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One of the biggest awards shows for UK restaurants took place last night, where the 2024 National Restaurant Awards revealed its list of the top 100 restaurants in the UK.  It was a big night for The...

11/6/24 - updated with opening details Over the past few years, Shake Shack have been expanding pretty widely throughout London and the UK, with 15 of their burger restaurants already open. However, this...

Jason Atherton has been rumoured to be opening quite a few restaurants of late, but the chef/restaurateur still manages to surprise us when he actually announces something. First, there was the...

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...

Updated 7/6/24 with opening date and more details Richard Caring may be looking to sell off his Ivy restaurants, but that doesn't mean he's out of the restaurant business. Just after we've heard...

One opening that we didn't have on our radar for June was none other than Stormzy opening an immersive bar in Soho, which also serves pizza. But that is exactly what we have with House Party,...

For its third year, The Ice Cream Project by Anya Hindmarch is back. If you're unfamiliar with this slightly mad endeavour, it's an ice cream shop that focuses on some very unusual flavours. As...

Remember last year when Supernova opened its doors in Soho with a seriously pared-back aesthetic and menu, and was an immediate hit? Well, a new place with similar vibes has just opened in the next...

What happens when two viral food businesses get in bed with each other? We're about to find out as Alley Cats pizzeria has just joined forces with TikTok butter merchant (and restaurateur) Thomas...

5/6/24 - updated with menu details Covent Garden’s Henrietta Hotel has always been at the cutting edge of fine dining, the 19th-century townhouse opening in 2017 with Michelin-starred chef Ollie...

Perfectly timed for the on/off arrival of the British summer, Oasis Bar & Terrace is hoping to capitalise on Canary Wharf workers desire to grab a pint or Aperol Spritz post-work. To help with that...

There's news of another big restaurant closure today - this time it's Tom Brown's Michelin-starred Cornerstone in Hackney.  There had been rumours that Brown was looking to relocate Cornerstone to a more...

Back in the dark days of Covid when London was coming out of its second lockdown The Corinthia London surprised us all by discovering a hidden garden rooftop space for a summer pop-up by its...

The food at St Pancras continues to get a refresh. Soon, we'll see the opening of the latest Shake Shack there, but anyone walking down the main concourse will also have seen that a new Breakfast...

We've had the Scotch Egg Challenge, the Slider Decider, the Croquetas Challenge and Wing Fest. Now London is about to see a new food competition setting restaurants against each other. The MHK...

It feels as though we've spent much of this year writing about new openings in and around Borough Market. And that growth in interesting new restaurants looks to be continuing with this latest...

They've been big in Taiwan and China for a couple of decades and now Kanpai Classic is coming to London.  Setting up in Soho, on the refurbished section of Wardour Street beside the old Paul A Young...

30/5/24 - updated with the opening date London's had quite a few restaurants start out as neighbourhood restaurants before the team try their hand at something central, but Jones & Sons are turning...

Perfectly timed for the summer, the Daisy Green team have just unveiled their latest opening inside Holland Park. They've taken over the park's cafe where they'll be serving up an all day menu along...

Updated 29/5/24 with opening date and more details Back in 2022 when Brindisa opened their spin-off restaurant, Bar Kroketa, devoted to all things croquetas, we were early fans. So we're very much...