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They went properly viral in Soho due to the length of their queues, they then expanded to Spitalfields and now Noodle Inn are getting ready to open their third London noodle bar.

As first revealed by Battersea Beat, the third Noodle Inn is going to be on the top level of Battersea Power Station's Turbine Hall. The station has been slowly growing a pretty impressive restaurant roster over the years, with Dishoom, Arcade, Bao and Roti King having already found a home

It's one of London's best restaurants and has two Michelin stars to boot. But did you know that there's a new(ish) bar at A. Wong and you can try some of their food down there? We went along to see what they're serving up. 

A talented young team are behind this wine-forward, new-wave Asian restaurant in Bethnal Green. We found Tempo very much to our taste.

It's already one of the best restaurants in King's Cross and Dim Sum Duck is clearly one of its busiest too, because they're getting ready to open a second restaurant in the area. 

Taking over what used to be Meat House on Pentonville Road, the new place will be a second Dim Sum Duck, and it's only about a two-minute walk from the original restaurant. But don't expect something completely different here. They'll be serving the same menu as the original restaurant, seven days a week. 

If you're unfamiliar with the restaurant, then the name shouldn't leave you too

Canary Wharf's dining out scene, particularly around Wood Wharf, has seen a big improvement over the last few years. And now there's another new opening that looks set to continue that trend. Mama Li is all about Cantonese roast meats and, following their Tower Bridge and London Wall openings, they're coming to Canary Wharf next. 

The main event here will be their Siu Mei roasted meats with four to choose from, crispy pork, BBQ pork, soy chicken and roasted duck (or go for a mix of up to three all together) alongside rice or vegetables. They'll also be adding a bigger

There couldn't be a more perfect time of year to open a stall devoted to steaming bowls of wonton soup than January. So hats off to the folks at HOKO who are doing just that. They're one of three new traders launching at Seven Dials Market this month.

Five years after launching, this will be the team's first central London spot. And unlike the milk tea diner in East London this one's going to focus on Hong Kong wonton noodle soup. The launch menu will feature three soups and two tossed noodles with wontons, along with new dishes like a Cantonese braised beef brisket and tendon

Back in October, we brought you the news that the team behind Mr Bao and Daddy Bao were opening Wonton Charlie's in London Fields. But what we didn't know at the time was that there was going to be a secret Cantonese restaurant hidden at the back of it. Cafe Kowloon is just gearing up to open and it's going to serve up a contemporary London spin on Hong Kong dishes. Owners Frank Yeung (whose dad is from Hong Kong) and Abhinav Malde sound like they've got an amazing menu

After so many Italian restaurant openings, it's refreshing to be talking about something different throwing open its doors in London next month. Dim Sum Library is a Hong Kong import by the Aqua Group and is going to be taking over what used to be the group's Luci restaurant in Covent Garden.

They're pitching it as a modern take on classic dim sum, and they've brought in chefs Jian Jia (who

A mere five decades after her parents opened the much-loved Poon's, Amy Poon has followed in their footsteps by opening the deeply hospitable Poon's at Somerset House. We went to be coddled by Chinese home cooking. 

If there was ever a new restaurant guaranteed to look and feel good, it should be just-opened Haggerston spot Jiāonest. Chef and owner Hua Yang came to London from China to study spatial design. But compelled to explore her culinary identity through a series of supperclubs, she's ended up opening a restaurant in East London instead.

As Hua explained to Hot Dinners she's serving up "Modern Chinese

14/10/25 - updated with the opening date

Bringing something new to Soho is TANGRA, a new late night Indo-Chinese restaurant on Frith Street. It takes its name from the Tangra neighbourhood of Kolkata, with the menu influenced by the Hakka Chinese community there. 

Perhaps its most useful feature is that they're looking to cater for the late-night crowd,

Last seen at The Bluecoats in Tottenham, Ling Lings have another long-term residency lined up, this time in Islington. They're taking over the kitchen at wine-led pub Godet. 

It's led by chef Jenny Phung, with a menu that draws both on her Chinese heritage and her time in her own parents' takeaway restaurant. On the menu here, you'll find Chinese cooking

1 October 2025 - updated with an estimated opening date

Since the original Poon's closed, one of London's legendary Chinese restaurants, Amy Poon has been following in her family's footsteps with a series of pop-ups and selling a range of her products (with a store recently opening in Bermondsey). But now she's getting ready to open her own restaurant called, of course, Poon's. 

Opening

Bringing a taste of Chaosan to London's Bloomsbury, Teo Hotpot turns out to be a hotpot restaurant that's all about the quality from its British grass-fed beef to clear broths.

If you were at Canary Wharf over the weekend, you'll probably have spotted the epic queues on Bank Street. Turns out Londoners can get very excited about the launch of a new noodle restaurant. The place in question is JMD Lamian Noodle Bar, a Chinese halal restaurant that also has a very popular branch at Liverpool Street.

If you haven't been before, then the big selling point here are the noodles, which you can