12 Unmissable Things To Do This Weekend

Try the new lunch menu at Notting Hill’s coolest wine bar

If your Saturday afternoon needs a destination, Notting Hill’s Caia has just launched a new lunch set menu that is well worth trying. Running Fridays and Saturdays from 12pm to 3pm, the menu moves through small plates like baked scallop with lard and chervil and lamb cutlet in anchovy and white wine marinade, before landing on mains including a summer courgette carpaccio with stracciatella and pistachio pesto and the Caia classic cacio e pepe cheung fun. Round things off with the ube, matcha and white chocolate tiramisu and a twisted negroni, and you’ve got a very solid Saturday sorted.

Where: 46 Golborne Rd, London W10 5PR
Website: www.caia.com

Pick up a viral sweet treat

House of Cinn is celebrating five years of its Selfridges partnership with a bake that’s as fun to look at as it is to eat. Inspired by the Dot Cake trend, the limited-edition Birthday Bun features the brand’s signature cinnamon sugar swirl dough, topped with cream cheese frosting and a generous coating of sprinkles for the full dot cake effect.

On Saturday, the team will be giving away 100 Birthday Buns for free, so it’s worth marking the date in your diary. House of Cinn is also a Community Interest Company that reinvests at least 65% of its profits into its social mission, so every bun you buy gives a little something back too.

Where: 400 Oxford Street, Marylebone, London, W1A 1AB
Website: www.houseofcinn.com

Head here for a Mexican twist on a Chelsea classic

The Cadogan Arms has joined Plated, the new month-long dining festival taking over King’s Road and Knightsbridge throughout August, and its contribution isn’t one to miss.

In partnership with tequila brand The Lost Explorer, the Chelsea pub has reimagined its signature Ham, Egg and Chips as Jamón, Huevos y Patatas Fritas, a slow-cooked ham hock glazed in Lost Explorer tequila, served with tajín-seasoned patatas fritas and charred pineapple salsa. Every order comes with a complimentary Frozen Spicy Peach Mini Margarita, which is frankly all the reason you need to book a table.

Where: 298 King’s Rd, London SW3 5UG
Website: www.thecadoganarms.com

Dive into a 21-dish feast at this Mayfair institution

Michelin-starred Jamavar is marking its tenth anniversary with something with an epic 21-dish feast. For two weeks only, the restaurant is serving its first-ever Onam Sadhya, a 21-dish South Indian harvest feast named Leelamma’s Onam Sadhya in honour of owner Samyukta Nair’s grandmother, Leela Nair.

Expect an extraordinary spread moving from banana chips and pickles through to Sea Bass Meen Porichathu, Alleppey Prawn Curry and a full vegetarian menu, finishing with Pal Payasam and Parippu Pradhaman. Book ahead, as this one won’t hang around.

Where: 8 Mount St, London W1K 3NF
Website: www.jamavar.com

Celebrate Ferragosto the Italian Way here

If you need an excuse to gather your friends around a table this weekend, Harry’s has just provided the perfect one. The Italian restaurant group is marking Ferragosto, one of Italy’s most beloved summer traditions, with a limited-edition Pollo alla Cacciatora available across its London restaurants from Friday to Sunday.

The generous sharing dish of roasted chicken with slow-cooked peppers, olives, basil and grilled Datterini tomatoes at £34.95 is made exactly for the kind of long, leisurely lunch the Italians do so well, and every table finishes with a complimentary sharing plate of watermelon in true Ferragosto style.

Where: venues across London
Website: www.harrys.com

Get a free scalp analysis at K18’s Battersea pop-up

If your hair has been through it this summer, this weekend’s K18 pop-up at Space NK in Battersea Power Station is worth a visit. The cult hair brand is offering free scalp analysis consultations across all three days, with every guest walking away with a complimentary 5ml mask and 4ml oil to take home.

Spend £60 or more on K18 in store and you’ll also receive a travel-size AstroLift Reparative Volume Spray as a gift with purchase. It’s free, it’s at one of the best shopping destinations in London right now, and your hair will thank you for it.

