Category: Food & drinks
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Review: Vesper is the humble brag your date needs to know about. And food-wise, it’s mind-blowing
Acclaimed chef Jackson Boxer has struck once again and, this time, the culinary hurricane has hit Exmouth Market, just a short walk from Farringdon station. After Brunswick House, Orasay and TAQ, Jackson has ripped up the rulebook. Vesper is whatever he wanted it to be – a flirty bistro-style diner that’ll cross your favourite restaurant…
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Review: Birchwood Covent Garden is a refreshing tapas-like take on the best of British produce
Birchwood Covent Garden is the new restaurant from acclaimed chef Will Devlin, chef-farmer behind the Acre restaurant group, having opened in late June. Best known for his Michelin Green Star-winning restaurant The Small Holding in Kent, Devlin stays true to its farm-to-table philosophy, with a focus on traceability, seasonality and using produce at its best.…
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