Kensington

From longstanding neighbourhood favourites to more glitzy, new establishments, this part of town has it all. We pick out the best restaurants in Chelsea for your delectation. 

This month has seen the return of two big restaurants, returning after being shut by a fire. First there was Som Saa, and now it's the turn of Kensington classic Maggie Jones, which is back having being closed for two years. 

Originally opening back in

Late last year the much-loved Launceston Place restaurant closed its doors with the restaurant group (then named D&D London) pledging to find the right chef to bring on board.

Well it turns out that the group - now named The Evolv Collection - has had something of a change of heart. Instead, they're bringing their Savile Row Italian restaurant Sartoria to Kensington.

And it seems that the

When you can’t have too much of a good thing, along comes the third Ta’mini Lebanese Bakery in London. After successful launches in Fulham (during the first COVID lockdown of 2020) and Bloomsbury (in 2023), Ta’mini will next waft the aromas of freshly baked date bread through the streets of Kensington.

The husband-and-wife team behind the concept - Ali from North Lebanon and Nermin from Beirut -

Slowly but surely, some notably interesting restaurants have been opening around High Street Kensington station. We had the excellent Krokodilos fairly recently and now Bancone have picked the area for their fourth location.

If you're unfamiliar with Bancone, they're predominantly

Updated 10/4/25 opening date

On Kensington High Street, one burger chain has closed to be replaced with another - albeit with the added bonus of lobster.

The new owners are Burger and Lobster and this will be their tenth London restaurant. You can expect this branch to serve the usual menu of lobster, lobster rolls and burgers (although we'd say

There are certainly a lot of high-end openings around Kensington of late (we very much enjoyed the recent Krokodilos opening). But now there's something that's a little bit more affordable and certainly worth your time as a new Passyunk Avenue has launched, the first that's firmly in West

The same group behind recent openings like Pinna and Fantomas are back again with Greek restaurant Krokodilos. We went to Kensington to find out if they could continue their winning streak.

We've picked out the best restaurants in Kensington. From top Michelin-starred restaurants to glittzy fare from Big Mamma, here are the best places to eat out in the area.

Do you know what's more stressful than opening a new restaurant in London just before Christmas? Opening two restaurants. But that's the delightful pickle that restaurateurs George Bukhov-Weinstein, Ilya Demichev and their business partner Elmira Amdiya find themselves in. One day after they throw open the doors to ...

They're responsible for serving up one of Shoreditch's most popular brunch menus. Now Friends of Ours are hoping to bring that same joy to West Londoners. This weekend they launch a six-month pop up brunch restaurant inside the Serpentine North Gallery's Zaha Hadid building.

The new restaurant will take over from what used to be a Benugo, serving up the Friends of Ours brunch-with-a-twist dishes for a

If you've ever been to Japan and seen the superb food replica dishes they have in front of restaurants there, you'll know just how amazingly realistic they can be. Now Londoners are going to get a chance to see this kind of artistry up close in a new exhibition opening at Japan House in Kensington.

Looks Delicious! features 47 specially commissioned food replicas, one from each of Japan's

Updated 6/11/23 with chef info

At their original restaurant Il Portico, they boast of being the oldest family-run restaurant in London. Now the family behind that are getting ready to unveil a new place that focuses on French Basque regional cuisine.

La Palombe opens next week on the site of the ill-fated Pino, also by the same family, which only lasted a year. But while that was also

If you’re looking for a little late-summer Mediterranean escapism, we might have the culinary answer in the form of new restaurant EVE that is opening in Kensington. Think vegetables, grilled meats and seafood in an all-day dining concept. It's in Ember Locke, an aparthotel lifestyle complex (formerly the NH Kensington), that has a few locations around town like Leman Locke, (once home

The latest restaurant from Big Mamma has arrived in Kensington and we got in early for a preview. Here's what to expect from Jacuzzi.