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- Kirk Haworth's Plates is opening in Shoreditch - more chances to book are on the way
Update: bookings for October, November and January are about to open and will be going live on the Plates website at 12pm on Wednesday 17 April.
If you're ever wondering what the sign of a hot restaurant is going to be in advance then look no further than the upcoming return of chef Kirk Haworth's
... - Inis will serve up British and Irish food on Hackney Wick's Fish Island
There's been some debate recently on what makes a neighbourhood restaurant. However, we figure that if you've spent the past decade living somewhere, that's surely got to count for something. And locals Lynsey Coughlan and Lindsay Lewis have lived in Hackney for ten years before deciding to open their first restaurant.
Inis, which will be part of Fish Island's The Trampery campus, is going to serve up a mix of British
... - SanHao sees Yiqi founders opening a noodle and soup restaurant in Chinatown
Three restaurants in three years - restaurateurs Kevin Cheong and Keng Yew Leong have been busy building their Chinatown empire. In 2022 they opened The Eight - a Hong Kong-style cafe. At the beginning of this year,
- The Pig's Ear in Chelsea is the Gladwin Brothers' first pub
In March, after just over two years in business, The Chelsea Pig closed. But a pub has been in that space for a very long time, and it looks like it'll be back in another form pretty sharpish. The Gladwin Brothers have announced they're getting into the pub game, opening The Pig's Ear.
The Gladwins are behind restaurants like Rabbit in Chelsea and Sussex in Soho (as well as the
... - Michel Roux is back in London with Chez Roux at The Langham
The closure of Michel Roux's Le Gavroche earlier this year was something of a shock for fans of the restaurant. That had followed the closure of the chef's Roux at the Landau (at the Langham), which has since been taken over by
- Upcoming UK restaurants, opening soon across the country
Planning a trip outside the capital? Here's our guide to the very best restaurants opening soon across the entire country.
- Greek hotel group Ergon House are opening a hotel and rooftop restaurant in Covent Garden
Lots of big developments are happening around Covent Garden at the moment. Later on this year, we should be getting the new Guinness Storehouse and now, here comes news about a big new hotel coming to the area.
That will be
... - Colombo Kitchen are bringing their hoppers to Putney
Four years on from opening her first restaurant Colombo Kitchen, in Worcester Park, chef and restaurateur Sylvia Perera is getting ready to bring her Sri Lankan food to Putney.
If you haven't been to the original restaurant, then the hoppers are what you're really coming to Colombo Kitchen for. Chef Sylvia grew up in Kurana taking inspiration from her Aunty Nanda's home cooking. They make a point of cooking hoppers and
... - José Pizarro to open Lolo, his third Bermondsey restaurant
José Pizarro has been busy of late, celebrating his 25th Anniversary in London as well as receiving a big honour, the Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic, from King Felipe of Spain. And next up, he's getting ready to open his fifth restaurant in London.
Called Lolo, it will also be his third restaurant in Bermondsey. At this point, details are extremely thin on the ground and
... - Flat Iron has Hammersmith and Victoria lined up for its next steak restaurants
5/4/24 - Updated with the Hammersmith opening date
Flat Iron is doing very, very well indeed. The mini steak chain, originally launched by The Devonshire's Charlie Carroll, has enjoyed plenty of success over the years and it's not stopping now.
Following a record year, Flat Iron announced that next on the London agenda will be two new openings
... - The Counter comes to Soho, looking to The Aegean for its influences
Are we in the midst of a new trend? Just as Oma gets ready to open in Borough Market, another Turkish/Greek restaurant is incoming. After opening The Counter in Notting Hill in a relatively low-key manner in 2022, Turkish chef Kemal Demirasal is bringing a second The
... - Will it be third time lucky for Julie's in Holland Park?
3/4/24 - updated with new details and the opening date
Holland Park restaurant Julie's, despite once being one of the hottest restaurants in town, has had a troubled time of late.
The restaurant, which once featured a parade of A-list stars coming through its doors, first closed in 2015 for a redesign. That planned revamp took much longer than expected, with the restaurant
... - Fallow comes to Canary Wharf with Roe
2/4/24 - Updated with the opening date
We've known for a while that the team behind Fallow were opening in Canary Wharf and now we know what the restaurant will be called - Roe.
Similar to Fallow (and chicken spin-off FOWL), it'll be a nose-to-tail affair with a goal of championing "underappreciated produce". Here's a taster of the menu:
- Maitake Cornish Pasty with shiitake
- Poppies fish & chips have opened on Portobello Road
With restaurants in Spitalfields, Soho and Camden, fish and chips purveyors Poppies have headed west for the first time, opening on Portobello Road, Their new restaurant takes over what used to be a bank (and before that, a butchers) on the corner of Colville Terrace and Portobello.
Inside you'll find all the usual retro fittings you'll see in any Poppies but this one also incorporates the bank's old vault
... - The Caviar Bar to open in Mayfair’s new Medici Courtyard
Updated with the opening date and soft launch
If you’re looking to go somewhere particularly fancy, or if you have a penchant for fine caviar, do step this way. It’s our duty to inform you that Mayfair (where else?) is getting a rather luxurious seafood restaurant in the new Medici Courtyard development – built as part of London’s Crossrail project – near Hanover Square.
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