Category: Food & drinks
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Café Ciel’s Coffee Club is brewing up exclusive coffee-inspired bakes, for October only
International Coffee Day was yesterday (Thursday 1 October), but Café Ciel is not ready to put its cup down. From tomorrow, 3 October, the café in the courtyard of The OWO is running Coffee Club, a month-long series of collaborations with eight London coffee and bakery names, each of which has created a coffee-inspired special…
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October in food: The 8 brand new restaurants and bars we can’t wait to book
London’s October dining calendar is looking particularly busy, with new restaurants opening everywhere from Canary Wharf to Shoreditch. Some familiar names are expanding, while others are making their London debut, bringing everything from Japanese-Peruvian cooking to Persian breakfasts and British roasts. Whether you’re after somewhere new for a midweek dinner or planning your next big…
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Review: Stefania is old-school Italian cooking, dolled up for Notting Hill
Stefania is a new Roman-Italian restaurant in Westbourne Grove, Notting Hill, from chef Diego Reali, whose original Stefania restaurant is in Kuala Lumpur. Named after Reali’s mother, the restaurant draws on his family’s Roman cooking traditions, with recipes passed down through four generations. The menu covers handmade pasta, Roman classics, seafood and meat, with one…
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Raymond Blanc brings a taste of France to PAUL with two new autumn sandwiches
The celebrated French chef has teamed up with PAUL Bakery on two limited-edition baguettes, bringing roast beef, Brie and a generous dose of French flavour to lunchtime. There are few things the French take quite as seriously as good bread, so a collaboration between Raymond Blanc OBE and PAUL Bakery feels like the perfect fit.…
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The Orientalist brings three Mid-Autumn cocktails to London bars – this week only
Mid-Autumn Festival is coming up this Friday, 25 September, and The Orientalist Spirits is marking it with a three-day cocktail collaboration across three London bars. From 24-26 September, Opium Bar in Chinatown, Kioku Sake Bar at Raffles London and As Above So Below in Stoke Newington will each serve a cocktail created for the occasion,…
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An inside look at The Pem, Romy Gill’s new modern Indian restaurant
After six years away from a permanent restaurant kitchen, Romy Gill MBE is back. And for her return, the chef, broadcaster and cookbook author has taken over The Pem at Conrad London St. James, bringing her deeply regional take on Indian cooking to Westminster. Open from today, 17 September, the restaurant marks a new chapter…
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Here’s how London bars are celebrating Negroni Week 2026
Pumpkin spicy latte, who? Negroni Week is back next week, from 21–27 September 2026, so it’s time to raise a glass and celebrate our favourite three-part nectar of gods. The annual celebration, founded by Imbibe and Campari in 2013, sees bars and restaurants around the world serve the classic Negroni alongside their own takes on…
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Brother Marcus is marking 10 years with three exclusive East Mediterranean supper clubs
Brother Marcus is celebrating its tenth anniversary with a new food, film and photography series taking diners from Athens to Crete, with three one-night-only supper clubs planned across London. Ten years is a pretty good excuse for a dinner party. For Brother Marcus, the East Mediterranean restaurant group is making its tenth anniversary a proper…
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Noodle & Beer is sending us to the moon and back with an exclusive mooncake and cocktail pairing for Mid-Autumn festival
Even if you don’t know much about Mid-Autumn Festival (or know nothing at all), you would have seen images of streets and parks light up with huge red lanterns, sometimes shaped like animals or symbols. Something springing to mind? This Chinese and East Asian festival (called Mid-Autumn or Moon festival) marks the end of harvest…
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Review: Viral restaurant Swiss Butter is a reliable one-sauce-wonder that really hits the spot
Swiss Butter started in Beirut, where Eddy Massaad opened the first restaurant in 2017 with a menu that leaves very little room for indecision: beef fillet, chicken or salmon, all served with fries or a baked potato, salad, baguette and that all-important Swiss Butter sauce. Made with a closely guarded blend of 33 herbs and…
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