London
London City Guide
It’s frustrating; intense; busy; inexplicably expensive. Its government is turning it into a playground for the unfathomably wealthy — yet London still remains at the heart of international creativity. It’s a prickly, peculiar beast that is at odds with its thriving creative scene. People live in shared shoeboxes and dine on Pot Noodles just to call London home. But it’s often with good reason.
Love it. Hate it. London is divisive in the best possible way. The Brits have the cultural swagger that all else want to buy into, and London is their temple of self-assurance. Food; drink; music; art; wanton creativity — it made perfect sense that London would be our debut City Guide. Constantly updated, our city lowdowns will offer up the latest places to be, do, to get your head down — and all else in between. Our City Notes guides are free, carefully-curated and constantly evolving.
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Eating Out
Pollini at Ladbroke Hall, Notting Hill
Having opened in 2023, Pollini at Ladbroke Hall marks chef Emanuele Pollini’s first foray into the London culinary scene, the Italian eatery already garnering quite the reputation around Notting Hill and beyond. Interiors are very befitting of...
Eating Out
TT Roof Terrace, Kingsland Road
Established in 2017 as TT Liquor before rebranding in 2024 as simply 'TT', the multi-faceted venue has expanded beyond a specialist liquor store and subterranean cellar bar, taking over the whole of their building on London's Kingsland Road with a...
Eating Out
Morchella, Exmouth Market
Following huge success with Perilla over in Newington Green, Ben Marks and Matthew Emmerson have literally just swung open the doors on Morchella, their new venture situated just off Exmouth Market. Housed in a former bank, the restaurant looks...
Eating Out
Pearly Queen, Shoreditch
The new East London restaurant from Michelin-starred Nathan Outlaw alumnus, Tom Brown, draws its inspiration from the humble oyster. A 40-seat seafood restaurant and champagne bar set across two floors, Pearly Queen boasts interiors by award-winning...
Eating Out
Caravan Covent Garden
All day dining and craft coffee pioneers Caravan open their largest outpost to date, Caravan Covent Garden housed in a beautiful 19th century grain store in the heart of the city's West End. With conception and design by co-founder Laura...
Eating Out
Honey & Co. Daily, Bloomsbury
Honey & Co open a new spot on Bloomsbury's Store Street, calling upon award-winning studio (and previous collaborators) Studio Found to design a space that complements the existing Honey & Co outposts across London, while having its own unique...
Eating Out
64 Goodge St, London
Occupying a former travel agent on Goodge Street, Fitzrovia, '64 Goodge Street' is the latest restaurant from Woodhead Restaurant Group and sees chef Stuart Andrew and team serve up "French cooking from an outsider’s perspective," with a menu...
Eating Out
Kolae, Borough Market
Andy Oliver and Mark Dobbie — the guys behind Spitalfields Market's popular Som Saa — open new Southern Thai bar and grill, Kolae, which is named after an open-flame style of cooking and located in an old London coach house at historic Borough...
Bars & Nightlife
Bambi Bar, London
An all new music-led wine bar and restaurant has set up shop in the heart of London's E8 neighbourhood, Bambi Bar — a new project from Frank’s Café co-owner, James Dye — located in the former Bright restaurant site at Netil House. Named in...
Bars & Nightlife
Forza Wine at the National Theatre, London
The end of summer saw Forza Wine open a second venue in a very prestigious location; the independent South East London restaurant brand choosing the National Theatre as its latest home. Located on the north-west terrace of one of London's most...
Shopping
Earl of East, Soho
Embracing ritual over routine, renowned lifestyle brand Earl of East has grown from a market stall in 2014 to an online shop with three stores across London, as well as its own line of home fragrance and bathing products. Located in the Grade II...
Eating Out
Empire Empire, Notting Hill
Empire Empire joins Harneet Baweja's Gunpowder Restaurant Group, the in-demand restaurant located on All Saints Road, Notting Hill, a disco themed eatery dishing out Indian classics. Put together by Block1 Design — the studio's fourth...
Staff Favourites
The Edit
Explore the soul of British culture, as Derrick Santini's #MadeBritainGreat chronicles decades of the country's top creatives...
Steady yourself to embark on an odyssey through the annals of British culture at JG Contemporary, as the gallery presents its latest exhibition, #MadeBritainGreat, featuring the work of illustrious portrait photographer Derrick Santini. In a...
Stuff Crush
Embark on unforgettable journeys, as Alice Tate's British Family Escapes catalogues family-friendly adventures across the UK...
An ode to old-school family holidays where the car would be packed to the brim with suitcases and kids, hours of driving and asking "are we nearly there yet" to terrorise the parents, but where adventures awaited and memories were made, British...
City Notes
Experience culinary alchemy and design wizardry with a gourmet odyssey through the world of Donostia-San Sebastián's Azoka...
Taking its name from the word for 'market' in Basque, Azoka is a new restaurant in Donostia-San Sebastián that offers up a new immersive gastronomy concept for the seaside town already world-renowned for its exquisite foodie delights....
City Notes
With an up and down and up again history, Detroit's Book Tower is transformed into the city's premier dining and social destination...
A veritable Detroit landmark, the 38-story Louis Kamper-designed Book Tower was the city's tallest structure when it opened in 1926, and transformed Washington Boulevard into an upscale destination. Today, following a $400 million restoration and...
Dispatches
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