Leicester Square's food and drink scene gets an injection of cool with this upcoming hotel promising a rooftop bar with firepits, two Odeon luxe cinemas and a signature all day restaurant.

They've been popping up everywhere from Camden to Brixton, but now the team behind fried chicken stall Other Side Fried are getting ready to open in the heart of London.

Just before Christmas, they'll be throwing open the doors to their new takeaway space just outside the Leicester Square tube station. If they were looking for a place with great passing trade, they couldn't have chosen better.

The menu at their kiosk will

They've been around for 27 years to date and expanded across the US. Now America's Halal Guys are bringing their gyros and platters to London.

The folk behind Farringdon's Pianoworks have just opened a new live music venue with duelling pianos, cocktails and Asian-inspired food served in bamboo cones

The folk behind Randall and Aubin are behind a new bistro that's just opened on Leicester Square, covering all the French-inspired bases a visitor to Central could need, from pancakes to fish and chips and steak.

It's all change at the W London just off Leicester Square, as they've just opened a new bar and lounge called The Perception.

And while the bar and their cocktails do look impressive, it's their new "dining series" which is the most interesting. They'll be hosting long residencies there, where they recruit top chefs to come and take over the menu. And first up is Magnus Reid, the man behind