The chef son of Irish designer John Rocha is opening his first restaurant - a canalside cafe in Hackney.
Read more: Cafe Cecilia sees chef Max Rocha opening his first place on the canal in Hackney
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Zia Lucia are continuing their march south with a new pizzeria, this time in Balham.
If you're not familiar with them, they first started on Holloway Road (where they've now merged with pasta restaurant Berto) and the restaurant is all centred around their 48-hour slow-fermented doughs. With each pizza, you get a choice of traditional white flour, wholemeal, gluten-free or a vegetable…
This is the second Six by Nico restaurant to arrive in London. It's all about their six-course tasting menu, which changes (never to be repeated) every six weeks. …
Read more: Six by Nico brings their ever-changing tasting menu to Canary Wharf
The people behind Crispin in Spitalfields are coming to Soho with a new natural wine bar (backed up by a great snacks list). …
Hoxton Square has a lovely new(ish) neighbourhood bar pouring classy cocktails and serving up small plates. Here's what to expect...…
Read more: Test Driving Ever After - a neighbourhood bar that just happens to be in Shoreditch
They've been big in Shoreditch and now it looks like David Carter and Chris Leach's Manteca are opening a second restaurant in Shoreditch. According to a story by industry newsletter Propel, they're looking to take over an old Pizza Express site on Curtain Road (very close to Carter's Smokestak).
Manteca originally started life as a residency at 10 Heddon Street (where Fallow is now) b…
Read more: Manteca might be coming to Shoreditch with their Italian/British menu
Updated 7/7/21 with new opening date
It's strange how things come full circle, isn't it? Way back in 2009 MEATliquor burst on to the London food scene in a truck located in a New Cross pub car park. They didn't open their first actual restaurant until 2011.
Now, ten years later, their latest London opening is going to see them move back into pub life, taking over a pub in Forest Hill
Posting on I…
Read more: MEATliquor take over The Dartmouth Arms in Forest Hill
It's been nearly a year since the huge Pantechnicon opened in Belgravia. While much of the building has been opened since then (when allowed), the basement restaurant, Sachi is only now getting ready to be unveiled.
The food carries on the Nordic and Japanese theme of the rest of the building. It's led by Head Chef Collin Hudson (previously Dinings and Roka) who'll be working alo…
The restaurateur who brought us Sumosan has brought in the former head chef of The Palomar for this new Islington restaurant.…
The people behind Kensington's Romulo Café & Restaurant are coming to Soho for their next opening - Kasa and Kin.
This will be a combination of all-day restaurant & bar, bakery and patisserie, all centred in Filipino cuisine. At this stage, we know more about what will be happening with the pattiserie. On that menu will be pandesal bread rolls as well as pand…
Read more: Kasa & Kin is a new Filipino cafe and restaurant in Soho from Romulo Café
Big Mamma have already had huge hits with Gloria and Circolo Popolare. We take a look at Ave Mario in Covent Garden to see how their third London restaurant measures up.…
Read more: Test Driving Ave Mario - Big Mamma have another winner on their hands
You may have heard of something called Christmas in July. It's so named because every July, many big shops showcase everything that they'll have on the shelves at Christmas - giving various publications plenty of time to plan their Christmas coverage. We will admit we love Christmas in July but until now it's very much been a behind-the-scenes thing. But Pret are changing that.
Starting today, th…
Read more: Pret is bringing back its Christmas sandwich for July
Recently, we gave you our guide to the best French toast in London, because it's a bit of a thing in London restaurants at the moment. But now things have moved to the next level with a whole restaurant devoted to French toast, called Crome.
It's split into the sweet or savoury kind, so you're going to find French toast like...
- Chilli Cheese Cheeto - French toast, Flamin’ Hot Cheetos, trip…
Read more: Crome London is a new cafe that's all about French Toast
As we're fully in BBQ season, you're going to want a proper hot dog to get things going - and luckily for you, the excellent AngloThai hot dog has returned just in time for BBQ week. We first tried this last year, and can confirm that it's one of the best out there - all of the great AngloThai condensed into a hot dog.
You'll get red curry sai ua sausages, Paul Rhodes hot dog buns, …
Read more: The AngloThai hot dog is back - and they're delivering nationwide
If you can't get enough of Ottolenghi, then you're going to be pretty happy to hear about this new opening, his most central deli yet.
This one will be in the middle of Marylebone (taking over what used to be Festok) and will have an all-day no-reservations dining space alongside the deli. As with the other branches, there will be daily-changing salads with dishes including:
- Roasted auberg…
