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Frog by Adam Handling (Review) - Covent Garden, London

Michelin-starred cooking with a front-row seat to the kitchen. We tried the lunch tasting menu at Frog by Adam Handling in Covent Garden, from a smoked butter rose hiding chicken liver parfait to a cod dish we’re still thinking about. Here’s everything we ate, and why it’s one of the best-value Michelin lunches in London.

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Osteria Spina - Folegandros, Greece (Review)

A bumpy dirt track, a cliffside osteria and one of the best meals we've had in years. Spina is the Italian-run hideaway at the far end of Folegandros, where a chef with Michelin-starred experience cooks a daily-changing €70 tasting menu over fire, with vegetables from the garden and fish from local boats.

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Riding House Cafe - London, Fitzrovia (Review)

Riding House Cafe helped invent London brunch, and this year it turned 15. We went along to the Fitzrovia original for the anniversary menu: a standout crab, bacon and avocado sandwich, deep-dish pancakes, and a secret off-menu sundae. Here's everything we ate, and our honest take.

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Rita’s - Soho, London (Review)

We had heard Rita's was a lovely little Soho wine bar, so on a sunny day last week we wandered in for an impromptu lunch. We stayed for a white bean and miso shrimp tostada, a beautifully cooked whole Cornish mackerel and one of the best Mini Martinis in central London. Here's everything we ate.

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The Blue Pelican - Deal, Kent

A day trip to Deal, built entirely around lunch. The Blue Pelican is the Japanese-inspired seafront spot from the team behind The Rose, and between the clay-baked donabe rice and a hamachi collar off the specials board, it more than earned the journey.

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Pizza Nerds - Peckham, London

Pizza Nerds has opened on our home stretch of Bellenden Road, and it runs two ovens: a wood-fired one for proper Neapolitan pizza and an electric one for crispy London-style pizza. With National Pizza Awards winner Davide Parato at the helm, here is what we made of it.

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Impala - Soho, London

Five years in the making and one of 2026's most hyped openings, Impala on Dean Street is Chef Meedu Saad's debut solo restaurant. A love letter to North African flavours, all built around a charcoal grill.

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