Valentine’s Day plans sorted! 12 top things to do in London this weekend

Welcome back to The Slice!. It’s almost that time again: Valentine’s Day. Love it or hate it, it’s everywhere. Whether you’re fabulously single or properly loved up, ready to splurge or strapped for cash, we’ve got ideas to celebrate love day for everyone. We’re going real fancy at The Rivoli Bar, so fancy in fact that it’s perfect for the person who wants to propose but hasn’t found the perfect location… yet.

We’ve also got a five-course Indian fine-dining menu filled with passion and spice – plus fried chicken, champagne and caviar for a night out with the gals. Plus: The Michelin Guide 2025 winners are out. Ten London restaurants that have been awarded their first Michelin star – these are our standouts. Read on for a whole range of recommendations for February 8 and 9, handpicked as always by The Slice.

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If you want to do it all on the cheap, you can also find our latest batch of exclusive hand-picked offers in partnership with Time Out here. By Rob Buckhaven. If there were ever a place to proclaim your love (or pop the question!), it would have to be The Ritz Hotel: it’s iconic, it’s gorgeous, and its restaurant has just lapped up a second Michelin star. But I’ve always wondered why its opulent Rivoli Bar isn’t viewed with the same reverence as, say, the Connaught Bar. The team at The Rivoli Bar have clearly wondered the same thing and have done something about it.

Their new cocktail menu, Biodynamic Forces Through the Alchemy of Planets and Plants, features 14 creations, each named after a planet on the biodynamic calendar. The list offers guests an immersive, seamlessly-thought-out experience, with some of the most fine-tuned attention to detail I have ever witnessed. Choose your cocktail by exploring constellation diagrams and astrological signs on each page. Take ‘Juniper’, a delicious floral spritz, poured at the table via a small tap, topped up with Lanson Biodynamic Champagne. ‘The Moon’ is a twist on the Dirty Martini, made with pear and miso and presented in a pear-shaped glass with a luminescent moon dangling above it.

From the team’s knowledge, to the exceptionally sourced glassware, and to the works of art in cocktail form, this menu puts The Rivoli Bar firmly at the forefront of the London (and world) cocktail movement. Plus, the accompanying bar snacks are some of the finest amuse-bouches you’ll ever put in your, well, bouche. 10/10… I do!. Biodynamic Forces Cocktail Menu. Cocktails from £23. The Ritz, 150 Piccadilly. Book here.

By Anushka Suharu. BiBi offers a refined yet intimate dining experience where Chef Chet Sharma’s mastery of Indian flavours takes centre stage. Inspired by the grandmothers who shaped his love for food, the restaurant effortlessly blends warmth with luxury. As the chefs plate each dish, the experience becomes as much about the presentation as the flavours. For starters, the pomegranate dahi puri bursts with refreshing sweetness and tang, while Sharmaji’s lahori chicken delivers smoky, tender perfection with bold spices (we’re not surprised that it’s their crowd favourite). And the chamba chukh scallop is a buttery, delicate treat.

Dessert is not to be missed. The makhir ginger and Yorkshire rhubarb offers the perfect balance of syrupy and spicy notes, leaving behind a memorable sweet taste. As for the space, it blends bar-style seating with pashmina-lined swivel chairs, wooden beaded curtains inspired by the chef’s family kitchen, and plush booths – making it just as good for an intimate date as it is for a big celebration.

Chef’s 5 course selection, £85. 42 North Audley Street, Mayfair. Book here. A post shared by OMA (@oma.london). Ten London restaurants have won their first Michelin star – and two restaurants were upgraded to two – at the Michelin Guide 2025 ceremony. Here are our standouts:. ⭐ Plates London became the first vegan restaurant in the UK to win a Michelin star, with judges impressed by Chef Kirk Haworth ‘taking his classical training and inventively adapting it to a vegan diet’.

⭐ Oma, which serves up tasty Greek small plates in Borough Market. ⭐ Cornus, which we ‘couldn’t have been more impressed by’ when we visited. Read our full review here. ⭐ Marylebone’s modern European bistro Lita is now a one Michelin star restaurant less than a year since opening – thanks to its bold sharing plates. Look out for The Slice’s full verdict on these restaurants. The Black Farmer has launched a second farm shop in White City, after the success of its first and flagship farm shop in Brixton.