Latest articles by Ben McCormack
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In the historic London hall where Vivienne Westwood made her debut, Idalia dishes up fare that's dressed to impressThe first opening in the Olympia's £1.3 billion regeneration brings food, design and cultural history back under one roof
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The new London restaurants to book nowThis month, Awadhi cuisine takes centre stage, a neighbourhood seafood bar scales up, and a beloved chef delivers yet another hit
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The best Chinese restaurants in LondonDiscover our food critic’s picks of the best Chinese restaurants in London; those serving up a wealth of regional wonders in the chicest of surroundings
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This modern Egyptian restaurant is London’s fieriest opening of the yearChef Meedu Saad goes solo with Impala, a charcoal grill restaurant and love letter to North African flavours that has already conquered Soho
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London's best Italian restaurants for pizza and pasta aficionadosFrom four-course blow-outs to the perfect pizza , food critic Ben McCormack recommends London's best Italian restaurants to have on your radar
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Chef Sally Abé finds her own voice at Teal in HackneyTeal by Sally Abé is built on British produce, nostalgic flavours, and sisterhood
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Taste the Mediterranean sea at this new London restaurantGreek in instinct and grounded in British ingredients, Jul’s is set to conquer SW1
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Sale e Pepe Mare brings Italian coastal dining to The Langham LondonA seafood-focused spin-off of the Knightsbridge institution brings Riviera spirit and tableside theatre to Portland Place
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Colour has flavour at this new London cocktail barLocated in Covent Garden, Cato is a double act with New York soul and plenty of British spirit
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Osteria Vibrato, founded by a former opera singer, hits a high note in London's SohoThe latest project from tenor Charlie Mellor, this laid-back Italian joint offers elegance, ease and fresh-baked amaretti biscuits
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Rustic trattoria classics meet pub-like charm at Tiella in east LondonAn Italian restaurant takes over 160-year-old premises in Bethnal Green, where the characterful interiors include vintage finds
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DakaDaka brings 8,000 years of Georgian tradition to LondonA new London restaurant distils Georgian hearth cooking and qvevri wine into a design-driven contemporary dining experience
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Upgrade your fish and chips at Corenucopia by Clare SmythThe three-star chef brings her mastery of British classics to Belgravia, with lavish interiors, nostalgic flavours and a distinctly playful sense of excess
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Neo-Gothic grandeur and decadent martinis await at Hawksmoor St PancrasThe dining room at the St Pancras London hotel has proved to be a revolving door for big-name chefs; now, it's Hawksmoor’s time to shine
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French bistro restaurant Maset channels the ease of the Mediterranean in LondonThis Marylebone restaurant is shaped by the coastal flavours, materials and rhythms of southern France
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Poon’s returns in majestic form at Somerset HouseHome-style Chinese cooking refined through generations of the Poon family craft
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Enjoy a Kyoto-inspired menu with London attitude at this new restaurantAki London offers a serene counterpoint to Oxford Circus, where stately interiors and elevated Japanese cooking cross paths
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Chef Matt Abé steps out solo with Bonheur in MayfairA former fine-dining institution is transformed through a study of light, tone and materiality, courtesy of Russell Sage Studio
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Dining at Motorino: the 'young and playful' London restaurant with all the right ingredientsThe newest restaurant from Stevie Parle and Luke Ahearne is sleek in design and menu, finds Ben McCormack
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Has London entered a pizza-naissance?Neapolitan roots, New York swagger, London soul
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Tobi Masa lands at The Chancery RosewoodChef Masa Takayama’s debut London restaurant transforms modernist geometry into a space of ritual calm and culinary purity
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The Hart Marylebone marks the next chapter in London’s design-led pubsThe trio behind The Pelican and The Hero turn to Marylebone, fusing Victoriana, intimacy and culinary honesty in their most ambitious project yet
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Labombe by Trivet reinvents an unforgettable Cool Britannia hangoutIs London hospitality about to hit peak 1990s revival? The Como Metropolitan has unveiled a new dining room on the site of the former Met Bar
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A striking restaurant now crowns Renzo Piano’s ‘glass cube’ building in PaddingtonSkyscraper dining always carries a sense of glamour – and Cé La Vi delivers it at full pitch
