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Milk Beach has been a success in Queen's Park, and now it's brought its Australian cuisine to a prime new Soho space. We went down for a look.  

30/9/22 - updated with opening offer

He's had success at Arcade with Plaza Khao Gaeng and now chef Luke Farrell is getting ready to open a standalone restaurant - Speedboat Bar. 

Taking over the space that used to be Xu, the Thai restaurant is being described as a love letter to Yaowarat Road, the neon-lit street of Bangkok’s Chinatown." It

Information we’ve just received via the Bat-Signal is that DC Comics-inspired restaurant Park Row has recruited a new Executive Chef: Alyn Williams.

Having trained under chefs Marcus Wareing and Gordon Ramsay, Williams rose to fame with his eponymous restaurant Alyn Williams at The Westbury in Mayfair in 2011, which received a Michelin star less than a year after its opening. He was also named National Chef

It's most regularly described as "one of the last bastions of Old Soho" and certainly Andrew Edmunds on Lexington Street appears on pretty much every guide to eating out in Soho, ours included. Dark and candlelit, it was equally the kind of place to have the longest of lunches, or the most

If you're looking for an exciting food and drink hotspot, you couldn't do better than Soho, the beating heart of the West End.

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Having recently opened Maddox Tavern in Mayfair, the same team is opening Block Soho (it's in the space where Zelman Meats used to be). 

The big focus of the restaurant will be meat cooked over coals, alongside seafood and shellfish. The meat comes from Huntsham Court Farm and will be hung and aged in the restaurant’s own

There's a new restaurant coming to Soho that, looking at the folk involved, certainly sounds worth a visit. Bantof describes itself as a restaurant, cocktail bar and art space. But it's the team that they've brought on board to consult on the food and drink that elevates it from the usual restaurant equivalent of Actress, Model, Whatever.

In charge of the menu is chef Asimakis Chaniotis, whose day job is heading up

We've already had a Veuve Clicquot breakfast cafe in Soho and now the same space is about to be taken over by another brand - this time it's going to be a Nutella breakfast cafe. 

Called Happy Portion Parlour, this pop-up is all about using one serving of Nutella in its dishes -

17/8/22 - updated with the opening date

They've become big in Queen's Park and now Australian restaurant Milk Beach is heading into town for a second restaurant in Soho. 

They'll be opening in the new Ilona Rose House building on Greek Street (where The Little Scarlet

Israeli celebrity chef Eyal Shani already has branches of Miznon in Tel Aviv, Paris and NYC. We popped along to see what his London outpost is like.

When life gives you a heatwave, go in search of lemonade. It looks as if cult Japanese brand Lemonade by Lemonica has chosen pretty much the perfect time to launch its first UK pop up shop, which opened over the weekend in Soho.

Originally from Kanazawa, the idea is that each glass of lemonade is made to order. In London the options will be their original lemonade, matcha lemonade, and fruity lemonades

They quickly became big in Spitalfields and now Bubala have opened a second restaurant in Soho, with the same focus on Middle Eastern vegetarian cuisine. We went for a look. 

29/6/22 - updated with the opening date

They have pita restaurants around the world and now Miznon finally has its sights set on London.

The international pita merchant, set up by Israeli celebrity chef Eyal Shani, is opening in Soho. So far there are only eight Miznons worldwide (first in Tel Aviv and now including Paris and New York), but he has plans for another 150 so don't be surprised

23/6/22 - Updated with opening date

It's been a hit in Spitalfields and now Marc Summers and chef Helen Graham's restaurant Bubala is getting ready to double up with a second restaurant, this time in Soho. 

The pair have taken over the space that used to be Vasco & Piero (which has ...

London's cafe scene got a boost at the weekend when fashion and lifestyle brand Aimé Leon Dore opened their London flagship store in Soho. Why it's of interest to us is that it means that, like the original store in New York, London now has a Café Leon Dore.

The hip walnut-panelled, marble-floored café serves up a shortish menu that they say is "inspired by Greek culture". That means you'll be able to order Freddo Espresso