News & reviews

We seem to be seeing a small (and welcome) trend of chefs taking over and overhauling pubs at the moment, from The Culpeper through to just-opened The Richmond. Now another is on the way to Hackney...

If you reckon a cutlet is more of a canape than something approaching an actual main course, you'll be wanting to head to Knightsbridge where, from tomorrow, Hawksmoor are putting on a flipping...

While we were big fans of Skye Gyngell's Spring when we visited it last year, we couldn't help think that the conservatory space outside of the main restaurant could be put to better use. Now it...

23/3/2015 - Updated with menu and soft launch details. Building on the success of the Dock Kitchen in West London and Rotorino in the East, British Chef Stevie Parle will deliver more simple...

News reaches us of a new restaurant coming to Holland Park in April. Flat Three will apparently have "a new approach to Japanese-inspired food" but will also be influenced by Korean and Scandinavian cuisine...

There's a new Vietnamese Banh Mi shop opening up in Soho as Whaam Banh Mi prepares to open its doors on Great Windmill Street. They'll be specialising in those Vietnamese sandwiches (which are made to...

It's not terribly well known that the chef behind The Providores was also behind the initial menu at Gourmet Burger Kitchen (and has been involved since too). But now that's coming more to the fore as...

Updated 20/3/15 with new pics and a menu After many years of only having one outpost in London, the Ivy is stretching its legs and continuing to expand across London. Only late last year they...

The burgeoning food renaissance of Kentish Town continues apace with news that another restaurant of interest is opening there in the next month. Patron will open on Fortess Road, just round the...

Things are changing at both the Sebright Arms in Hackney (which previously hosted Lucky Chip) and The Miller in Bermondsey. They're about to launch Bunsmiths in both locations (following a soft...

It's that time of year where both the Taste of London tickets go on sale and their photographers get a little on the creative side. Last year brought us Dan Doherty with an octopus on his head and...

A new Sunday brunch hits London at the end of March as Atul Kochhar opens Benares from Sunday 29 March. The All Day Sunday Brunch features all manner of Indian sharing plates. Expect dishes like...

We have nothing but good things to say about an upcoming exhibition that hits Shoreditch next month. Fifty Chefs - The Hands That Feed London is a photographic project that's taken a decade to put...

Christoffer Hruskova's North Road in Smithfield was a big hit with critics and Michelin alike, but sadly the restaurant closed down at the end of 2012. But now the chef is back for a two week stint at...

If you've been wondering about the futuristic hotel opening up on City Road, news reaches us of the first of two restaurants opening there. The M By Montcalm is going to have a restaurant inspired...

If ever a restaurant designer has his work cut out it's interior decorator and antiques dealer Adam Bray. He's currently responsible for getting rid of the Cleopatra meets Spartacus look of LMNT on...

A sign that the burger craze in London has well and truly jumped the shark or an ingenious Easter-inspired dessert? One thing's for certain, views are going to be polarised by the Creme Egg burger...

Updated 16/3/15 with menu and soft launch details We were wondering where Diego Cardoso, the former Head Chef of Murano, was going to appear next and it turns out it's Fitzrovia. He's going to be...

17/3/15 - Updated with soft launch details. Only a few months into 2015 and it really does seem that it's the year Korean food really takes off. The latest to hit central London is On the Bab, who...