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  As the year winds down, we're hearing about the odd restaurant that didn't appear on our radar before and one of them is Willows in Clapham. The restaurant opened in late November and is something...

Five years after popping up in London as part of food writer Daniel Young's Young & Foodish's Spaghetti Wednesday, top Roman chef Arcangelo Dandini is back, this time with a permanent restaurant. Garum...

14/12/22 - updated with a full look at the menu Tom Cenci first came to fame as the chef of Duck & Waffle, before then launching Loyal Tavern, a restaurant we were impressed with but which ended up...

Updated 6/1/23 with new opening date Who among us doesn't fancy a change of scenery every now and then? Trader turned restaurateur Markos Tsimikali was feeling the same way. Having closed his...

A Hot Dinners exclusive Swedish bakery Soderberg has its main home in Edinburgh - but after opening a cafe in Soho in 2019, they're starting to grow in London too. Coming next for the group is a new...

Some years ago, when Barrafina moved to Dean Street, it came at the cost of dramatically reducing the space available for Jeremy Lee's Quo Vadis. Now we're happy to report that Quo Vadis itself is...

Herne Hill's Llewellyn's is opening a new wine bar and shop - right next door to the restaurant. Lulu's will be a shop during the day (also selling salads and sandwiches) and change into a wine bar...

Living in their lovely riverside neighbourhood, Richmond residents could be forgiven for thinking they were really countryside rather than city dwellers. And the arrival of the town's first farm...

With perfect timing for the Christmas crowds, Scottish pancake purveyor Stack & Still has just opened its first London restaurant on Leicester Square. It's also their first opening outside Scotland and...

On TV he's best known for his cupid role on First Dates, but in the run up to Christmas Fred Sirieix is going to be busy serving up cocktails and cakes to Londoners. In his role as Ambasssador to...

Its currently a Heddon Street residency. but Filipino-inspired restaurant Sarap is looking for a permanent home, and is using crowdfunding to get it done.  If successful, it'll be a good track record for...

7/12/22 - updated with the opening date There’ll be a new reason to dance, dine and linger into the wee hours in Covent Garden soon. With the pandemic closure of Roadhouse, once one of the area’s...

A cafe selling some of London's best cookies has recently opened somewhat under the radar in Notting Hill. Yes, there's a second Creme in London.  If you've ever wandered past the Soho outpost,...

Back in August, we had the news that Waterloo's much-loved Scootercaffe had suddenly been forced to close after 22 years. In a post on their Instagram account, the vintage cafe's team explained that...

For the past couple of years, chef Fan Yi's Japanese industrial chic kitchen concept Oita has been operating out of the Green Rooms hotel in Wood Green. The Chinese chef decided to go down the...

9/11/22 - updated with a look at the design and opening details As sure a sign as we know that the City is getting back on the front foot is news of a swanky new sushi spot opening in that part of...

If you've been watching MasterChef: The Professionals, you may have seen a small appearance from a couple of siblings who happen to run this very website. We were part of the pop-up episode where...

They've been huge hits wherever they landed, first as delivery only and then in Wembley's Boxpark and now The Sidemen are back again with a new Sides, this time heading south to Wandsworth.  This time, the...

The chef behind the 80s and 90s-inspired popup Only Food and Courses is about to move into more permanent digs. Robbie Lorraine, who first unveiled his restaurant pop-up at Pop Brixton in 2020, has...

He won MasterChef the Professionals in 2020 and has been popping up in one form or another at Number One Park Lane for the past eight months, taking over first the terrace and then popping up with a...