Our regular weekly guide to what to expect from the week ahead in London, with the restaurants, bars and more opening their doors across town. This week, it's all about pizzas and savoury doughnuts in Covent Garden, a promising new wine bar south of the river and more...
Crust Bros
Covent Garden - 29 Bedford St, London WC2E 8JF
The latest opening of this pizzeria is their biggest one yet, opening close to the piazza. The main USP here is all about personalisation, letting you create the pizzas of your dreams (within reason, as there's no pineapple). And the other big draws are their bombas, savoury Italian-style doughnuts with a new addition being the Lasagna Bomba, made with ragu cooked for six hours.
Opening date: 7 July 2025
Luna
South Bank - Unit 6, 36 Shad Thames, Butlers Wharf Building, London SE1 2YE
The team behind Luna re also behind Legare, a neighbourhood Italian that's only a few doors away from this new wine bar. The wine here will mainly be biodynamic (the name alludes to this), with a very tempting menu of small plates to go with the wines. Dishes planned include spring lamb cutlets with Greek yoghurt and charred onion, while a coffee & tonka bean éclair sounds very tempting.
Opening date: 8 July 2025
Kora
Chelsea - 354 King's Road, London SW3 5UZ
London's love affair with the Mediterranean continues with the opening of Kora, which is taking over the restaurant at Beaufort House on the King's Road. Nearby Bottarga is probably the only other Med-focused restaurant in the area, and that is doing very well indeed, so there's a good chance this will do well too. Dishes include saganaki prawns, with confit tomatoes, olives and fregola.
Opening date: 8 July 2025
The Salusbury
Queen's Park - 50-52 Salusbury Rd, London NW6 6NN
Queen's Park's buzzy dining scene looks like it's getting another interesting opening in the revival of this neighbourhood pub. Two music folk (one whose local this is) are behind the refurb and they've brought in a chef who has put not only a strong pub snacks menu in place - oysters with hot sauce anyone? - but also a very enticing offering in the pub's dining room. They're also promising the odd drop-in of music folk for impromptu sessions.
Opening date: The pub opens 8 July. Dining room opens 15 July 2025
Also see...
Shake Shack x AngloThai (Covent Garden, 11 July) - AngloThai lands at Shake Shack for one day only with a special burger and fries combo.
Here's what opened last week
Bleecker (Soho) - One of London's best burger bars has arrived in Soho.
Duck & Rice (Battersea) - On their tenth anniversary, the pub with excellent Chinese food comes to Battersea Power Station.
Island (King's Cross) - Brad Carter and Tom Brown team up for a surf & turf combo restaurant.
Canal (Westbourne Park) - The team behind Bistro Freddie are behind this canalside restaurant.
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