Shoreditch

• As Ellory Closes, the same team open Leroy in Shoreditch

  Small plates, sharers and snacks as the team from Michelin-starred Hackney restaurant Ellory up sticks and head to Shoreditch for a new, more laid back venture that will feature their own Vermouth.

• Lyles new bar menu brings Michelin starred snacks and small plates to Shoreditch

  

  James Lowe’s restaurant Lyles, in Shoreditch’s Tea Building, is launching a new standalone bar menu. And it's sounding rather good.

  It’ll be around 10 to 12 small dishes, alongside a mix of new and old dishes. Based on the first look at a sample menu (like the set menu, the bar menu will change daily) there’ll be plenty of variety on the price front with dishes from £4 for an individual oyster

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• Iron Bloom comes to Shoreditch from the Looking Glass Cocktail Club

  The people behind Looking Glass Cocktail Club have opened their latest venture, a drinking and dining den that's within an old Shoreditch iron factory. 

• Test Driving the original (but revamped) Hawksmoor

  The original Hawksmoor has been around for over a decade, so it was time for a revamp. We head down to see what's changed and what's new on the menu. 

• Vegan burgers and shakes as the Vurger Co goes permanent in Shoreditch

  Burgers, mac’n’cheese and milkshakes, and not an animal product in sight as vegan junk food vendors The Vurger Co bring their plant-based approach to Shoreditch for their first permanent venue.

• Test driving Smoking Goat Shoreditch - the Thai BBQ Mk II impresses

  Smoking Goat has branched out with a second - much bigger - location in Shoreditch. We pop down to get our fill of smoked Thai food and those chicken wings... 

• Rudie's new Shoreditch Boxpark will serve up Jamaican tapas and lunchboxes to go

  Two years ago, Rudies opened up in Dalston. Now, they’re heading down the road to Shoreditch’s Boxpark where they’ll be catering for the lunch crowd with their new “grab-and-go” Boxfood, as well as reinventing some of their classic menu options as smaller tapas.

• Doughnut Time's second branch opens in Old Street

  After enjoying considerable success in Shaftesbury Avenue, Doughtnut Time are moving to a second base in Old Street - and plans for two new stores yet to come…

• A new Italian by Old Street - we Test Drive Passo

  From the team behind Fitzrovia spot Foley's, this new restaurant on Old Street roundabout already has the buzz of a place that's been open for ages. We went to check it out.

• Burro E Salvia

  Part pasta bar, part shop in Shoreditch

• Cay Tre

  Top Vietnamese cooking in Shoreditch

• St John Bread and Wine

  Shoreditch outpost of the St John Empire

• McCain’s Roastaurant pops up in Brick Lane with 6m sq tray of roast spuds

  

  We confess, when we first heard that lord of the oven chips McCain was running a pop-up, we didn’t quite know what to expect. Southern fries butties? Truffled oven chip mash? Spicy wedges dauphinoise?!

  Instead, the frozen food brand has chosen to focus on roasts, offering “the choice of over 100,000 possible roast combinations” in something that sounds not too far off a Toby

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• Try new Wahaca dishes first at their new Shoreditch test kitchen

  If you know the Wahaca menu like the back of your hand, then get down to Shoreditch where you can be the first to try, and rate brand new concoctions from the Mexican chain, before they get rolled out nationwide, or send back to the drawing room.

• Millennial paradise arrives on Curtain Road courtesy of mad new restaurant Rascals

  We’re not sure which bit of Rascals to tell you about first. There’s the waterproof dining room with half off on Champagne, the bottomless pizza, or the Wheel of Misfortune with wooden stocks for the “losers”... plus creative cocktails, a mad menu and a retro dessert trolley for all your tableside flambéing needs.