Category: Food & drinks

  • Review: Little Neon Door is the fun, eccentric house party you actually want to be invited to

    Most people are pretty on board with the idea of throwing a house party in London. Then reality hits: your flatshare is a five-bed with one bathroom, you’ve ended up with the box room, your neighbour treats every muffled sound you make like a personal attack, and your sofa looks like it’s been mauled by…

  • Spritz up your life: The 9 must-try aperitifs for summer

    What says summer more than a spritz in hand? But after our umpteenth heatwave, even Aperol can start to feel less like a seasonal treat and more like the default order you reach for on autopilot. This summer, we’re looking beyond the usual orange-hued suspects to explore the wider world of aperitifs – from floral…

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  • Review: Lady of The Grapes London Bridge is a charming French bistro with unique wines and excellent food

    This is the summer of wining and dining in style, with lots of lovely wine bars popping up across London. One of the latest to launch, following the huge success of its first outpost in Covent Garden, is Lady of the Grapes London Bridge. This French-inspired bistro and natural wine bar is just off the…

  • August in food: The new restaurants and bars we’ll be booking first

    This is peak summer, and while most restaurateurs shy away from launching mid-season (most of London is currently living its best Ibiza life), a handful of restaurants and bars have decided to go all in with an August opening instead, and we’re here for it. This month’s list includes Vagabond’s new Canary Wharf outpost (yes,…

  • Review: Sanhao will make your noodle dreams come true

    Sometimes the belly wants what it wants: a giant bowl of umami-rich noodles that’ll leave you not just extremely full, but extremely comforted. And where better to satisfy that craving than Chinatown? Sanhao is a relatively new noodle restaurant that opened just last December, but it’s already become famous for its viral Chicken Cappuccino Noodles…

  • Review: Happiness is a piece of cake (literally) at Sylva, Deptford’s hidden brunch spot

    It’s borderline criminal not to attend at least a few Sunday brunches throughout the warmer months – especially when the weather gods have been smiling on us. Brunch spots are ubiquitous in London, but restaurants like Sylva don’t come along so often. Located within Folkestone Gardens (nearest station: Deptford), Sylva is a neighbourhood spot that…

  • Here are the new food & drinks events coming to London – pizza, cocktails & more

    August in London doesn’t empty restaurants and bar staff outnumbering customers, just because half of the city is away. Between a Neapolitan pizza village landing by Tower Bridge, a month of Daiquiris across six bars, a Georgian garden turned cocktail village and a brand new festival taking over two of the capital’s most-booked postcodes, there’s…

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  • Snack attack: New research reveals why the three-meal day is disappearing

    Over the last few years, the working day stopped running on breakfast, lunch and dinner and started running on something closer to a series of alarms. Italian food-to-go brand Coco di Mama has surveyed 1,000 UK adults to find out exactly when the nation’s cravings strike, as part of “Made to Be Craved,” a campaign…

  • La vie in rosé: You can now sip on Carla Bruni and Nicolas Sarkozy’s rosé from a Covent Garden terrace

    Roseblood d’Estoublon is bringing its summer terrace back to Covent Garden, this time taking over The Piazza itself. It launched on 15 July and runs and will be open until 2 August, every day from 11am to 9pm. This isn’t Roseblood’s first summer residency in the area – the brand has previously run terraces at…

  • London bars are throwing a month-long Daiquiri party, in celebration of Cuba’s iconic cocktail

    This Sunday marks 127 years of the Daiquiri, and six London bars are using the occasion as an excuse for a full month of limited-edition menus, running throughout July in partnership with rum brand Ron Santiago de Cuba. Expect bar-specific twists on the original, live Cuban music nights, and giveaways at select venues. Daquiri’s backstory…