Bloomsbury

• The best restaurants near the British Museum

  

  If you've been visiting the huge British Museum, you're definitely going to be needing some refueling afterwards. We've picked out some of the very best restaurants within 10 minutes walk from the museum. 

• Test Driving Honey & Co's new Bloomsbury home on Lamb's Conduit Street

  

  After ten years on Warren Street, Sarit Packer and Itamar Srulovich have moved their popular Middle Eastern restaurant Honey & Co to Bloomsbury. We went to pay them a visit in their new home. 

• Riding House Cafe is coming to Bloomsbury

   

  Another Riding House Cafe is on the way - this time to Bloomsbury. They've already been pretty successful over in Fitzrovia for over ten years and also with the Rail House Cafe in Victoria. As with those before it, the new Riding House Cafe will be a modern brasserie and will find its home in the Brunswick Centre and they're aiming for a club-like feeling with this one (no membership needed, of course). 

• Anime-themed restaurant Uzumaki is heading to Bloomsbury

  

  Last year you may have spotted the arrival of London's first anime-themed ramen restaurant, Uzumaki. It popped up on High Holborn serving a selection of ramen, sushi and bubble team in a Naruto-themed restaurant. And when we say anime themed, we really mean anime-all-in because the restaurant became known for its cosplay and ramen promotions where customers were encouraged to turn up dressed as their

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• Honey & Co are opening in Bloomsbury

  

  There was more than a little surprise when the news was revealed that Honey & Co was closing on Warren Street in April after 10 years. But now we have much better news, in that it's reopening fairly close by, in Bloomsbury. 

  They're taking over what used to be Cigala on Lamb's

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• Punk Pasta brings vibrant plant-based pasta to Bloomsbury's Brunswick Centre

  

  There's a lot of change afoot at Bloomsbury's Brunswick centre at the moment, we've had new openings like Tian Tian supermarket and now they're about to get a new plant-based pasta restaurant, Punk Pasta. 

  It comes from Erich Ribeiro, best known for

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• Test Driving Cafe Deco - a Bloomsbury delight of thoughtful cooking

  

  Anna Tobias' first solo venture Cafe Deco has been quietly building a fanbase in Bloomsbury. It was definitely time to make a visit. 

• Galvin brothers to open Galvin Bar & Grill at the Kimpton Fitzroy on Russell Square

  

  There's a changing of the guard at the Kimpton Fitzroy hotel on Russell Square as hotel restaurant experts the Galvin Brothers get ready to take over the space where Neptune was.

  Where there used to be seafood served up, the menu will now take inspiration from ethically sourced meat as Chris and Jeff are teaming up with Head Chef Adam Gray who was part of the launch team of The Ethical Butcher.

  Galvin

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• Tian Tian Market's next Asian supermarket is in Bloomsbury

  

  The hugely popular Tian Tian Market is once again expanding - and this time it's heading to Bloomsbury (in The Brunswick centre). They're taking over what was the New Look store.

  If you've yet to encounter them, they first opened at South Quay and expanded to Aldgate for a frankly huge (and hugely popular) store earlier this year. They specialise in a range of Chinese,

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• Test Driving WC Bloomsbury - a subterranean wine bar that's big on charm

  

  We descend into the depths of a Grade II listed Victorian water closet to discover a bar that's big on charm.

• Cafe Deco sees Anna Tobias and 40 Maltby Street team up in Bloomsbury

  

  Ex River Cafe/Rochelle Canteen chef Anna Tobias comes to Bloomsbury for her solo restaurant, which is backed by the team behind 40 Maltby Street. 

• MEATliquor lands in Bloomsbury, opening in Brunswick Square

  

  You win some, you lose some. In the same month as they announced they were closing their King's Cross venue for good, MEATliquor revealed the site of their next new restaurant - Bloomsbury.

  They'll be opening in the Brunswick Centre, taking over the old Las Iguanas site. It's a big spot with room for 120 folk inside and the same amount outside on a large heated terrace, which is going to prove pretty useful. Inside, expect

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• WC find a new Water Closet to convert into a wine bar in Bloomsbury

  

  After success with their first loo-turned-wine-bar in Clapham, WC are at it again. This time they're renovating a Victorian loo in Bloomsbury to become their second wine bar. 

• Dalloway Terrace unveils its new autumnal look

  

  OK, how pretty is this? Always Insta-friendly Bloomsbury restaurant and bar Dalloway Terrace has had an autumnal makeover and it's quite the look.

  London florists Wild at Heart are the folk responsible for the new seasonal look which uses preserved oak and beech leaves, natural cork bark and golden silk leaves in the design. The whole thing's been done in conjunction with the bar's newest partner - booze-free English aperitif company

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• Happy Lamb Hot Pot are opening their first UK restaurant in Bloomsbury

  Originating in Mongolia, the Happy Lamb Hot Pot company now has branches across America and Canada and they're now aiming their sights at the London restaurant scene.