Mediterranean restaurant Lucca is taking over the old Beefbar space in Chelsea

Beefbar only recently moved from its Chelsea restaurant to the Broadwick hotel in Soho, and now a new restaurant is already getting ready to take over its former Chelsea home. 

Lucca is a new Mediterranean restaurant and yes, we've had quite a few of those in London over the past year. Lucca does come with a little bit of history though, as they also have a restaurant in Istanbul, which opened back in 2004 (and used to have a seaside offshoot in Bodrum too). 

The original Lucca's menu appears to go some way beyond a more traditional Mediterranean restaurant, as you'll find poke bowls and curry on the menu alongside pasta and pizzettas and mains like lemon sea bass with mint risotto (one of their signature dishes). So we don't think it's necessarily a reliable indicator of what we'll get in London.

So it's early days yet, so we'll keep you posted when we hear anything more concrete about the opening.