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Test Driving Kudu, this Peckham by way of South Africa restaurant's warmth and creativity blossoms in its move to Marylebone

Information: 23 October 2025

Could popular Peckham restaurant group Kudu Collective maintain their neighbourhood vibes in the move to buzzy Marylebone? We popped in for a weekend lunch to find out.

The Mr Bao team bring wonton soup to London Fields with Wonton Charlie's

Information: 21 October 2025

Until now, the team behind Mr Bao and Daddy Bao have been mainly south of the river (Westfield outlet notwithstanding) and solely about Taiwanese cooking. But now they're coming to London Fields,...

The team behind Notting Hill's Gold set their sights on Richmond with Tower house

Information: 20 October 2025

20/10/25 - updated with a name and more details In recent months, there had been a flurry of activity on the riverbank at Richmond where the old Pitcher & Piano used to be. It's a huge site, with...

New food concept store, Nekter Deli, is wooing foodies and wine lovers in Shoreditch

Information: 20 October 2025

After a few fallow years, Shoreditch's food scene has come roaring back. We've had the likes of One Club Row, Singburi and Angelina open there. Now, hoping to make a similar impact, is a high end...

St John have switched things up in Covent Garden with a new bakery and bar

Information: 20 October 2025

20/10/25 - updated with opening details. It's all change for Fergus Henderson and Trevor Gulliver's teeny bakery in Neal's Yard with the news that they've moved to bigger and better premises. The...

The new restaurants and bars opening in London this week

Information: 20 October 2025

Here are all the new restaurants to look forward to in the coming week. This week, the chef behind Native is back in London, Stevie Parle and Luke Ahearne team up in Fitzrovia, a Lagom chef starts...

McDonalds brings in menu items from around the world for its limited edition menu heist

Information: 20 October 2025

There's no shame in admitting that, like the joys of a foreign supermarket, one of the fun things about being abroad is seeing what's different in each country's McDonald's. The good news is that...

Above, sees the team behind Faber and The Victoria launching a greatest hits restaurant in Mile End

Information: 20 October 2025

The team behind Faber (Hammersmith) and Somers Town Coffee House (King's Cross) have just opened a new restaurant above their Mile End "seafood gastropub" The Victoria. Completely separate from the...

Chasing the late summer sun at Nido in Corfu

Information: 18 October 2025

Fleeing the colder weather in London, we made a late summer visit to Corfu to check out The Mar-Bella Collection's adult-only suites hotel. If you fancy getting some last-minute sun too, here's what to...

Fresh Hot Pizza lands its first residency at The Fox in Dalston

Information: 17 October 2025

A new pizza residency is on the way. Fresh Hot Pizza have been running pop-ups since the beginning of the year, and now they're settling down in Haggerston. It comes from James Fox, who got his...

Trogolo is the Petersham Nurseries family's new Florentine trattoria in Notting Hill

Information: 17 October 2025

Following the closure of their two Covent Garden restaurants, we've been wondering what the Petersham Nurseries team were going to do next. Now we have our answer, of sorts. The baton has moved to...

Trèsind, a modern indian restaurant with a three-Michelin-starred offshoot, is coming to London

Information: 17 October 2025

A modern Indian restaurant that started life in Dubai (before opening in Mumbai too) is coming to London. Trèsind describes itself as a "modernist Indian dining experience" so it's a high-end...

Carbone sister restaurant The Grill is coming to London as Major's Grill

Information: 16 October 2025

As you may know, what was once London's In and Out Club on Piccadilly, Cambridge House, is getting a huge makeover at the moment and is due to launch as a new hotel sometime in 2026. If you're not...

If you loved Lurra and Donostia, Maset on Chiltern Street hopes to do the same for coastal French food

Information: 16 October 2025

It's all happening on Chiltern Street at the moment. The Hart has just opened its doors. Work is underway at reopening Chiltern Firehouse after the fire. And now Melody Adams, the restaurateur...

Sushinoya's premium grab & go sushi spot opens in Chinatown

Information: 15 October 2025

Sushinoya are going big in London. The first outpost of this new high end grab-and-go sushi spot opened in King's Cross and while we still have to wait for them to open in Moorgate, their flagship...

Jiāonest heats up the Haggerston restaurant scene with its modern Chongqing cooking

Information: 15 October 2025

If there was ever a new restaurant guaranteed to look and feel good, it should be just-opened Haggerston spot Jiāonest. Chef and owner Hua Yang came to London from China to study spatial design. But...

The OG Dubai chocolatier FIX is popping up in London this month at Harrods

Information: 15 October 2025

It might seem like the Dubai chocolate craze has been and gone but Harrods are very much hoping not. The store is banking on the fact that most Londoners will want to try the original chocolate bar...

Whole Beast find a permanent Brixton home for their nose-to-tail live-fire cooking

Information: 15 October 2025

They've been popping up across town and now nose-to-tail, live-fire cooking experts Whole Beast are about to open their own permanent place in Brixton. Taking over the space that was Shrub and...

The Chiltern Firehouse is reopening, but not until 2027

Information: 15 October 2025

Hats off to the journos at City AM who've managed to winkle out a reopening date for the Chiltern Firehouse. As you'll remember, the celeb haunt has been closed ever since a fire raged through the...

Gordon Ramsay is opening Bread Street Kitchen as a 24 hour City restaurant

Information: 15 October 2025

Updated 15/10/25 with opening date One of the city's most well-known 24-hour restaurants in London is the sky-high Duck & Waffle in the City. But now it looks like another restaurant is getting in on...

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