Carnaby

• El Pollote are bringing their Latino fried chicken to Carnaby

  

  You'll probably know them from various Kerb markets, including Seven Dials, but now the Venezuelan team behind El Pollote are getting ready to open their first standalone restaurant. They'll be opening up in the heart of Carnaby on Ganton Street in a space big enough for 40 diners which will also have room for a small terrace too.

  If you haven't had the pleasure, El Pollote has built up a reputation for using the best

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• Asma Khan's Darjeeling Express is back where it started in Carnaby's Kingly Court

  

  Updated 4/2//23 with a look inside

  Asma Khan and her Darjeeling Express team have returned to Carnaby and Kingly Court, where they first opened five years ago.

  "We are returning to our spiritual home- and in a bigger space!" she originally announced on Instagram. "This was where we began our journey five years ago- an #AllFemaleKitchen serving the food of our families. It is a joyous

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• Test Driving Bar Kroketa - a hugely appealing slice of Spain in Carnaby

  

  Carnaby has an appealing new Spanish bar celebrating croquetas. We went to work our way through the list...

• Pizza Pilgrims are opening a Nutella Ring Pizza kiosk in Carnaby

  

  Kingly Court's always a busy old place but we predict that a new opening from the Pizza Pilgrims will make it just that bit harder to get a seat there.

  From next week they'll be running what they're describing as a Nutella Ring Pizza Café from the kiosk outside their pizza restaurant in Carnaby.

  In the morning they'll kick things off with £1 espressos which you can pimp up with a spoon of Nutella

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• Bar Kroketa is a tapas spot in Carnaby devoted to croquetas

  

  We'd like to think we know a thing or two about croquetas, having been a judge at the Croquetas Challenge for a good few years now. So we're pretty excited at the prospect of a restaurant devoted to the tapas opening in London.

  Bar Kroketa is a spin-off from Spanish restaurant group Brindisa

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• Celebrate the start of the festive season with Carnaby

  

  Head to Carnaby London this Christmas for festive feasting, amazing lights and the best of Christmas shopping. 

• Marugame Udon are opening at Oxford Circus, St Christopher's Place and Canary Wharf

  

  Updated 5/9/22 with Oxford Circus date

  When one door closes, another opens and Londoners have definitely got the better end of the deal with this particular restaurant changeover on Argyll Street.

  Taking over the old Garfunkels site, beloved only of confused tourists, is the udon chain Marugame. It'll turn out to be Marugame's fifth opening in quick succession in the city, following their

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• Nightjar Carnaby sees the top bar go central

  

  Nightjar's original near Old Street has been long revered as one of London's greatest bars, and now its getting a sibling in Carnaby. 

  Echoing the original as closely as they can, the decor will be 1920s in vibe and there will be a stage too - live music will be just as big a part of the bar in Carnaby as it is at the first Nightjar.

  The cocktail menus will evoke the early 20th Century,

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• Marsha chicken restaurant is coming to Kingly Court

   

  We've discovered news of Marsha, a chicken restaurant that's on the way to Kingly Court. It seems to be taking over from the previous chicken restaurant, Whyte and Brown (and may also be from the same people). It's not the first Marsha restaurant either - they opened relatively quietly in Gabriel's Wharf back in April last year. Apparently, their produce is all free-range and comes from Yorkshire farm

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• Test Driving Bar Crispin - illuminating wine and small plates in Carnaby

  

  Tucked down Kingly Street, this all day Carnaby spot comes into its own in the evening with interesting small plates and a great wine list. 

• Choose Carnaby for festive fun, food and drinks in London this Christmas

  

  Take a culinary tour of the world without leaving central London - head to Carnaby for the best in food and drink.

• Zahter sees top Turkish chef Esra Muslu opening her first solo restaurant in Soho

  

  She's worked with Soho House's Nick Jones and Yotam Ottolenghi, now Turkish chef Esra Muslu is getting ready to open her first solo London venture.

  Zahter is being described as a 'love letter' to Esra's Turkey. The whole thing sounds like they've imported everything from tiles to table linen from the chef's homeland. The three-floor restaurant in Carnaby takes over that large corner site as you turn from Newburgh Street

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• Inca London is a new late night restaurant and club on Argyll Street

  

  It's not every day that someone manages to open a new late night spot in London almost entirely under the radar. But this weekend, Inca London threw open its doors on Argyll Street for the first time.

  Billed as "London’s newest Latin American show restaurant", although we don't know of many others, they've picked the perfect time to open in the run-up to the festive period.

  From what we can deduce, it's a restaurant

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• Test Driving Mamma Pastrama - Jay Morjaria makes a damned good sandwich

  

  Million Pound Menu winning chef Jay Morjaria has opened a pastrami sandwich restaurant in Carnaby. We head down to check out the sandwiches.

• Dirty Bones to relaunch a bigger Carnaby restaurant and debut a ‘Reverse Truffle Cheeseburger’

   

  If you’ve been having NYC-comfort-food cravings and fearing the worst since Dirty Bones restaurant vacated the top floor of Carnaby’s Kingly Court, worry no more. Bigger things are on the way for Dirty Bones, and rest assured they’ll still have a spot in Soho’s favourite foodie courtyard.

  The new flagship Dirty Bones site

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