Italian

• Test Driving Cafe Britaly - not for the purists, but it's a lot of fun

  

  This new Peckham cafe is the result of a love-in between Italian food and British produce. We went to take a look. 

• Looks like Big Mamma are heading to Canary Wharf

  

  Looks like Canary Wharf really is the place to open big restaurants right now. Following in the footsteps of Hawksmoor, Dishoom and - most recently - the Fallow team with ...

• New York's Carbone is confirmed to be coming to London

  

  Carbone is definitely coming to London. Recently submitted planning information shows that the famous New York restaurant is the second restaurant to open in the Chancery Rosewood next year. 

• Test Driving All'onda - a restaurant rizzing up risotto for Londoners

  

  Lovers of risotto need to make their way to Fitzrovia where All'onda is serving it up with a fine dining twist. 

• Circolo Popolare

  Big Mamma does Italian in Fitzrovia with panache. 

• Test Driving Fish & Bubbles - XXL seafood panini and platters in Notting Hill

  

  Gigantic portions, tasty seafood and a well priced menu make this new Notting Hill seafood spot a must-try.

• Ave Mario

  Big Mamma's Covent Garden Italian

• Café Britaly sees former Bocca di Lupo duo teaming up for a Britalian restaurant in Peckham

  

  Updated 11/4/23 with the opening date

  Italian food purists keep scrolling, because what we're about to write may trigger you. A new cafe is opening in Peckham that will be embracing the "authentically Britalian" trend.

  Café Britaly is the first project between chef Alex Purdie and Richard Crampton-Platt. Alex arrives here having most recently been senior chef at Bouchon Racine and, before that, Bocca

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• All’onda in Fitzrovia is all about risotto

  

  A new restaurant called All’onda is coming to Fitzrovia and it's all centred around risotto. 

  Founded by Cordula Schulz, whose apparent passion for risotto drives the restaurant, she's brought in Andrea Granzarolo as head chef. He brings with him a wealth of experience, having been at Helene Darroze for six years, as well as The Square and The Greenhouse. 

  The menu, of course,

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• Lina Stores is bringing fresh pasta and late night negronis to South Kensington

  

  18/3/24 - updated with the opening date

  If you're a South Ken resident wondering what was happening to the old Le Pain Quotidien site on Exhibition Road, then we bring you good news, particularly if you're a pasta lover. This is going to be the seventh restaurant opening for Lina Stores.

  Their South Kensington restaurant is going to be an all-day affair, opening in the morning for

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• A Braccetto is a modern Italian trattoria in Earl's Court from the Spaghetti House family

  

  12/3/24 - updated with the opening date

  Almost 70 years after opening their first Italian restaurant on Goodge Street, the family behind Spaghetti House is getting ready to open a brand new place. A Braccetto in Earl's Court is being billed as a modern Italian trattoria focusing on regional Italian dishes.

  And while the OG Spaghetti Houses are fully old-school, this latest opening is

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• Fish & Bubbles features seafood paninis from the La Mia Mamma team in Notting Hill

  

  The people behind La Mia Mamma, Italian restaurants in Chelsea and Notting Hill which got a big push by featuring on Stanley Tucci's "Searching for Italy", are getting ready to try something different with their next opening. 

  Opening next door to their Notting Hill restaurant, taking over what used to be the La Mia Mamma deli, is Fish & Bubbles. This

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• Test Driving Belvedere - a restaurant too good to be left to just the well heeled residents of Holland Park

  

  One of London's most beautiful spaces now has a restaurant team to do it justice. We popped into Holland Park to check out the glamorous Belvedere.

• The best pizzas and pizzerias in London

  

  London's pizza game is STRONG, with some of the best pizzas in Europe (outside of Italy, of course) in the capital. For the pick of the crop, here's our guide to the city's best pizzas.

• Test of Time - we pull up a stool at the counter at Bocca di Lupo for a tour of Italy

  

  Having just celebrated its 15th birthday, Soho restaurant Bocca di Lupo is still knocking it out of the park. We headed for the counter to see why it's now such an integral part of Soho's restaurant scene.