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Their most recent opening was in Paddington and although Temper are staying in the west for their next, it's going to be quite a different beast. They're taking the lead from their cheeseburger taco...

If you're ever wondering what the sign of a hot restaurant is going to be in advance then look no further than the upcoming return of chef Kirk Haworth's Plates restaurant. The Great British Menu...

If you like being at the cutting edge of bakery viraldom, then you'll want to know about the arrival of the Parisian pastry sensation, the crookie, in London. Here's where to find it. 

There's been some debate recently on what makes a neighbourhood restaurant. However, we figure that if you've spent the past decade living somewhere, that's surely got to count for something. And...

It's been a year of pretty high-profile restaurant closures, particularly in the famous chef/high-end side of things. We've already had the closure of Marcus Wareing's Marcus and Michel Roux's Le...

Three restaurants in three years - restaurateurs Kevin Cheong and Keng Yew Leong have been busy building their Chinatown empire. In 2022 they opened The Eight - a Hong Kong-style cafe. At the...

The closure of Michel Roux's Le Gavroche earlier this year was something of a shock for fans of the restaurant. That had followed the closure of the chef's Roux at the Landau (at the Langham), which has...

It's fair to say that the critics weren't fans of the Batman-themed restaurant, Park Row, which opened in 2021 taking over a huge subterranean space in Soho (which was Mash before this). So there...

Lots of big developments are happening around Covent Garden at the moment. Later on this year, we should be getting the new Guinness Storehouse and now, here comes news about a big new hotel coming to...

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...

His time at Birch in Croydon was cut short, but Lee Westcott is staying in London for his next two ventures. He's apparently on the hunt for an East London pub but before that happens, he's setting...

3/4/24 - updated with new details and the opening date Holland Park restaurant Julie's, despite once being one of the hottest restaurants in town, has had a troubled time of late. The restaurant, which once...

2/4/24 - Updated with the opening date We've known for a while that the team behind Fallow were opening in Canary Wharf and now we know what the restaurant will be called - Roe.  Similar to Fallow...

With restaurants in Spitalfields, Soho and Camden, fish and chips purveyors Poppies have headed west for the first time, opening on Portobello Road, Their new restaurant takes over what used to be a...

It seems like only yesterday that you couldn't move on social media for photos of extraordinary grazing and charcuterie boards. Well now one of the UK's most popular accounts has decided to parlay...

Islington is starting to do very well indeed when it comes to great bakeries. We already have Jolene and Pophams, Quince opened only a couple of months ago and now there's the arrival of Sourdough...

Updated with the opening date and soft launch If you’re looking to go somewhere particularly fancy, or if you have a penchant for fine caviar, do step this way. It’s our duty to inform you that...

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...

Over the years we've enjoyed trying to pull the wool over your eyes with some food-specific April fooling of our own. Here's a round-up of what we've done so far: 2011: René Redzepi gets funding to...

Update: You guessed it, this was our 2024 April Fool. To see all the April Fool stories we've ever run, click here. Now that spring is officially here and the clocks have gone forward, the next...