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8/7 - updated with launch details. Whenever we talk to people about L'Anima, hidden away in the City, we hear nothing but praise for Francesco Mazzei’s high end Italian restaurant. We've also been...

Having taken over central and east London - Hawksmoor moves west with its latest restaurant opening in Knightsbridge. We went along on opening night to check it and its new dishes out.

The lines between clubbing and eating out are blurring further with the opening of a new night spot APM at Zinc. The APM stands for Always Past Midnight. It's a members club so apologies if hearing...

Wine bars are very much back in vogue and heading up the pack is Hackney's Sager & Wilde, who have rarely been out of the press since they opened in August last year. Now Michael & Charlotte...

(Updated 3/7 with images and full menu details). A new Hawksmoor is always something to look forward to and now more details have been revealed about the steak emporium's venture west to...

Looking for a restaurant with a great wine list? Well Wine Spectator has just given six new restaurants a Grand Award - its highest accolade for a restaurant wine list. And one of them is Covent...

We've mentioned before how lucky we are to have Islington's LeCoq practically on our doorstep and this week were even happier because Honey & Co were going to be in the kitchen. This was for one of...

Another day, another awards ceremony. London's restaurateurs have had a sociable time of it this week. Monday night saw Restaurant Magazine unveil this year's National Restaurant Awards. And last...

A pair of well-connected restaurant folk have moved to the outer reaches of Hackney and Islington to open a new breed of neighbourhood restaurant. We went to see how Primeur was faring..

Congrats to Gymkhana which last night became the first ever Indian restaurant to win National Restaurant of the Year award. The Mayfair restaurant topped the list at the annual awards held by...

In the week that they're in Selfridges (that's their very impressive window display above), deli Cannon & Cannon have just kicked off the crowdfunding for the UK version of Carnivore Club. If you...

That behemoth above that would have the Evening Standard's Richard Godwin all in a lather, is the new Farmyard burger from Kanteen restaurant at the K West Hotel in Shepherd's Bush. The £18 burger...

Best known for cakes and sandwiches all over town, bakery group PAUL is now going to the next stage with the opening of an all-day "casual dining restaurant" in Covent Garden. The new restaurant will be...

An old public convenience gets a see-what-they-did there rebrand as WC serving up wine and meat to Clapham residents.

This summer sees the return of food festival FEAST, once more taking over Tobacco Docks for an event that sees streetfood vendors lined up alongside top restaurants for the weekend. Expect the...

This sweet snack tray is the food offering at Cinnamon Kitchen's summer cinema outing in the City. The Devonshire Square restaurant has teamed up with Picture House for some alfresco summer...

Draft House are branching out with their first brand new bar a "dive bar and distillery" right beside the existing Draft House at Tower Bridge. The bar is apparently inspired by the "late-60s...

They're undoubtedly still serving some of the best burgers in town and now, with a book on the way in September, MEATliquor (along with MEATmission and MEATmarket) are adding a whole lot more to...

Euston is not a part of London blessed with good restaurants. Right now it's definitely an also-ran to the other stations on its strip - St Pancras and King's Cross. But a new restaurant opening...

Forza Win – the nomadic Italian pop up – have announced details of their new home and this time it's permanent! After running successful projects all around London over the past three years, the...