Where: Circus Rd W, Nine Elms, London SW11 8DD
Website: www.k18.com

Build your own terrarium at The Natural History Museum

If you’re looking for something a little different to do this weekend, head straight to The Natural History Museum. It is currently running Terrarium Workshops in its Garden Meeting Room, nestled in the heart of the museum’s grounds.

One of the museum’s own botanists kicks things off with a talk on flora, biodiversity and the history of these self-sustaining miniature ecosystems, before London Terrariums guides you through building your own tiny encapsulated garden to take home. Tickets start from £55 including all materials, plants and aftercare instructions.

Where: Cromwell Rd, South Kensington, London SW7 5BD
Book here

Be among the first to try Cripandip’s new dip line

If you follow Cripandip on TikTok, you already know why this is worth getting excited about. Maddi, the creator behind the CripandDip account with more than 600k followers, is bringing her brand new Messy Dips range to a pop-up at Coal Drops Yard in King’s Cross this weekend.

This provides an exciting opportunity for fans to finally try the three hotly anticipated flavours: Dirty Martini, Layered Vodka Marinara and Sichuan Cucumber Tzatziki. It’s the kind of pop-up that will sell out fast and generate a queue even faster, so get there early.

To read our exclusive with Maddi and discover all her London recommendations, click here

Where: Stable St, London N1C 4LW
WEbsite: www.messydips.com

Book this sporting event before it sells out

If you’re a tennis fan, this is the one to get in your diary right now. The Laver Cup is returning to The O2 in London for its ninth edition from 25th to 27th September 2026, and the lineup is already seriously impressive.

Carlos Alcaraz and Alexander Zverev have confirmed their spots for Team Europe, while Taylor Fritz and Alex de Minaur are set to represent Team World, captained by Andre Agassi. Keith Prowse, the official hospitality sales partner, is offering premium Legends Club packages that include the opportunity to meet Andy Murray and John McEnroe. Tickets and hospitality packages are on sale now, and this is very much one to book well ahead of time.

Where: The O2 Arena, Peninsula Square, London SE10 0DX
Book here

Pick up free Summer Fridays goodies at this soft serve pop-up

If you need a reason to seek out a soft serve this weekend, Summer Fridays has just given you a very good one. From Friday to Sunday, the first 30 customers each day to order a Summer Fridays x Tease soft serve will receive a complimentary travel-sized Body Butter from the brand’s new Body Collection launch. After these are gone, everyone ordering a soft serve will still walk away with a mini Lip Butter Balm while stocks last. The Body Collection itself is available now at Sephora, Space NK and Cult Beauty, but a free gift with your ice cream is a considerably more fun way to discover it.

Where: 19 Harrington Rd, South Kensington, London SW7 3ES
Website: www.summerfridays.com

Escape to Surrey’s most beautiful vineyard

If you’re looking for a reason to leave London behind this weekend, Denbies Wine Estate in Dorking is the perfect billing. England’s largest single-estate vineyard sits across 265 acres of rolling chalk downland, and a visit can be as relaxed or as immersive as you like, from a leisurely lunch at the Gallery Restaurant with views across the vines to a guided vineyard train tour or a cellar tasting that traces the estate’s award-winning wines from vine to glass.

It’s just over an hour from London and the kind of place that makes you wonder why you don’t do this sort of thing every weekend.

Where: Bradley Ln, Dorking RH5 6AA
Website: www.denbies.com

See the Catwalk Exhibition at V&A Dundee

If you’re a fashion lover with a long weekend and a sense of adventure, V&A Dundee’s Catwalk: The Art of the Fashion Show is one of the most compelling exhibitions open in the UK right now.

The show is dedicated to the phenomenon of the fashion show, tracing its evolution from intimate salon presentations to global spectacles, documenting seminal moments from Alexander McQueen, Chanel, Dior, Prada and Louis Vuitton.

Where: 1 Riverside Esplanade, Dundee DD1 4EZ
Website: www.vanda.com