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When you already run two Greek delis in London and represent a host of artisanal Greek food producers, then opening a full-blown restaurant is really the next logical step. So that's why ERGON, the group behind the ERGON delis off Regent Street and Westfield London, is about to open Taverna Ermou.

It'll be the first London outpost of a restaurant that they opened in Athens last year. Open all day, the breakfast menu will include koulouri bagels served with eggs, smoked salmon and Greek yoghurt, along with pancakes, cold-pressed smoothies and bougatsa with sweet or savoury

Taking over a space that was most recently Turkish restaurant The Counter, a new Berlin-inspired kebab restaurant is opening in Notting Hill (and no it's not another outpost of German Doner Kebab).

Kiez Kebab is taking the space and reinventing it with an awful lot of stainless steel, so it'll look quite unlike a traditional kebab shop. The menu here will focus on just three kebabs, served in pide - a choice of veal, chicken or a vegan option (it's still TBC on what the latter involves). Little else is known about the menu just yet, other than the base of the kebabs is "paired

Since 2022, chef Andrew Clarke's Acme Fire Cult has been open as part of 40Ft Brewery's Dalston home. But when the brewery opened in Walthamstow last year, the food was provided by a series of pop-ups. Now that's changing as Acme are finding a second permanent home, but this time as Acme Taco. 

At the new Acme, Clarke has been inspired by regional Mexican cuisine, with tacos made from double-layer soft tortillas. On the menu, you'll find the Suadero Taco (confit ox cheek, beef sausage, heart & tongue, finished with smoky bone marrow & salsa roja) and, inspired by an LA

If there's one thing we love here at Hot Dinners, it's a new Chinese or Japanese bakery. So we're delighted to bring you news of a hot new opening coming to Marylebone soon.

Cantoast Bakery have been popping up all over London for the past couple of years. Their USP is a French toast offering using their own milk bread that they then pair with a variety of Asian flavours. Think pandan coconut, golden salted egg and black sesame, along with specials like ube leche flan and mango sago. They've also been doing their own salt breads.

Behind the bakery is talented baker Haydon

It's only been a couple of weeks since Papi closed, but there's already a replacement for the space lined up. Called Auguste, it will be be inspired by the Abruzzo region of Italy, and skewers will be a big part of the offering. 

Behind the restaurant are chef Mike Bagnall (previously Elm at The Montpelier) and Dylan Walters, who was the restaurant manager at Bambi. Bagnall used to live in the Abruzzo region, so that's where the inspiration for Auguste came from. His flame-grilled skewers will include lamb, cull yaw, wagyu, liver and wild boar, and he'll be cooking up whole fish

Here are all the new restaurants to look forward to in the coming week. This week, Berenjak unveils its biggest restaurant yet, Alley Cats gets into the slice business, Holy Carrot turns vegetarian and lots more...

15/3/26 - updated with the opening date

What was the big Ruya site on Upper Grosvenor Street, next to Corrigan's has been taken over by the Thesleff Group. They've behind Los Mochis in Notting Hill, Sale e Pepe in Knightsbridge (and now Marylebone) and the Juno and Luna omakase restaurants.

This latest opening will be a brand new Japanese restaurant for them, called MA/NA, which they say "combines contemporary style and traditional Japanese techniques". In charge of the food here will be Executive Chef Leonard Tanyag (who also looks after the menus for Los Mochis,

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11/3/26 - updated with opening details

After an initial small opening in Soho back in 2018, Berenjak really has hit the big time of late. Along with their Soho and Borough Market restaurants, they also have openings as far afield as Doha and Dubai and recently opened their first US restaurant in LA. We've known about their next London opening for a while, and now it seems they're finally getting ready to open the doors in Mayfair. 

The Mayfair restaurant (opening in a new development which hasn't been a restaurant before), takes up two floors. It'll be their

When you learn that the duo behind new Mayfair bar Brutes have an absolute ton of restaurant and bar experience between them, it's perhaps no surprise that they've managed to feature every current bar and snacks trend in town. But a proper look at what they have planned for their Bruton Place bar shows that they are intending to take almost everything to the next level.

While everyone else is doing martinis, Brutes goes one further with a martini card that allows you to pick your base spirits, the style it's served (dry, wet, dirty and - a new one on us - brutal), plus the

Change is afoot for Honey & Co's sole remaining Fitzrovia location - once Honey & Smoke, it's now being relaunched as Honey & Co. Great Portland. Moving on from the Middle Eastern grill restaurant from before, it's now going to transform into a wine bar, deli and restaurant.

The deli part is particularly important, because if you are a fan of their Honey and Spice deli, that's closing at the end of March with the deli here essentially replacing it. At Great Portland, you'll find the deli counter at the front, leading to the small 40-seater restaurant at the back (which

A modern Indian restaurant that started life in Dubai (before opening in Mumbai too) is coming to London. 

Trèsind describes itself as a "modernist Indian dining experience" so it's a high-end affair. The Dubai menu features dishes like scarlet prawns crudo and A5 wagyu striploin pathar kebab. However, it seems that they're doing something a little different in London. 

In Mayfair, it will be a tasting-menu-only affair, but full details of the London menu are still being kept under wraps. We do know, however, that their Chaat Trolley wlll be making its way to London for

South East Londoners must be wondering what they did right in a previous life to warrant the riches of top-tier sandwiches coming their way. Not only do they have a Mondo Sando at The Grove House Tavern and Cafe Mondo in Camberwell, but they're about to get a takeaway sarnie shop in Mondo To Go in Deptford.

And while co-founders Jack Macrae and Viggo Blegvad's other two establishments are more about eating in, their new Deptford arch will be more of a sandwiches-to-go spot. That said, there is space for 50 seats outside, so as long as the spring weather continues to improve you

Japanese handrolls have become a big deal in London of late. We've seen the recent arrival of Temaki in Mayfair, and next up is Kumori in Soho, an opening that has a particularly strong team behind it. You may have seen them popping up around town before (particularly in their recent Marylebone residency), and they were also at the Monaco Grand Prix. But this will be their first permanent restaurant. 

Kumori founder Marc Flekei has brought in John Randy De