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To celebrate the long-awaited release of the new Bond film, Notting Hill drinking haunt The Distillery is launching an immersive drinking and dining experience. The world of 007 will be told through a 5-course meal and plenty of tipples (shaken, not stirred), inspired not only by the life of James Bond, but of author Ian…

Lady Garden Foundation (women's health charity) has partnered with over 40 brands to raise vital funds for research into gynaecological cancer. Some of the participating brands will be 111 Skin who will be donating 100% of profits from their rose gold kit (£115), health-conscious restaurant Atis will be donating £1 from every Sarah Ann Macklin…

The New York themed restaurant Joe Allen is returning to Covent Garden with a new drinking den for theatre goers. After an 18 month long hiatus, the restaurant has been sorely missed from London's broadway capital. During their closure, fine dining and cocktail bar experts Russell Norman and Gary Lee have been busy putting together…

The natural wine bar La Cave is set to open below Rondo in Holborn this September. The wine bar's rotating roster of chefs and pop-ups means that no two visits will be the same. Calling themselves an "incubator space" the restaurant hopes to give budding young chefs a place to test out new ideas and…

Legendary ramen slingers Tonkotsu are opening a new restaurant in Kentish Town this September. This restaurant marks their 15th location but it will be their first one in North London. As expected from a ramen restaurant you can find their signature bowls on the menu, including their acclaimed tonkotsu ramen with a pork & lardo…

Turning Tides Festival is back with a weekend of events and live music by the river on the Greenwich Peninsula. If we told you that you could see the young jazzy neo-soul artist Oscar Jerome for free, you'd probably go wouldn't you? What if you could see other artists like Taloula, Maliki and Electric Jalaba…

After having to move the dates around, Defected Records are back in town and ready to take over the Drumsheds this September. Specialising in house music and with stages hosted by Defected, Glitterbox, Classic Music Company, DVINE Sounds, 4 To The Floor & Faith and Sondela, you can expect enthralling performances and dance floor fillers…

That bonsai you bought in lockdown looking a bit tired? Saguaro cactus seen better days? Aloe vera lost its magic? Fear not, online plant shop Patch has announced the grand re-opening of their very own plant hotel, right here in the capital. Drop your plants off when you go on holiday and the hotel will…

To celebrate its opening and the arrival of the Tokyo Olympics Marugame Udon is giving away 5000 FREE bowls of udon noodles. Sadly travel to the games is impossible this year so Marugame Udon has taken it upon themselves to apply some soothing broth to the wound. You can bag bowls of Kama Age, the…

3 Henrietta Street is a five-floor, multi storey food and drink mecca that will open in Covent Garden this September. In the basement you'll find El Ta'Koy, the first UK branch of the Hawaiian-inspired restaurant run by Cuban chef Luis Pous (he's got a restaurant in Miami and a pop-up in New York). Picture small…

The French House is a Soho institution with some very specific rules, like only serving half pints and not allowing any tech inside, that only make you love it more. And upstairs you can really sink into the paint and history of the place and appreciate what really matters about French cooking. Their handwritten menu…

Bringing a slice of Paris to the London neighbourhoods it inhabits, this classic French restaurant can be found in both Kentish Town and Highbury. The menu emphasises French comfort food - think slow cooked duck confit, croustillant aux champignons (a kind of French pie) along with traditional French charcuterie and starters like countryside terrine, Burgundy…