Modern European

Former Kitty Fisher's chef Tomos Parry's solo venture features a mix of cooking on fire, Welsh and Basque cuisine, and a big focus on wine. It became an instant hit - and it doesn't hurt that the dining room is quite lovely too.

They have restaurants in Bristol and Spain, and now Wellbourne have arrived in London. It's an all-day brasserie affair by chefs and management with an impressive pedigree.

Mallorcan-born Vincente Fortea leads the kitchen where he has created a menu made up of contemporary tapas selected form the coastal towns of the Mediterranean.

Driven by a regularly-changing wine list and with a wonderful sounding menu, this Kingsland Road wine bar meets restaurant and larder is right on the money.

An ex Ledbury and ToastED chef is in the kitchen for this new West Hampstead opening which has a strong brunch offering and will offer a regularly changing menu.

Mark Jarvis has expanded expanding his modern British empire by opening a new Mayfair restaurant - the third in the group that also includes Anglo and Neo Bistro.

This Hackney wine bar mixes carefully curated wine with the cuisine of head chef Tom Anglesea, who's taking on a modern approach to British cuisine.

The Ned is both an impressive City hotel as well as a collection of restaurants. Soho House took over an impressive (and huge) old banking site and stuffed it with places to eat. There are ten restaurants to choose from and while some City restaurants get quiet at the weekends - this is buzzy at all times.

1 Lombard Street is now something of a City institution, in what used to be a former banking hall. Known for its highly impressive domed bar, it has a modern European menu and the large restaurant seats up to 200. So expect a big City crowd during the week.

This huge Caravan space has taken over an old BBC recording studio. Expect coffee and brunch aplenty as well as the usual Caravan staples - there's also private dining space here as well.

In the 80’s, Alex Giri opened West London’s Canal Brasserie. Now, 30 years later, she’s back with her son Oscar in tow to bring flexitarian food to Notting Hill’s Kensington Park Road, with a separate cocktail bar featuring sharing plates.

Ex NOPI head chef The former Head Chef of Nopi breaks out on his own with his first solo venture in St James's Market in Mayfair. Expect a menu with multiple global influences.

Odette's chef Bryn Williams has opened a fruit and veg focused restaurant overlooking the river at Somerset House. Expect British dining with lots of Welsh produce.

The people behind the 10 Cases wine bar opened this, their second restaurant, just across the road from the first. The focus is on seafood, with daily catches on the board every day and the wine list is excellent.

The folk behind Randall and Aubin are behind this bistro on Leicester Square, covering all the French-inspired bases a visitor to Central could need, from pancakes to fish and chips and steak.

Granary Square Brasserie sees the Caprice Holdings taking over the prime space on Granary Square - think of this as similar to one of their Ivy Cafes - so mid-range brasserie food in an opulent setting.

After a stint roving around London, Gerald and Ko of Bistro?s Mirey have decided to settle in Fulham, where they?ll be continuing to whip up seasonal dishes from a short menu that's big on French and Japanese flavours.

This bar and restaurant is at the top of the Novotel Canary Wharf - with the restaurants on 37, bar on 38 and terrace on 39. In charge of the food is Aurélie Altemaire, who was previously at L'Aterier de Joel Robuchon, so expect influences from his cuisine in the menu.

On the edge of Finsbury Square, this has a view overlooking the square - albeit mainly from the terrace and bar at the front of the hotel - with some excellent views from the private terraces one floor down, which are highly covetable. In winter, there are bookable igloos too while the menu is a modern European affair with a very strong weekend lunch.

Simon Rogan's Roganic originally came to town as a long-term experimental pop-up. Now it's back as a permanent restaurant and Rogan's London home (not too far from the original location). Here you'll find regularly changing inventive seasonal dishes, many using ingredients from Rogan's main base, L'enclume.

The Good Egg have expanded from their Stoke Newington original location to this cenrtal London spot in Carnaby Court. Expect some of the best babka in town, great brunches and more.

We're not sure which bit of Rascals to tell you about first. There's the waterproof room, the bottomless pizza, or the Wheel of Misfortune with wooden stocks for the "losers"... plus creative cocktails, a mad menu and more for all your tableside flamb-ing needs.

With the success of 108 Garage behind them, the same team have opened Southam Street. This is a three storey place taking in a grill, raw bar and an upstairs mezcal bar too.

?We want to keep pushing boundaries,? said Mr Lyan about his concept bar and restaurant. No problem there then - his new restaurant uses very (and we do mean *very*) creative ingredients in a special all-in-one kitchen and bar, reducing waste and keeping guests on their toes. Expect ambergris, Japanese knotweed and smoked compost carrot on the weekly changing menu.

This Caravan is part of Bloomberg Arcade, and it's bringing new dishes and a brand new brunch menu along with it.

Drawing on London inspiration from Borough Market, and not-so-local inspiration, The Pilgrm will be catering to the Paddington crowd with menus they're billing as ?journeys in themselves?, plus internationally acclaimed cocktails and a special late night menu laden with comfort food.

Head upstairs for oysters at the seafood bar, downstairs for the Tasting Room, or pick up some delicacies from the special ?walk-in cheese room? to take home with you at La Fromagerie Bloomsbury.

Adam Handling has brought his Frog concept from Spitalfields to Covent Garden. Expect a bigger, more traditional restaurant and some dishes unique to this location.

For years Clare Smyth was seen as the guiding light of Gordon Ramsay's flagship Hospital Road restaurant. Since going it alone with her own fine-dining spot in Notting Hill she's already notched up two Michelin stars as well as the top London slot in the Good Food Guide.

Top NYC chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten, who has a Michelin star or three to his name, has taken over one of the restaurants at Mayfair#s prestigious Connaught hotel. He's pulled together the Mayfair equivalent of a neighbourhood restaurant - mixing everything from caviar to pizza.