Cafe

It certainly feels as though London's bakery scene is in the ascendancy at the moment, and the arrival of Kichiya in London Fields is only going to add to that. Baker Ayako Takei trained in formal French patisserie at Le Cordon Bleu over a decade ago and worked at The Wolseley and Honey & Co, but has also built up a fanbase selling cakes and pastries at street markets and via direct sales.

Now Aya is opening her first cake shop and cafe, in London Fields. Kichiya on Mentmore Terrace will serve up her classic European pastries with an authentic Japanese twist. Think matcha

Bara, a new cafe and sandwich shop in Peckham, is bringing something new to the table: a little bit of Welshness.  It comes from Zoë Heimann and Cecily Dalladay, a private chef who made it to the quarter-finals in MasterChef - The Professionals. 

That Welshness comes through with a big focus on produce sourced from Wales. It's also very prominent in a few elements like their own Bara Brith (a Welsh fruit loaf) and a Swansea Breakfast, which is smoked bacon, Blas Y Tir leeks, Câr-y-Môr cockles and laverbread on toasted focaccia. Their own focaccia will be a big part

It is a boom time for cafes and bakeries at the moment. Recently, we've had the very successful opening of Onsu in Soho and this week, we're also getting the new Claridge's Bakery. Now it turns out that we're also getting a new cafe from a chef who has made his name at Claridge's sister hotel, The Connaught. 

Nicolas Rouzaud, who runs Nicolas Rouzaud at The

London's in-store dining has had quite a boost over the past few weeks. First, we had the all-star opening of the new Kith store on Regent Street with its restaurant and soft serve bar. Now we have the new Dr. Martens flagship store in Soho which, for the first time, boasts a brand new offering, the Doctor's Orders cafe.

The cafe, which you'll find inside the massive two-storey building in the heart of Soho, was a brand new concept devised for what they're calling a

If you were one of the many fans of the much-missed Korean tea shop be-oom on Exmouth Market, then we've got some news that should gladden your heart. Founder Sooji Im has another venture in the offing. She's moved into central London, where she'll be opening TOKKIA, a luxury Korean matcha house.

On offer will be finely whisked Korean matcha, paired with saltbreads - a traditional Korean roll that looks

You may have been able to tell if you're a long-time follower of Hot Dinners that we're complete Japanese bakery addicts here. So when news reached us of a new opening in Canary Wharf, we had to find out more.

Cafe Seek is the project of two good friends Pinky Chan and Emily Leung, both Hong Kong expats who bonded in London over their burgeoning bakery businesses. Pinky was passionate about Japanese

Earlier on this summer, we brought you the news that popular North London cafe and bakery group Fink's was taking over all the food and drink side of things at Clissold House. Now we're giving you the first look inside their new Stoke Newington empire.

The first thing to know is that

Eagle-eyed Holland Park residents will have spotted a new arrival on their doorsteps this past week or so. Popular restaurant Julie's has extended across Clarendon Cross to a new site.

Little Julie's is, right now, a pop-up. In the mornings, they're serving up brioche breakfast rolls along with chef Owen Kenworthy's homemade granola with seasonal compote. At lunchtime that changes to include a range of

The Lavery in South Kensington has been winning a lot of fans of late, such as Grace Dent, who called the space "not only beautiful, but useful", being so close to the museums. In her review,

Updated 15/6/25 with opening date

Five years on from opening their first London tea shop, the French Japanese brand Café Kitsuné is heading into central London. Up until now if you wanted to try their cute fox-shaped biscuits and matcha lattes you'd have had to head to Belgravia where they have a branch behind the Pantechnicon building. But this Spring they'll be opening in the heart of Covent

It's been rumoured for months now, but yesterday the folks at North London cafe group Fink's announced that they would be taking over the cafe space at Clissold House in Stoke Newington.

"It’s the Fink’s you know and love, reimagined," they said on Instagram. "We’ll even have sit-in (yes, actual chairs and tables!)."

The cafe went into administration last year so news that it's being replaced by a team who really

A few years ago we brought you the news about an interesting new Mediterranean sandwich bar Rastro, which had just opened up in East London. Now the same team, which included two Allegra alum moving closer to the centre of town by expanding to Leather Lane. Their new cafe, halfway between Farringdon and

Updated 21/4/25 with opening date and more details

A few weeks back, we wrote about how Filipino bakery Panadera was being forced to close in Kentish Town. Owner and co-founder Florence Mae talked then about "operational challenges" but now it transpires that she

They already run a sushi restaurant at the top of the building, now the Knightsbridge cafe CLAP London (we feel we've pretty much exhausted jokes on that name) has taken over the ground floor too. Their newest venture, CLAP KA-FE, is a more casual sort of place where you can either grab some sushi or Japanese pastries to go or eat in.

Knowing how much Londoners love the thrill of a new bakery to try, we got an

The new Stratford Cross development is resulting in adding some very interesting new food options to the area. We've recently had the opening of Templar from the