London Food & Culture

Eating and Drinking

Oktoberfest in Camden market dj
Drink

Prost! Our Oktoberfest Top 3 picks

Can’t get to Munich in time? Here’s three of north London’s finest Bavarian offerings

The food at Suvlaki
Food

So you’ve never been to… Suvlaki, Soho

This Athenian joint on an atmospheric W1 backstreet can do little wrong

Food

Review: The Ninth, Fitzrovia

These are some of the best-value Michelin-star sharing plates in the capital

Octopus at Brother Marcus
Food

So you’ve never been to… Brother Marcus, Islington

We give the low-down on the trio’s latest outpost

New opening Flat Iron King's Cross
Food

Flat Iron is now open in King’s Cross

Feast on feather blade and more on Caledonian Road

Paddington basin on a sunny day
Food

Tenner or Less: Kupp, Paddington Basin W2

An hour or so’s canalside stroll from King’s Cross, eat smoked fish Scandi-style at W2’s waterside development

Bonnie Gull Soho
Eating and Drinking

MUST DO: Bonnie Gull Seafood Cafe, Soho

Forget a trip to the coast, this West End bolthole serves up awesome sea-focused plates at decent prices

Neptune seafood counter
Food

5 things you should try at Neptune, Bloomsbury

The big new summer opening from hip chef Brett Redman has a decent-value set lunch – at least for WC1

Books

Top 3: Marchmont Street hangouts, WC1

This summer explore the capital’s most famous LGBT+ bookshop, a photography cafe – and a cavernous second-hand treasure trove

Rotunda canal
Food

Rotunda is getting revamped

One of the original King’s Cross restaurants closes for a multi-million pound summer spruce-up