Restaurant Reviews

South East Asia's beloved The Greyhound Cafe springs up in London with a menu packed with modern Thai-style cooking imported all the way from Bangkok.

The Devonshire Square outpost of Mac and Wild. A laid-back restaurant with a hind of Scottishness about it, expect a big focus on meat (particularly venison), award-winning burgers and the odd haggis thrown in for good measure.

The Fitzrovia outpost of Mac and Wild. A laid-back restaurant with a hind of Scottishness about it, expect a big focus on meat (particularly venison), award-winning burgers and the odd haggis thrown in for good measure.

This unassuming restaurant at the King's Cross end of Caledonian Road is serving up some of the best Thai food in London - and at great prices too. The brightly coloured restaurant serves up excellent curries alongside Bangkok-style street food plates. And keep an eye on their specials too.

Workspace pioneers Fora who've have teamed up with restaurateur Soren Jessen for this Nordic Borough restaurant (which also has a great rooftop space).

This Italian restaurant just off Borough Market has a very specific speciality - they use purified seawater in their pizza dough. And they're rated as some of the best pizzas in London as a result.

Part shop/part restaurant, Shoreditch’s Burro e Salvia makes incredible pasta on site every day. You can take it away to cook yourself at home or take a seat up at the pasta counter and let them do the work for you. There’s a small menu of fresh pasta and antipasti that changes regularly, and if you fancy learning the secrets of great pasta making for yourself, they also run regular workshops.

This is the original Rochelle Canteen, from chef Margot Henderson and business partner Melanie Arnold, and has been held up by almost every chef in London as one of the best places to eat at in town. Expect classic, seasonal cooking from Henderson. It's a little on the hard side to find - but well worth it.

Just off Kingsland Road, in an area with some excellent Vietnamese cooking, Cay Tre is held out to be one of the very best in London. Their pho is an obvious attraction here, but there's a broad menu of authentic Vietnamese cooking. (And you can pop across the street to try their Banh Mi shop Keu too.)

This is the Shoreditch outpost of the Blacklock group - restaurants that have a specific focus on all types of chops, cooked over fire. It's also great value for money - and that includes the cocktails. This Shoreditch branch also has its own large bar area.

The Shoreditch outpost of the St John Empire is almost like a finishing school for London chefs. It's the heart of seasonal British cooking in London and has influenced that cooking all over the UK. And they have some of the best doughnuts in London too.

Caprice Holdings have a pretty good hit rate in London and they're winning again with this Knightsbridge opening. This time around, it's a loosely 50's/60's Italian themed bar and restaurant with its own terrace. It's based on Harry's Bar - but you don't need a membership for this restaurant. Expect casual Italian dining.

A new all-day destination has arrived in Stockwell with the impressive pedigree of the people behind Waterloo's Anchor and Hope in charge.

Downstairs from their pub The Blue Posts is the latest restaurant by the people behind The Palomar. It's a small counter dining affair with only 11 seats at the counter. Exepct small plates served right at the counter and a great cocktail bar upstairs too.

Nearly 150 years ago, Auguste Kettner opened Kettner’s, which was one of the first restaurants in London to serve French food. Now after a brief lull, it’s reopened with more French food, bath loads of Champagne and looking more gorgeous than ever. Eyes peeled for the stunning 18th century spiral staircase...

In the 80’s, Alex Giri opened West London’s Canal Brasserie. Now, 30 years later, she’s back with her son Oscar in tow to bring flexitarian food to Notting Hill’s Kensington Park Road, with a separate cocktail bar featuring sharing plates.

Sweet soy fried chicken, barbecue chicken, chicken noodle soup… Linda Lee (who is also behind On The Bab) is behind this Korean restaurant, based in Covent Garden and all about the poultry.

Everything about By Chloe. screams NYC cool (where they originated from), from the full stop in its name to its determination to call itself ‘plant-based’ instead of just plain vegan. But aside from that, there’s more than enough to draw in animal-loving punters - from its super central Covent Garden location to its vegan mac and cheese and quinoa taco salad.

From the people behind Taiwanese Peckham success, Mr Bao, comes the next restaurant Daddy Bao, this time in Tooting with bao buns aplenty.

The second Jidori, following the popular Dalston original. Yakitori and other Japanese treats tare at the heart of the menu, and if you're in the mood, head to the basement for sake and karaoke.

Ex NOPI head chef The former Head Chef of Nopi breaks out on his own with his first solo venture in St James's Market in Mayfair. Expect a menu with multiple global influences.

Odette's chef Bryn Williams has opened a fruit and veg focused restaurant overlooking the river at Somerset House. Expect British dining with lots of Welsh produce.

This classic French institution has been in Soho for more than 100 years, serving up classic French cuisine. And, as you can imagine from the name, it serves the very best snails in London. A wonderful institution that still has great life in it.

After enjoying considerable success in its seaside home of Brighton, The Coal Shed has made its first foray to the capital where it's set up shop in the One Tower Bridge development with over 120 covers and fresh seafood delivered directly to the restaurant.

South African-inspired dishes with locally foraged ingredients make the arrival of Kudu in Peckham one to put on the to-try list.

Previously opened in New Delhi and New York, Indian Accent's has come to London. Expect high-end Indian cuisine (AND the original is on the World's 50 Best List).

This corner of the Old Street roundabout is home to Niall Davidson?s first restaurant, Nuala, a cosy-sounding sounding affair with lots of inventive riffs on classic countryside cuisine, a central firepit and trad Irish music to see you through the evening.

The people behind Bar Douro have used their Portuguese ancestry to bring the authentic tasted of Portugal to London. Alongside this food expect a lot of Portuguese wine too, all in a counter dining setting.

Yen has been winning fans for its soba noodles in Paris and this sees them opening their first London restaurant.

The people behind the 10 Cases have opened a second restaurant and it's only just across the road from the first. Expect a focus on seafood, with daily catches on the board every day. And a big focus on wine, of course.