News & reviews

There are a number of face-offs in town, like the Scotch Egg Challenge and Croquetas Challenge, and now it's the return of the Slider Decider - the bun challenge. It is what it sounds like - chefs...

Good news for Camden burger lovers, Lucky Chip is heading your way. They're taking on a residency at the new Camden Assembly - a brand new music venue that's opening there.  So if you're there for...

It's all change at this Islington brasserie with a new menu and a new terrace

Brunch continues to be a Big Thing in London restaurants, so the arrival of a new all-day brunch spot should go down very well. Over Easy is from the same people behind Opium and Salvador and Amanda and...

Here's hoping you've already been on your holidays, because the news we're about to bring you will be a death blow to any attempts at a beach body . For five days next week there's a sweet pie...

Down in Deptford the food scene is going great guns - and now there's a cracking new gastropub to entice locals. The Brookmill, which opens just after the August bank holiday, is the sister pub to...

16/8/16 - updated with an opening date and LOTS more of the menu. We unashamedly LOVE Chick 'n' Sours. Everything we've had there from the AMAZING Szechuan aubergine dish to the massive deep fried...

Giles Coren once called it "a staggering find: big, grown-up, lots of wood, but light and jolly with just a hint of foreign battles". Now Paddington's famous Frontline restaurant is having a major...

More changes have come to Clerkenwell as long-running pub Artisan has just had a complete refurbishment. As well as a total refit, they're the latest place to open all-day as a work environment with...

We make a return trip to one of Jason Atherton's early restaurants - has Little Social stood the test of time?

15/8/16 - updated with soft launch details. It was only a matter of time. We'd grown up adoring a Sunday carvery, but it's something which isn't quite as prevalent as we'd like. Now one of the...

Hot on the heels of Kerb opening its latest market there, Camden is going to be the home of the next venue for the interactive dining company inamo. Expect interactive tableclothes where you can...

Opening in Soho today is London's latest chicken shop - the second restaurant from fledgling group Absurd Bird. The food's the same for anyone who knows their existing restaurant in Shoreditch-...

Updated 12/8/16 - we've added a gallery on the launch - and KERB Camden opens today. They already have markets in King's Cross, The Gherkin, Paddington and more - and now one of the best Street food...

Updated 11/8/16 with soft launch details.  This summer there's going to be meyhane in Marylebone. Nope that's not a typo. Apparently, a meyhane is a Turkish tavern - which is what Yosma, a new mangal...

Is Alan Yau's latest restaurant an overblown vanity project or great fun. Or both?

We've had the Scotch Egg Challenge and Slider Decider, now London is about to host the first ever Croquetas Challenge. Ember Yard is going to be the venue for the inaugural contest this September...

There's a new weekend brunch for Clapham folk to rush to. Starting from this Saturday, sister restaurant to the Dairy and Paradise Garage - The Manor - gets ready to launch its new brunch menu.  That menu...

Today, there's a new wood-fired pizza place in Marylebone - Firebrand Pizza. They're serving up Neapolitan pizzas, pasta, cocktails and more. Here's a taster of what's on the menu (including...

It's August, so that means one thing (well, one IMPORTANT thing anyway). That National Burger day is nearly upon us - on 25 August. And that brings two reasons to celebrate. Firstly - that all your...