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- Café Kitsuné is heading to Covent Garden with its matcha teas and patisserie
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
... - Get three courses for just £59 for two (and a free drink) at Benihana
Have a great meal at Benihana for just £29.50 per person and enjoy a free drink with our special reader deal.
Offer: Free drink when ordering the three-course menu for two
Where: Covent Garden and Chelsea restaurants
When: 4 June to 4 July 2025
- Test Driving Eel Sushi, Dorian's equally hard to get into sushi bar sibling in Notting Hill
Directly opposite Dorian, and from the same owners, you'll find Eel Sushi - a sushi bar that comes with bragging rights for those who get a seat here.
- With a bar in the old banking vault, Aki is a swanky new Japanese opening on Cavendish Square
London's old banks have proved to be a rich source of venues for London's restaurant and bar scene in recent years. Now, over on Cavendish Square behind Oxford Circus, a £15 million refurb of a former bank sounds like it'll be quite the looker when it opens as a new restaurant this autumn.
Aki London is the first international opening for a Maltese restaurant group, which opened Aki in Valetta five years ago. It's taking
... - Noren sake and sushi bar is taking over the Roji space in Mayfair
We'd been wondering what would happen to Roji omakase bar, since chefs Tamas Naszai and Tomoko Hasegawa moved over to open the excellent Himi in Carnaby - and now we know.
Next door to Chisou in Mayfair, Roji won't be relaunching as an omakase bar. Instead, much like Himi,
... - Where to find the best onigiri in London
If you're looking for the perfect snackage to take to the park this summer, you can't go wrong with onigiri. The good news is that there are plenty of places (outside of the big East Asian supermarkets) to get your onigiri fix in London. Here's our guide.
- Japanese restaurant Moi comes to Soho with a Gordon Ramsay alum in charge
One of two restaurants announced by fledgling group Mad Restaurants (the other is ALTA), Moi is all about Japanese cooking over fire and sounds very much in the Nobu mould.
It's going to be headed up by Andy Cook, who has most recently been opening
... - Kokin brings whole tuna nights and sushi to Stratford (taking over from Allegra)
You may recall a few weeks ago we reported on the changes afoot at South Bank restaurant Hannah which was morphing into a claypot offering Donabe at the same time as moving their sushi operation to Stratford in the form of Kokin.
Now we can reveal exactly what they have planned for their foray into East London.
... - Osteria Angelina sees the Dalston restaurant opening a grill and pasta restaurant in the City
21/4/25 - updated with the opening date
Angelina has been a big success in Dalston and while their other restaurant Dai Chi didn't last the distance in Soho, they're sticking to what they do best in the City by opening a second Angelina.
Called Osteria Angelina, it'll be opening in the Nolton Folgate development by Shoreditch station that's seen
- Donabe on the South Bank is London's first Japanese clay pot rice restaurant
For the past seven years they've been serving up top class sushi on the South Bank. But now the owners of Hannah at County Hall are switching things up a bit, according to Code Hospitality newsletter. To start with they're moving the sushi operation to another hotel in East London. From the summer you'll find it in its new guise as Kokin at The Stratford Hotel (opens 1 May).
In its place, by the river, comes
... - New Knightsbridge spot Clap Ka-fe is hoping to go viral with its cute Japanese pastries
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
... - Konjiki is serving up cheese nigiri and sushi tacos in Kensington
Kensington's restaurant scene is on fire right now and nowhere is that more obvious than on Kensington Church Street. Hot on the heels of Krokodilos and Passyunk Avenue opening their doors comes a
... - Test Driving Himi, a neo-izakaya lighting up the Carnaby dining scene
The founders of Roji have switched their attentions to this more casual Japanese affair just off Carnaby Street. We took a seat at the counter to check out what Himi has to offer.
- Romeo San will be a no bookings luxury Japanese handroll bar in Marylebone
When we heard that the family who own the London and New York branches of Le Relais de Venise l’Entrecôte were opening a new restaurant in London, you can be sure we sat up and took notice. Romeo San sees the Elghanayan family branching out into Japanese food, with a temaki bar in Marylebone.
"Our handrolls are made with the finest ingredients," says founder Yasmine Elghanayan. "The dining experience is
... - London's best restaurants with omakase menus
Japanese omakase restaurants (which roughly translates as "leaving the menu up to the chef") are a big thing in London. Long tasting menus, often sushi-led, are delivered in some of London's most beautiful dining rooms. Here's our pick of the best in the city, along with a guide to the restaurants where you can get the experience on a (slightly) smaller budget.
