Canary Wharf

• Vagabond are opening London's biggest urban winery and bar in Canary Wharf

  

  If you live or work in Canary Wharf and have been wondering what's going to take over the space at the recently completed Dock Shed at Canada Water, then we're here to enlighten you. It's going to be an absolutely massive new wine bar and winery. The space has been taken up by Vagabond wine bars: if you haven't been to one before, they're the bars where all the wines are on an enomatic-style system and you get to

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• Test Driving Barbarella, as Big Mamma bring mirrored ceilings to Canary Wharf

  

  Big Mamma has arrived in Canary Wharf and they haven't held anything back for their latest Italian restaurant. We went to see just how wild they've gone with the design. 

• Barbarella is going to be Big Mamma's sexy new Canary Wharf restaurant

  

  26/5/25 - updated with the opening date

  Almost a year ago we brought you the news that the Big Mamma group (Circolo Popolare, Gloria, Carlotta et al) were setting their sights on Canary Wharf. Now we've got the scoop on exactly what they have planned for their restaurant there.

  Barbarella is going to be a retro-inspired self-styled "wild and jungle-themed city pad". It's taken

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• Lina Stores pick Canary Wharf for their tenth restaurant

  

  18/5/25 - updated with the opening date

  After decades spent as a standalone store in Soho selling fresh pasta and Parma ham to Londoners, it's fair to say that Lina Stores is now a fully-fledged chain. They're currently working on their tenth opening, this time in Canary Wharf. This will be their third City space, following hard on the heels of a Broadgate branch which opened

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• The best restaurants in Canary Wharf

  

  More than 100,000 people work in Canary Wharf and recently it's had an influx of interesting places to eat and drink. Here's our pick of where to go if you live, work, or just happen to find yourself in this section of the city.

• Brother Marcus and its famous brunches are heading to Canary Wharf

  

  5/5/25 - updated with soft launch details

  Another restaurant is adding to the huge growth in places to eat out that we've seen in Canary Wharf in recent years. This time, it's the turn of Brother Marcus, the Mediterranean-influenced restaurant that's a particular hit at brunch.

  This latest outpost will be on the ground floor of the YY London building at One Canada Square

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• Blacklock

  Chops in the Wharf

• Din Tai Fung is coming to Canary Wharf

  

  6/2/24 - updated with the opening date

  They already have three restaurants in central London, but Din Tai Fung are heading east for their fourth opening, to Canary Wharf. The restaurant group best known for its perfectly pleated xiao long bao will be up and running in Crossrail Place early next year.

  It's the smallest of the four (although that's relative as there will still be room for 112 diners)

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• Hovarda brings the Aegean to Canary Wharf

  

  11/9/24 - updated with more information and the opening date

  We've already seen Marceline open on the top floor of the huge floating building next to Hawksmoor in Canary Wharf, now comes the loser floor as the new Hovarda gets ready to open. This is the Canary Wharf outpost of Aegean restaurant Hovarda, which has been serving up Med-style dishes in Soho for the past seven

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• Test Driving Marceline - a floating French brasserie in Canary Wharf

  

  A huge French brasserie has arrived in Canary Wharf's Wood Wharf, floating in the water beside Hawksmoor. We went in to try some classic French fare. 

• Marceline French grand brasserie is the next floating Canary Wharf restaurant

  

  21/7/24 - updated with interior pictures 

  If you've been to Wood Wharf any time over the past couple of years, you'll be familiar with the huge floating restaurant that is Hawksmoor. However, you'll also have noted that there's another similar floating

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• Kricket is opening in Canary Wharf

  

  8/7/24 - Updated with an opening date

  It's been a while since we've seen the last Kricket restaurant opening, over in White City in 2018, but they're now getting ready to open some more.

  The first of these will be in Canary Wharf, opening in the North Dock area (close to the Elizabeth Line station there). If you're unfamiliar with Kricket, they describe themselves as "modern Indian

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• Oasis Bar & Terrace will boast Canary Wharf's longest bar

  

  Perfectly timed for the on/off arrival of the British summer, Oasis Bar & Terrace is hoping to capitalise on Canary Wharf workers desire to grab a pint or Aperol Spritz post-work. To help with that it's got two defining factors in its favour.

  The first is the bar - at 17 metres long they're saying it's the longest in the area and pretty much guaranteed to mean you don't have to wait a long time to

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• Looks like Big Mamma are heading to Canary Wharf

  

  Looks like Canary Wharf really is the place to open big restaurants right now. Following in the footsteps of Hawksmoor, Dishoom and - most recently - the Fallow team with ...

• Dishoom Canary Wharf

  Bombay-style food for Canary Wharf