10 restaurants not to miss in Edinburgh – 2025’s ‘most exciting food destination’

The Scottish capital’s new openings and creative chefs have grabbed the attention of the Good Food and Michelin guides. If you’re wondering where to tuck in, try these hot picks

The Great Indian, London: ‘A thoroughly delightful food pub’ – restaurant review

An old north London boozer has found new life as an Indian restaurant, and redefined ‘gastropub’ along the way

25 of the best hotels, B&Bs and chateaux in France

From country houses and mountain chalets to seaside chambres d’hôte and cool city pads, our France travel expert picks her favourite boltholes

Yemen Heaven, York: ‘Very hard not to like’ – restaurant review

After a troubled start, this family-run Yemeni outpost in York has won a loving following in the local community

How to be a foodie in 2025

Is it still worth queueing for a croissant? What kind of flavour is ‘swicy’? And who on earth are the leguminati? Tony Naylor has the answers

Dzo! Viet Kitchen, London: ‘Worth your money and your time’ – restaurant review

This charismatic Vietnamese place stands out, even among all the attention-seekers on Upper Street Islington

It’s time to give your favourite neighbourhood restaurant some love

What makes the perfect local restaurant? London’s Trullo, about to celebrate its 15th birthday, shows us the way

The Blue Stoops, London: ‘It’s all about the details’ – restaurant review

Kensington’s Blue Stoops looks like a pub and thinks like a pub – so it must be a pub

Fonda, London: ‘An exuberantly good meal’: restaurant review

This new Mexican restaurant serves up regional dishes so well crafted that conversation stops

Lucky Yu, Edinburgh: ‘An amiable, relaxed kind of chaos’ – restaurant review

On a dark winter’s night this place glows a deep and welcoming pink

2024 restaurant roundup: looking back on the year’s culinary highs

There are deep wells of culinary talent across the UK, ably battling the challenging economics facing the sector

The Don, London: ‘The expectation was for something warmer’ – restaurant review

The menu here was overseen by Rowley Leigh, but his generous touch in the kitchen is missing

Claro, London: Many of the dishes are wonderful, but the endless emails are a real pain – restaurant review

When you start shouting ‘encore’ at your emptied plate, you know something serious has happened

Harrods adding £1 ‘cover charge’ to every diner on top of 12.5% service fee

Workers fear cover charge will prompt diners to cancel paying optional service charge, hitting their income

My nightmare before Christmas dinner: top chefs and cooks reveal how they turned fiasco into feast

Turkey troubles, thieving pets, fire drills – all manner of things can jeopardise the most important meal of the year