Following up from the opening of Kanishka in Mayfair, Atul Kochhar has taken over a huge space in Westminster for his next restaurant, Mathura.

Following up on his previous successes at Gymkhana and Jamavar, Rohit Ghai is back in Mayfair with his latest restaurant. Expect a menu which draws on both his childhood and career, with a focus on contemporary Indian sharing plates. 

24/9/21 - updated with opening date

It's fair to say that The Holborn Town Hall building has been a tricky venue for restaurants. There was Shanghai Blues, then a brief appearance from Burger & Lobster and - most recently - it was home to the gone-too-soon Gezellig. But it looks like another restaurant is now going to give it a try.

Coming to the site later this year will be

SpiceBox, the popular vegan curry house, having opened its first outlet in Walthamstow in 2019, are about to open a second site in autumn, this time in Leytonstone.

Last year we reported on the story of Cafe Spice Namasté which 'celebrated' its 25th anniversary by having to move from its home on Prescot Street in Spitalfields.

Well, the good news is that Cyrus and Pervin Todiwala have now found a new home for their restaurant. They've stuck

Following their two restaurants (Spitalfields and Tower Bridge) and a strong lockdown/delivery game with Empire Biryani and more, Gunpowder are getting ready to open their next Indian restaurant - this time in Soho. They're coming to Greek Street (where the Pizza Express used to

They've already opened across the country, after starting in Liverpool, and now Mowgli is getting ready to open in London. 

Billed as "Indian street food", Mowgli has taken over what used to be the Cote brasserie on Charlotte Street. It's run by former barrister Nisha Katona. 

There's a huge selection of dishes on offer, including:

• Gunpowder Chicken - Mowgli’s

Former Benares head chef Navin Prasad is in charge of the food at this new St John's Wood restaurant showcasing the seasonal cooking of India. 

The team behind some of London's greatest Indian restaurants is behind Bibi, which puts its main development chef in charge of the kitchen. 

London's oldest surviving Indian restaurant, the Michelin-starred Veeraswamy, adapts very well to a delivery model as we discover from their At Home menu.

If you're after a book that looks so good you want to lick the pages, then Kricket - an Indian-inspired cookbook is the one for you

One of the very few good things to come out of the lockdowns have been some excellent DIY kits from some of London's best restaurants. We tried out some of the latest... 

On a grey day in February in Lockdown what better news could we bring you than the arrival of a new home delivery biryani service? Better still, it comes from the founders Harneet Baweja and Devina Seth, who gave us Indian restaurant Gunpowder.

This new delivery restaurant centres around Dum Biryani with a range of other dishes from Northern India. Made fresh every day, the signature biryani

Coming from an ex-Tamarind chef, Heritage aims to cook "nostalgic family-taught dishes and unusual foods from lesser-known Indian regions and communities".

Republic is a brand new restaurant that fell under our radar until now - but was recently highlighted in a BBC news story. 

The restaurant comes from two Kricket alumni, chef Kuldeep Mattegunta and Mustaq Tappewale. The two have spent a decade in the restaurant industry