Here's our guide to the very best restaurants opening soon across the entire country (outside of London, which you'll find here). Also see - our guide to new and recently opened UK restaurants.
Cinnamon Kitchen, opening in Leeds
Cinnamon Kitchen
Leeds - New Station Street City Square, Leeds LS1 1PJ
Vivek Singh is taking his restaurant Cinnamon Kitchen out of London for the first time, opening in The Queens Hotel in Leeds. Similar to the London restaurants, it will take a modern approach to Indian cuisine and be influenced by Indian railway waiting rooms in the design (it's right next to the station). On the menu, expect dishes like masala grilled salmon, Old Delhi butter chicken, and lamb rogan josh shepherd’s pie.
Opening: 17 May 2025
The Three Tuns
Henley - 5 Market Place, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 2AA
This is a relaunch of a Henley pub, and it's something of a team-up. It's from Nigel Sutcliffe, owner of The Oarsman in Marlow and Barry Wagner, owner of the butcher next door Gabriel Machin. The menu will, of course, be built around premium cuts and ingredients sourced from Gabriel Machin with dishes like lamb croquettes, grilled sausages with n’duja & shallots, baked hake with brown shrimp & spring greens, and a comforting confit chicken ‘chasseur’ pie for two.
Opening: 17 May 2025
Circolo Popolare
Manchester - Deansgate, Manchester
The next out-of-London opening for Big Mamma is a repeat of one of their most successful, Circolo Popolare, which you'll also find in Fitzrovia. Expect a similar approach to Italian food as the original, but with a new Sardinian-inspired design. It's opening inside Gary Neville's St Michael's development.
Opening: 6 June 2025
Shwen Shwen
Sevenoaks - 1-2 Well Court, Bank Street, Ken TN13 1UN
Author Maria Bradford is behind this restaurant, which is aiming to blend Sierra Leonean tradition with contemporary influences and with inspiration from her childhood home in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Dishes on the menu will include king prawns with Salone fire and lemongrass Gel alongside Moringa mille-feuille with benne cake and sheep’s yoghurt ice-cream.
Opening: June 2025
Bear
Beaconsfield - 73-75 Wycombe End, Beaconsfield HP9 1LX
Most recently known for Amethyst in London, Carlo Scotto is now heading up the main restaurant at the five-star Crazy Bear hotel. It'll be a tasting menu experience, led by foraged ingredients and seasonal vegetables, described as an "adventurous and surprising take on the field-to-fork concept". The space itself will be a counter dining restaurant around an open kitchen.
Opening: June 2025
Vraic
Guernsey - Mont Cuet Road, GY3 5AT, Guernsey
Nathan Davies, who is also behind Michelin-starred SY23 in Aberystwyth (and former head chef at Ynyshir) is opening this live-fire restaurant in Guernsey. It's a small 25-seater restaurant, with a tasting menu that's focused on local and foraged ingredients. A Basque-inspired, custom-built, fire-driven grill will serve up dishes like fire-seared scallop with seaweed and burnt butter all within a building that has views of the island's north shore from an upstairs terrace bar.
Opening: July 2025
Chotto Matte
Manchester - 36 Jackson's Row, Manchester M2 5WD
Already big in London, the next Chotto Matte is opening at the top of the new St Michael's development in Manchester. It'll be the group's biggest restaurant yet, fitting in around 450 people, with the covered roof terrace being a big draw. As for the food, expect the usual Japanese-Peruvian cuisine in a vibey setting.
Opening: Summer 2025
Dishoom
Glasgow - 3 Nelson Mandela Pl, Glasgow G2 1QY
This will be the second Dishoom in Scotland (they're already in Edinburgh) and will feature the usual Indian street food menu (and bacon naans) that have made them such a big success all over the UK.
Opening: Summer 2025
Blacklock
Birmingham - 36 Jackson's Row, Manchester M2 5WD
This is the chophouse's second restaurant in the North (it opened in Manchester last year). As with the other restaurants, it will be focused on steak and chops cooked over charcoal as well as their fantastic white cheesecake dessert to finish.
Opening: Autumn 2025
Sael
Birmingham - The Goodsyard, 53 Pitsford Street, Birmingham B18 6FG
Previously a pop-up (and not related to the Jason Atherton restaurant) this comes from Chef Patron Jonny Mills, serving just eight people in a single tasting menu experience. Following a "natural and respected" ethos, the menu will evolve and dishes planned for the opening include a white crab and turnip tartlet, poached cod with smoked dashi and whole lambs used throughout the menu (even as after-dinner fudge).
Opening: Autumn 2025
The Garden, Cobham
Surrey - Downside Rd, Cobham KT11 3LU
Following up the massive hit that is The Devonshire, Ashley Palmer-Watts will be opening a high-end restaurant, wine bar, cafe and bakery at this restored walled garden site. That garden will be supplying much of the produce too.
Opening: 2025 (TBC)
Plus - recently opened UK restaurants
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