Steak

• Liverpool Street Chop House is serving Guinness in tankards and steaks with your choice of knife in the City

  

  Since becoming Evolv Group, what was D&D has been going through something of a quiet revolution, led by its new CEO Martin Williams (who used to head up the M group of restaurants). Now they're ready to reveal their big next step, opening Liverpool Street Chop House & Tavern, taking over what was the New Street Grill site.

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• Test Driving Island - next-level surf & turf in King's Cross

  

  Island sees two top chefs, Tom Brown and Brad Carter, come together for what might be London's ultimate surf & turf experience. We went to King's Cross to check it out. 

• London's best steak restaurants

  

  From steak powerhouses like Hawksmoor and Goodman to more affordable spots like Flat Iron, there's a huge choice of steakhouses in London. So we've picked some of the restaurants that we think are serving up some of the best steak in town.

• Test Driving Mr Porter, the steakhouse meets cocktail lounge on Park Lane

  

  Taking over the old Trader Vic's spot downstairs at the Hilton on Park Lane is a shiny new steakhouse Mr Porter. We descended the spiral staircase to check it out.

• The Black Cow's Middle Eastern steakhouse arrives at Shoreditch's big new development, The Stage

  

  The Black Cow is something that first opened in Camden's big Hawley Wharf development, but now the Middle Eastern steakhouse is moving to Shoreditch.

  It's from Shiri Kraus and Amir Batito, whose goal was to create an American steakhouse-style grill with Middle Eastern flavours. They also run the extremely well-reviewed Epicurus in Camden, ...

• Flat Iron's next steakhouse is in the Royal Festival Hall

  

  21/3/25 - updated with the opening date.

  Flat Iron is getting even bigger. The affordable steakhouse already has 14 restaurants in London and there's about to be a 15th - and it's also their second in Waterloo. 

  Clearly, they've set their sights on opening in more prominent places following their recent opening right on Victoria station. The next one is taking

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• Björn Frantzén parts ways with Harrods as The Grill on Fifth takes over

  

  Just over two years after the glitzy opening of Björn Frantzén's much-vaunted restaurant at Harrods, the Swedish chef has very quietly closed the doors on that partnership. The announcement was made on Boxing Day on Studio Frantzén's Instagram feed, so understandably most of us missed it. Kudos then to restaurant guide ...

• Flat Iron is opening opposite Victoria Station

  

  Flat Iron continues to be a huge success across town (as you'll know if you ever tried to book one at even close to a peak time). Earlier this year, they opened in Hammersmith, but their latest is much more central, opening right across the road from Victoria Station in the revamped Terminus Place.  

  They've taken over a space that originally held shops (which, having worked in the area,

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• Test Driving Ibai - a stellar Basque steakhouse in the City

  

  Brilliant Basque food and great steaks a few minutes walk from Smithfield Market make Ibai worth crossing town for.

• Mr Porter steakhouse takes over the lower ground of the Park Lane Hilton

  

  First things first - just in case you're wondering, the mail-order fashion company hasn't decided to open a restaurant business. This Mr Porter is actually a "modern steakhouse" that originates from Amsterdam from the Entourage Group and is opening in the Park Lane Hilton. 

  That particular Hilton has been going through some changes of late. We recently revealed that ...

• KöD head to Soho for their second Danish steakhouse

  

  A year on from opening its restaurant in the City the confusingly-named Danish steakhouse KöD is gearing up to open its second place, this time in the West End.

  They've taken over the site in St Anne's Place that's already hosted two restaurants that were about all things meaty, Zelman Meats and Block Soho. It's one of those spots that no one can seem to make work, so here's hoping for a more positive outcome

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• Flat Iron has Hammersmith and Victoria lined up for its next steak restaurants

  

  5/4/24 - Updated with the Hammersmith opening date

  Flat Iron is doing very, very well indeed. The mini steak chain, originally launched by The Devonshire's Charlie Carroll, has enjoyed plenty of success over the years and it's not stopping now. 

  Following a record year, Flat Iron announced that next on the London agenda will be two new openings

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• Hawksmoor Knightsbridge

  The steak emporium's Knightsbridge home

• Franklin & Baines is serving up steak and cocktails inside Clapham's Aquum

  

  A new restaurant is gearing up to open in Clapham, taking what they describe as a 'permanent residency" inside the Aquum nightclub on the high street. Franklin & Baines is going big on steaks and has employed the services of Fernando Lerroude, previously Master Griller at The Gaucho group, as a consultant chef to show they mean business.

  They'll be offering all manner of cuts including flat iron,

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• Gaucho City is reopening after a big revamp - take a first look inside

  

  Gaucho in the City has just had a complete overhaul. Take a first sneak peek inside the new-look steak restaurant.