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Chef Will Devlin takes to the rooftop to open Nettle at The Conduit

Information: 02 September 2026

2/9/26 - updated with the opening date Just a few weeks ago, chef Will Devlin opened the London outpost of his restaurant Birchwood at The Conduit in Covent Garden. But that was only part of his...

Din Tai Fung are opening in King's Cross, with an eye on Soho too

Information: 02 September 2026

We only recently wrote about Dishoom lining up another opening on the South Bank before its latest in London Bridge had even opened the doors, and now it looks like Din Tai Fung are pulling off a...

Help judge London's best bread and butter champions at The Bread & Butter-Off 2026

Information: 02 September 2026

It's increasingly becoming one of the ways in which a restaurant can really showcase the kitchen's creativity and now there's a special event devoted to the bread course. This October, eight London...

Manna have found a standalone home for their smash burgers in Marylebone

Information: 02 September 2026

It really is the time to launch a new burger bar, it seems. Last week we had a new Bleecker in Camden. This week Dumbo is coming to Soho. And now it's the turn of Manna. Up until now, Manna have...

Dishoom's next south London restaurant is going to be on the South Bank

Information: 01 September 2026

We're still waiting for the opening date for the new Dishoom close to Borough Market, but now it turns out they already have another opening lined up, and it's not too far away. First reported by...

They make some of London's best tacos, but Sonora Taqueria in Stoke Newington are closing down

Information: 01 September 2026

We've been writing a lot about new restaurants at the moment, but we're also still seeing a lot of closures, and news has just broken about a big one in Stoke Newington. A restaurant that's behind...

Now London is getting a second tiramisu shop, with Giuseppe's Tiramisu opening in Shoreditch

Information: 01 September 2026

You know how it is. You wait ages for a shop devoted to tiramisu, and then two come along at once. Hard on the heels of Marrone in Soho comes Giuseppe's Tiramisu, which is about to open up at...

New restaurants and bars opening in London this week

Information: 01 September 2026

This week heralds the beginning of the busiest month in the year for new restaurants, and we're starting off strong with one of Autumn's most anticipated new openings.

It's poutine and the Premier League for Kensington at new Canadian sports bar LaCage

Information: 31 August 2026

Back in the 1920s, it was built as a branch of Woolworths. Now, a hundred years later, instead of an American retail giant, we've got a Canadian brand taking over the space on Kensington High...

Schofield's, one of Manchester's best bars, is coming to London

Information: 28 August 2026

It's currently in the top 10 of the UK's Top 50 Cocktail Bars (it last topped the list in 2024), and has previously reached no. 59 on the World's 50 Best bars list. Now one of Manchester's best bars...

It's all change at Mayfair's The Twenty Two with their new French restaurant Cafe Twenty Two on the way

Information: 28 August 2026

As regular readers know, 2026 has been the year of the pivot, with a number of restaurants changing focus, cuisine or even the whole proposal. Now another is about to join them with The Twenty Two. Previously,...

Tom Brown and Brad Carter are re-opening Island in a revived Clerkenwell pub

Information: 28 August 2026

28/8/26 - Updated with more details about the move and the opening date Just over a year ago, chefs Brad Carter and Tom Brown teamed up for their upmarket surf-and-turf restaurant Island, opening...

Tofu Vegan pick the Strand for their next restaurant

Information: 27 August 2026

In the five years since they opened their first restaurant in Islington, the plant-based Chinese restaurant group Tofu Vegan has gone from strength to strength. Not only did they manage to turn the...

Cassette by the Levan team will serve up Koffmann trotters, coq au vin pies and more in Covent Garden

Information: 26 August 2026

Updated 27/8/26 with menu details and opening date Levan has been a Peckham mainstay since 2018, with Bar Levan joining it next door in 2023. But if you haven't made it into the Peckham restaurant...

Paddington is getting another rooftop bar, but Torino also includes a restaurant and bakery

Information: 26 August 2026

Almost a year after Ce la Vi opened on Paddington Square outside the station comes another rooftop bar. But Torino is bringing something rather new to the table. Not only will this Italian...

Bulbul in Blackfriars sees a top Indian restaurant team opening their first London restaurant

Information: 26 August 2026

A new restaurant has arrived in the City, opening somewhat under the radar late last month. Bulbul hasn't opened out of nowhere, though, as the names behind it are a fairly big deal in India. Rohan...

Bleecker's burgers are coming to Camden Market

Information: 26 August 2026

26/8/26 - updated with the opening date which is, of course, National Burger Day. Only last month, Bleecker was voted top of the World's 101 Best Burger restaurants, and it's hard to disagree. We've long...

Barang no longer planning to go permanent, but you can still try the Cambodian-inspired food in King's Cross

Information: 24 August 2026

24/8/26 - Updated with news that the permanent restaurant isn't happening. After hearing news from multiple sources that Barang was getting ready to open a permanent restaurant, it seems that that's no...

Here's why everyone is going to want to go to hot new City pub The Albatross

Information: 24 August 2026

For a while now, we've known that the Wild Group have been planning a pub in the City. But they're only now ready to reveal the details. If you know where Wild Izakaya is on Old Jewry, they've taken...

Bakery HOKO in Bethnal Green is the latest iteration from the stylish HOKO team

Information: 24 August 2026

If you're deeply partial to an egg tart, honey butter toast or freshly baked char siu bun, then we have just the new bakery for you to try. Bakery HOKO comes from the same team who brought you their...

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