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  • Filipino bakery/pizzeria Bunso is the latest Kentish Town opening from Belly's Omar Shah

    He's had a lot of acclaim for Belly and now Omar Shah (with his Maginhawa Group) is about to open a second restaurant in Kentish Town. 

    He's launching the all-day Bunso, which will be a bakery by day and turn into a pizzeria in the evening, with both parts focusing on bringing in Filipino flavours. So during the day there will be laminated pastries, savoury bakes and coffee and in the evening freshly made pizzas alongside a concise menu of crudo, kinilaw, salads and pasta. Just what's on the menu is being kept under wraps at the moment, so we'll have more

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  • Humble Crumble is opening in Marylebone, just around the corner from Selfridges

    Eight years on from her first stall at Maltby Market, crumble has become a big thing for founder Kim Innes. She's even had the Prince and Princess of Wales in an apron helping out at the brand's Borough stall. And now she's about to open outside of a market (her other London sites are at Spitalfields, Borough and Camden). She's heading into the West End, having chosen St James Street for her new central London shop.

    If you haven't been to a Humble Crumble before, the clue is in the name - it's all about crumble in every form. The classic is their most popular, an apple and

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  • Gaztela brings Basque cheesecakes (including a blue cheese version) to Notting Hill

    Up until now, La Maritxu has had a bit of a monopoly as far as Basque-style cheesecakes go, but now a contender has entered the ring. Gaztela has just opened in Notting Hill and they have one version that you'll have to try. 

    Gaztela comes from Inna and Ignacio, a Spanish-Ukrainian couple who met studying hospitality in Spain. It's all about Basque cheesecake, but they say theirs is a more modern take on the dessert, with an extra creamy, barely set centre, using their own blend of hard and soft cheeses. Having spent lots of time refining the recipe, they launched on

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  • Jackie's Counter, an NYC-style diner has landed in Notting Hill (with plans for a late night martini bar on the way)

    Notting Hill residents will probably have spotted a new opening in their neighbourhood. Jackie's Counter has been soft launching for the last few weeks, finding its feet on Kensington Church Street. It's the latest venture for Andy and Nati Perritt, the couple behind local pub The Mall Tavern.

    They're describing it as a "neighbourhood luncheonette", and right now it's open during the day, kicking off mornings with cold brew slushies and breakfast bagels moving onto Reubens, salt beef sandwiches and tuna melts later on. For the sweet-toothed among you, they're doing homemade pies,

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  • New restaurants and bars opening in London this week

    The new restaurants and bars opening in London this week

    This week, it's all about single-item openings, with both Caesar wraps and frozen yoghurt front and centre.

  • Big Mamma is coming to the City with Edmondo

    Back at the beginning of 2025, we brought you news that Big Mamma were getting ready to open in the City. Since then, they've opened Barbarella in Canary Wharf, but now we're finally getting news about what their City plans are going to be. 

    First spotted by Propel and confirmed by job listings, the next Big Mamma restaurant will be called Edmondo. And that's not their first restaurant by that name, as they already have an Edmondo in Hamburg. That restaurant happens to be housed in an old bank and while we're not 100% sure what the new Edmondo is taking over (possibly what

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  • The Panadera team are opening Toasteé, a Filipino-inspired French Toast and Ube Bar in Westfield

    Like a lot of Londoners, we've been obsessed with Panadera since it opened. There's something about their ube matcha lattes and sandos that we just can't get enough of. So when we heard that the same team is planning something special for Westfield White City, we paid attention.

    Toasteé is the latest opening for Florence Mae Maglanoc of Panadera and Donia, together with chef Adrian Kyle Felipe, and this one is all about French toast and Filipino flavours. There will be three signature toasts: ube jam, matcha ganache and Milo cookies & cream. If you want a classic serve,

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  • Aussie brand Yo-Chi are opening in London, and people are losing their minds

    14/8/26 - updated with the opening date

    London's food scene is having a bit of a thing for frozen yoghurt right now. We've already had the LA company Go Greek Yogurt opening up to huge queues on South Moulton Street. And now the next viral launch looks like it'll be Australia's Yo-Chi, in Notting Hill.

    We'll admit, we'd never heard of it, but we could see fans on social media going completely crazy at the thought of being able to get this particular brand of fro yo

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  • NAKIMUSHI sees the Dorian team bringing the Urchin and Robin's Ramen chefs under one roof

    14/8/26 - updated with more details and the opening date.

    They may have recently said goodbye to their head chef at Dorian, but the same team aren't slowing down. They're getting ready to open NAKIMUSHI, which is bringing together the chefs of two popular residencies, Urchin's Yuji Shimokawa Kelly and Robin Kosuge of Robin's Ramen. 

    The pair are taking over all three floors of a townhouse near Notting Hill Gate. Inside, the two chefs will each be managing different space. So Robin Kosuge will be heading up the ground-floor ramen bar. On the

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  • The folk behind Fallow have just taken over the OXO Tower restaurants

    We've been aware for a while that Harvey Nichols were planning to sell their OXO Tower restaurants, at the top of one of London's most recognisable landmarks. There had also been rumours that the Aqua Group were looking at the site, but now we know who's really taking it over. It's the team behind Fallow and Roe, who have just announced that they've bought it.

    They've previously opened at the foot of an impressive tower over in Canary Wharf with Roe, but this will be the first time the team have gone high-rise. The current OXO Tower restaurants (both the main restaurant and the

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  • Tom Brown and Brad Carter are moving Island to a revived Clerkenwell pub

    Just over a year ago, chefs Brad Carter and Tom Brown teamed up for their upmarket surf-and-turf restaurant Island, opening above Mare Street Market. The food there was certainly impressive, but the massive room never seemed like the perfect fit (the last time we were there, the few diners in that evening were dwarfed by the huge space). 

    Now comes the news that Island is on the move, and according to hospitality insider Propel, they're heading

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  • Gordon Ramsay is getting ready to open his restaurant at Sea Containers

    12/8/26 - updated with opening details

    While the bar at Sea Containers, Lyaness by Ryan Chetiyawardana, is one of the very best in London, the restaurant at the hotel has never managed to have the same cut through. But now they're trying something new as they've brought in none other than Gordon Ramsay to launch Gordon Ramsay at Sea Containers.

    Gordon's new space will be an all-day restaurant that will also have one of the best riverside terraces in town. Now we have a few more details about what Gordon has planned for the restaurant. He'll be leaning

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  • Beefbar has a new London home, taking over Dear Jackie at Broadwick Soho

    Change is coming to Broadwick Soho as Monte Carlo's Beefbar has chosen the hotel as its new London home. 

    Beefbar has been in London before, of course, having opened as Le Petit Beefbar in Chelsea. That closed in April this year, but they said at the time that they were looking for a new home, and they've found it in Soho.

    The restaurant, which originated in Monaco (and has outposts across the world), will be taking over both the ground floor bar and the lower-ground restaurant. Previously known as Dear Jackie (and Bar Jackie), it was originally named after the

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