Best of London
The Best Restaurants & Bars for St Patrick’s Day in London
With St Patrick’s Day falling on a Friday (17th March) this year, the weekend will be filled with all manner of fun events taking place across London. Of course, there’s the annual parade, which will take place in Central London on Sunday, plus the city’s fair share of Irish pubs to spend the weekend supping ice cold pints of Guinness. From specially curated Irish menus to Irish craft beer tasting, we’ve rounded-up our pick of London’s best restaurants and bars...
The Best Restaurants for Pancake Day in London
Shrove Tuesday (or Pancake Day) has become an extraordinarily big deal in recent years. So it’s hardly surprising that so many restaurants are getting involved, creating appropriate specials to add to their menus for the evening. Other restaurants, however, have been serving incredibly good crêpes for years and have, coincidentally, become pancake day destination restaurants. If you don’t fancy whisking furiously or tossing sheets of fried batter at home on Tuesday (28th February 2017), we’ve compiled a selection of the...
Valentine’s Day in London: Where to find the capital’s most romantic restaurants
London's most romantic restaurants for Valentine's Day Valentine’s Day is around the corner and if you like me have left booking a place to eat until the last moment, never fear. We have a list of London’s 10 most romantic restaurants to eat from this weekend right through to the special day. From Nordic set menus to wine matching evenings we have compiled something for everyone in this list of London’s Valentine hotspots. There is also something to suit all...
Food & Drink Guide to Burns Night in London 2017
In celebration of Scottish poet and writer Robert Burns’s Birthday (25th January), Burns Night takes place this week. Falling on Wednesday, a great number of Burns Night events are taking place across the week to celebrate. From Scottish-inspired set menus to whisky tastings and the occasional deep-fried Mars bar, here’s our pick of the best food and drink events to celebrate Burns Night in London. Mac & Wild One of London’s best Scottish restaurants, Mac & Wild will host a whole...
London’s Best Scottish Restaurants
With more than a quarter of a million Scottish people now living in London or the South East it's safe to say that Burns night has become quite a big thing in the capital, and sourcing the best restaurants to enjoy the evening is paramount. With whisky on the mind and Balmoral chicken, haggis, neeps and tatties making mouths water across the city we have set out to find out where to locate the best Scottish restaurants in London, as well as providing a...
Where To Eat in London 2017
After Christmas and the New Year, you’re probably fed up of big meals and eating out. Going out to eat can sometimes feel like too much effort so, for these occasions, there’s always the trusty takeaway to fall back on. However, if you’re looking for something new and exciting for 2017, here’s our recommendations for where to eat in London this year. Six Storeys - Soho Located in the heart of Soho, this new bohemian restaurant is due to open...
London’s Best Restaurant Openings of 2016
Let’s face it, 2016 has been less than brilliant. Something to be thankful for, however, is the overwhelming number of remarkable restaurants to have opened in London over the past twelve months. We’ve compiled a selection of some of our favourites. Eneko at One Aldwych The first London restaurant from three Michelin-starred Eneko Atxa, Eneko at One Aldwych is an intentionally different entity to Azurmendi in Bilbao. Of course, the chef’s culinary expertise is delivered here, yet the ambience is...
How to Celebrate Churchill’s Birthday: In the Oldest Cigar Merchants in the World
Donned in smoking jackets and toking on the finest Robustos, these are the men who know how to celebrate Winston Churchill’s birthday in style. Cigar merchants James J Fox, said to be the oldest cigar merchants in the world, held the bash at their London base in St James’s Street - one of the last remaining public places where people can smoke inside. The celebration, on Wednesday, saw men in pinstriped suits with silver-topped canes swilling Caribbean rum, puffing on aromatic cigars...
The UK’s First Sweet Pie Company Pops Up in Clerkenwell
The UK's first sweet pie company, One Four, is bringing a mix of American deserts to Clerkenwell from next week at East London eatery, Printworks Kitchen. Running from 22nd - 26th August, it’s time to leave your diets at the door and dig into some seriously dirty desserts this summer. Chocolate and nut lovers will be spoilt for choice between the positively filthy Peanut Butter and Chocolate Pie and mouth-watering Pecan and Bourbon Pie, whilst fruity favourites include the sinful Banoffee...