - Richard Caring's Caprice Holdings hits the spot once more.…
Read more: Test Driving Harry's Bar - the perfect shoppers' retreat off Oxford Street
For the past few years, London In The Sky has been thrilling/terrifying diners by hosting a restaurant 100ft up in the air. And they're back for 2019 with a range of fun things planned, including letting it all hang out for charity.
Yes, that's right. If you've been thinking that the one thing you'd like more than dangling up in the sky for a great meal is dangling your bits out in the breeze whi…
Read more: Let it all hang out with a naked brunch 100 foot up beside the O2
Update: 1/4/19 - anyone waiting for Kantina to soft launch today might be disappointed (sorry to the folks who DMd us on Instagram). This was our April Fool's Day story. And if you want to see the full list our April Fools over the years, head over here.
We've had hot pot and hot stone restaurants where you cook your own food, and bar tables with serve-yourself beer taps on them for quite a while…
Read more: Kantina will be London's first self-service fine dining restaurant
It's all change for Boondocks near the Old Street roundabout - as it's about to be replaced by a new restaurant - Harlem Soul. But it's not a complete change, as it's all still run by Bea Vo's Soul Food Enterprises, which also runs Stax Diner in Carnaby and Butterscotch Bakery (and previously Boondocks).
The new food-style for the restaurant is being dubbed as "American urban cuisine". The m…
Read more: Harlem Soul is replacing Boondocks on Old Street with more Americana
Given they’ve been in business since the 80s, it’s no surprise The Gate know a thing or two about veggie and vegan cooking. Now they’re taking their plant-based knowhow to St John's Wood, with a new restaurant that’ll have brunch, lunch and a newly extended menu.…
Read more: St John’s Wood is getting their own The Gate, and that means vegan brunch
Over the course of two days last October, top London bartender and bar owner Ryan Chetiyawardana caused quite a storm on the London bar scene when he announced the closure of the hugely popular Dandelyan in the same week as it took the No 1 slot in the World's Best Bars list.
The bar finally closed earlier this month - but already they've unveiled the next iteration - Lyaness.
Now there's a…
Read more: Lyaness is the replacement for World's Best Bar Dandelyan at Sea Containers
A formidable restaurant team are taking on the space at the Grade II listed Holborn Town Hall with their first venture.…
Read more: Gezellig brings a formidable restaurant team to Holborn Town Hall
You know that Easter is just around the corner when your Insta feed is flooded with pictures of restaurants and bars using Cadbury's Creme Eggs in everything from desserts to cocktails. And this year Cadbury's have teamed up with four London restaurants for some special dishes in the run up to Easter Sunday.
At Blondies Kitchen in Selfridges Food Hall they're putting on a Cadbury Creme egg browni…
Read more: Cadbury's Creme Eggs specials on London menus this Easter
Imagine landing a fabulous house share in Notting Hill. That's the premise of this new pop-up turned permanent bar and restaurant on All Saints Road..…
Inspired by the Lucknow region's Awadhi cooking, chef and restaurateur Dhruv Mittal is opening a restaurant with all manner of biryanis, kebabs and lunchtime quick bites.…
Read more: Lucknow 49 on Maddox Street will be the new restaurant from the Dum Biryani team
The team responsible for The Culpeper in Aldgate have a new project - they're opening this pub and hotel on Brick Lane where the rooftop terrace features an honesty bar and hot tub.…
Read more: The Buxton is a pub with rooms on Brick Lane from the Culpeper
