Nieves Barragán's Legado serves suckling pig's head and no croquetas
In Shoreditch, the Sabor chef's largest restaurant roasts Zamora lamb in Madrid-built wood ovens. Order the Legado sandwich, two days in the making.
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First Look · LondonAt Kamara in Soho, the spirits rest in Cretan clay
The Brother Marcus founders and bartender Angelos Bafas take the old Blind Pig on Poland Street, pouring tsipouro, mastiha and a tsoureki Old Fashioned.
Stay · LondonSaarinen's US Embassy, built to keep people out, is now a hotel
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One Dish · LondonJeremy King brings back London's least fashionable dish, carved at the table
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Jeremy King brings back London's least fashionable dish, carved at the table
Shut since 2020, the old chess house's Grand Divan carves Devonshire rib at the table again, with railway mutton curry and Wolseley veterans in the kitchen.
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Dishoom Borough · Borough · 12 October 2026Dishoom's eighth London café moves into the Victorian Hop Exchange
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Endo · Chelsea · 1 October 2026Endo: a 200-year-old Kyoto counter, a vinyl-and-tea bar upstairs, and a waitlist
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Dante Mayfair · Mayfair · June 2026Dante has swapped MacDougal Street for Claridge's, and the martini hour comes with a pianist
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Vesper · Clerkenwell · May 2026Vesper is Jackson Boxer's love letter to London, with crab-fat rice and a rationed burger
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The Derby London City · The City · May 2026A leopard in a bowler hat guards the old bank on Great Tower Street
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Stay · MayfairThe Chancery RosewoodThe Chancery Rosewood, restored by David Chipperfield with suites by Joseph Dirand, has Carbone, Tobi Masa and a roof bar beneath Roszak's gilded eagle.
Eat · ShoreditchLegadoIn Shoreditch, the Sabor chef's largest restaurant roasts Zamora lamb in Madrid-built wood ovens. Order the Legado sandwich, two days in the making.
Drink · SohoKamaraThe Brother Marcus founders and bartender Angelos Bafas take the old Blind Pig on Poland Street, pouring tsipouro, mastiha and a tsoureki Old Fashioned.
See · BarbicanHamlet Hail to the ThiefRadiohead's 2003 album and Shakespeare's Hamlet share one head full of noise, played live by a band in the room at the Barbican from 31 October.
Shop · Stay InRega ReplayThe Replay is Rega's new entry-level deck, a skeletal belt-drive turntable with the cartridge fitted and the setup reduced to one weight.
Read · OpinionLondon's best new restaurants are in very old roomsSimpson's in the Strand, Hawksmoor under the Midland Grand's arches and Bonheur on the old Le Gavroche site show why reopening beats building.Lists
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Lists · London11 new London hotels, most of them made from old buildings
From the American embassy on Grosvenor Square to the Whiteleys department store, a Bloomsbury terrace and the Victorian caterers' building at the Old Bailey.
Lists · London15 new London restaurants, and the kitchens their cooks came from
From Nieves Barragán Mohacho's wood-fired Shoreditch dining room to Endo Kazutoshi's Chelsea sushi counter, via the old Le Gavroche and Simpson's in the Strand.
Lists · London17 new London bars, and the ideas they are built around
Spirits aged in Cretan clay, a counter cut from a fallen elm, a single beer on draught and a wine and vinyl room off Portobello Road.
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