Food & Drink

Last Minute Listing: Annual Wine Festival

Festivals are not just for the summer: London restaurateur Sam Harrison is launching a new wine festival.

London Blend: Store Street Espresso

Continuing our caffeine-fuelled quest to find the best coffee shops in London.

The Harp Named CAMRA's 'National Pub of the Year'

For the first time ever, a London pub has been crowned the 'best in Britain' by CAMRA.

New Restaurant Review: CityPoint Club

The private CityPoint Club has opened its doors to non-members. Is it any good?

Review: Tastour Food And Drink Experiences

The Tastour concept is a simple one: taste things, learn things and meet new people.

The Idler Academy: Coming Soon

News of a fun new venue for the curious procrastinator.

New Restaurant Review: Cocochan

A new pan-Asian on James street hits the spot.

Hendrick's Refined Courtship Clinic @ Covent Garden

Valentine's Day is around the corner, but dating can be tricky. If you're confused by conversation, bemused by body language or flummoxed by fans, the Hendrick's Refined Courtship Clinic is here to help...

Review: Dinner by Heston Blumenthal

It’s the big one. The one we all tried to book for. The one where Heston comes to London. And though we’re sure you’ll have heard a fair bit about Meat Fruit, spit roast pineapples and savoury porridge already, do please humour us as we drool over the memories of our lunch.

Last Chance to Win Yourself Free MOMA Breakfast

Just a quick reminder to let everyone know that MOMA will soon be deciding and contacting the winners for their “Londonist MOMA Breakfast Competition”

Review: City Boy Breakfast at the Fox & Anchor

That'll be bacon, sausage, eggs, tomato, white and black pudding, hash browns, minute steak, kidneys, baked beans, fried bread, liver, mushrooms and a pint of Murphy's stout.

Top 10 Chinatown Eats

Best Chinatown eats.

Fancy A Pint In A Top Ten Pub This February?

The Sir Richard Steele, the Wenlock and the Faltering Fullback at Finsbury Park make appearances in this month's top ten.

Heineken Is Official Olympic Booze Sponsor

Finally reaches the parts other beers can't reach...

New Restaurant Review: Namaaste Kitchen

Indian dining just got better with the launch of Namaaste Kitchen in Camden. Tandoor oven, Sigri and Tawa grills provide the food, while intricate spicing provides the thrills.

Review: Divine Bovine @ Gaucho

Intended as "a celebration of all things beef", Argentine restaurant chain Gaucho held its annual Divine Bovine dinner this week at its Piccadilly branch.

Sandwichist - Mushroom Sandwich From Sporeboys, Broadway Market

January’s dark, bleak, austere days are the perfect time to take a leaf, or should that be gill, out of the mushroom’s approach to life.

Jabugo Ham Tastings at Iberica

This week, Iberica restaurant and deli on Great Portland Street (that’s Iberica Food & Culture to give it its full name) is welcoming in a new season of Iberico ham, including the highly sought after hams from the denominación de origen (DO) of Jabugo – the crème de la crème of Spain’s pig products.

Burns Night Menu Review: Blueprint Cafe at the Design Museum

Until the 30th of January £17.50 gets visitors to the Design Museum's Blueprint Cafe a Burns Night feast of yummy proportions and proper Scottish favour. A candlelit, riverside window sampling of the menu pleased our palates thoroughly, while a few bites from the non-Burns menu had us keen to return for more.

Competition: Win Free Daily Breakfast At MOMA

Win a daily supply of MOMA breakfast (sponsor).

London's Best Pub Signs: The Three Kings

We're on the lookout for the best pub signs in London. Where better to start than the Three Kings just off Clerkenwell Green?

Celebrate the Year of the Rabbit with Chinese Afternoon Tea

Afternoon tea, that most British of institutions, has been given an interesting new twist: a variety of dim sum replaces the sandwiches and scones, jasmine tea usurps the earl grey and, for what may be the first time ever, the menu includes sweet chilli sauce.

Waterloo Brasserie Re-launches as Waterloo Bar & Grill

In Pictures: Naked Cowboy at St Pancras