12/1/21 - updated with the opening date

We've been waiting an age for Din Tai Fung to launch their Centre Point restaurant. So long, in fact, that they're getting ready to open another restaurant in the interim -

Yes, London is gearing up for Christmas and Selfridges has two impressive-sounding food and drink spaces on the way for the festive season. 

First up is the Selfridges Christmas Market, once again taking over the mews behind the store. There you'll find food and drink trucks, three bars, gift stalls and fairground rides

Updated 12/10/21 with opening date

We'll confess we hadn't heard of American chef Matthew Kenney before. But it turns out he's a pretty big deal, with more than 40 restaurants around the world and a slew of A-list celebrities loving what he does. And what he does is plant food - but he makes it sexy.

Having opened restaurants in New York, Bahrain and Sydney, it was only a matter of time before

Pretty much every coffee shop in London boasts of serving a fresh cup of coffee, but the new one that's opened up at Selfridges shows you just how fresh it really is.

Roasting Plant have just launched their immersive roastery in the Selfridges Foodhall. The Willy Wonka meets Heath Robinson contraption means shoppers can choose their favourite beans by smell, and then see it whizzing through the air in

Hoxton's Rapsa has made a move into the centre of London - as a pop-up in the Selfridges food hall. The Filipino restaurant has launched a six-week pop-up in the food hall, with a focus on Filipino tacos and frozen cocktails. 

It's led by chef Francis Puyat (previously Ottolenghi and NOPI) who says "“Filipino cuisine has some of the punchiest Asian flavours thanks to our native

If the alto rooftop restaurant at Selfridges wasn't already enough of a draw in this summer months, its latest design iteration should make it practically impossible to get a table there anytime soon.

For the summer, it's been taken over by Dior and given a summery makeover by the fashion house. So the roof has been draped with Dior's toile de Jouy, with new summer seating, parasols and deckchairs.

That's not all

Having been closed all over Black Friday weekend (not to mention the whole of the last month) London's stores are hoping to make up for lost time by enticing us into the West End when they reopen this week. For Selfridges' part, they're redesigning the mews market they first opened back in the summer, making it a very festive market indeed.

The market, which takes over Edwards Mews at the rear of the store, is

This new honey focused restaurant at Selfridges will feature talks by beekeepers and use honey from its own rooftop hives in the dishes.

For over 40 years, the Brass Rail at Selfridges has been serving up one of London's great meaty sandwiches. Their salt beef reuben is legendary.

But changes are afoot. To tie in with the department store's new Project Earth sustainability push, they're temporarily rebranding this temple of meat as The Grass Rail - serving up a brand new vegan menu.

Available alongside the traditional menu, vegans will now be able to order a Salt

It was one of the first big London stores to reopen its food department, and now Selfridges is getting in on the street market act. They're taking over the mews behind the Oxford Street store at weekends to create Market on the Mews.

The market will be what they're calling "a rotating edit of food, drink, magazines, plants, flowers bikes and furniture." It'll see the store take over Edwards Mews with a range of

Following the reopening of Selfridges Food Hall two weeks ago, probably the most-asked question was, "But when is The Brass Rail reopening?"

The restaurant, which first opened way back in 1966, has been serving New York-style sarnies for over 50 years. So its many fans will be pleased to hear that it's now

We've been reporting on restaurants and cafes reopening for delivery, but we're very heartened to be able to report the reopening of the Selfridges Food Hall today. It feels like one more step back towards normality, helping London prepare itself for when the lockdown is eventually lifted.

In an announcement this morning, the Oxford Street store said it was reopening to serve the local community. They'll also be making it easy

What do you mean, you didn't know it was Cornish Pasty Week? Well, at least you can make up for not having in your diary by heading down to Selfridges. Why? Because that's where Ginsters are launching an exclusive luxury range this week.

The posho pasties, which cost £4.99 each, come with three special fillings for the Oxford Street store. Each one has been devised by Michelin-starred chef Chris Eden from Gidleigh Park – the first chef born and

First, we had Claridge's launching their Loubi Express cocktail bar with just eight seats. Now Selfridges have unveiled their Veuve Clicquot Le Tram bar in time for the festive season.

The oh-so-Instagrammable bar has just 10 seats and will serve up Veuve Clicquot champagne and cocktails

There are quite a lot of changes happening all over Selfridges at the moment - and the latest is their confectionary department. If you've visited before, you'll have found quite the selection at the back of the shop - but now it's been brought right into the middle - waiting for you in a huge space as you take the escalators into the lower ground floor. 

You'll be able to find plenty of chocolates down here from US