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  • The Little Neon Door has the Little Door Co heading to Shoreditch for their next bar

    They already have orange, yellow, scarlet, blue and violet Little Doors around town and now a Little Neon Door is getting ready to open in Shoreditch. 

    Taking over what was once Floripa cocktail bar, this is going to follow the template of the other, very successful, Little Doors in the growing franchise. So it's essentially themed after a house party, and you could have cocktails in the Sitting Room, a party in the Living Room and Kitchen, karaoke in the shower and loot the fancy dress cupboard in the Dressing Room (which also has karaoke).

    Alongside the cocktails,

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  • Lady of the Grapes head to Borough for their next wine bar

    8/5/26 - updated with the opening date and menu details

    For seven years, Lady of the Grapes has been one of the best wine bars in Covent Garden. Now they're heading to Borough as part of one of the area's best-looking buildings, the Menier Chocolate Factory. The new Lady of the Grapes SE1 will have the same focus on female winemakers as the original, but in a much larger space. Each of the two levels of the bar will have a different approach.

    On the ground floor, there will be the main restaurant, seating around 60, with 20 more on the terrace. Like the original

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  • Buvette is coming back to London, this time opening in Covent Garden

    7/5/26 - updated with more details and an opening date.

    Chef Jody Williams is taking another crack at London with New York-originated restaurant Buvette (which also has opened in Paris, Tokyo and Seoul). 

    The self-style "gastrotheque" will be opening an 80-seater site, taking over what was the old St John Bakery in Neal's Yard (that recently moved across the way). If you've ever visited that space and are wondering just how they're going to fit 80 seats in there, a

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  • Row on 5 chef Spencer Metzger is opening Chez Rose in Mayfair, backed by Jason Atherton

    Ever since Jason Atherton announced that Little Social was closing, we had been hearing murmurings behind the scenes that something was brewing with the site and his top chef, Spencer Metzger. Now it's been revealed, Atherton and Metzger are joining forces once more, this time for Chez Rose. 

    Of course, their first team-up, Row on 5, has already earned two Michelin stars, and although this restaurant will again be led by Metzger, it will be a very

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  • All the new London restaurants - recently opened restaurants in London

    New and recently opened London Restaurants

    Here's a complete guide to all the new London restaurants that have opened...

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  • Brixton is first to get a new high-tech mini PizzaExpress, with Finsbury Park incoming

    Over the bank holiday weekend, Brixton became the first place in the UK to get a brand new PizzaExpress that looks more like a fast food joint than a pizzeria. Putting the express into PizzaExpress this latest branch looks nothing like the restaurants of old, with self-ordering machines at the front and with the option to order in, grab and go or even book a delivery.

    The Brixton store is the first in a rollout of new small PizzaExpresses. A press release also mentioned that Finsbury Park and Earls Court would be next in line, and we already have intel on where the Finsbury Park

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  • Adam Byatt's next is the Italian-inspired Rosina in Wandsworth

    His last opening was a big affair on the river beside Fulham's stadium with Brasserie Constance, but for his next, Adam Byatt is returning to South London. He'll be opening Rosina in Wandsworth.

    Rosina, named after his daughter Rosie, is going to be an Italian-inspired restaurant, and it'll be the first time the chef has gone in that direction for one of his openings. The menu will showcase both Italian and British produce, but right now, that's all we know about the

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  • First look - here's what to expect from Gordon Ramsay's high-rise Bread Street Kitchen at 22 Bishopsgate

    4/5/26 - updated with full details and a look at the new restaurant

    If you watched the Being Gordon Ramsay documentary on Netflix, you'll know that one of the key storylines has revolved around the chef's multiple openings in the 22 Bishopsgate skyscraper in the City. In the opening episode (spoiler), you see his dismay to hear that of the various restaurants planned, Bread Street Kitchen on the 59th floor, is going to be delayed by months. Given that the rest of the operation opened back in February last year, the opening ended up being delayed a full 15 months in

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  • New restaurants and bars opening in London this week

    The new restaurants and bars opening in London this week

    Here are all the new restaurants to look forward to in the coming week. Even though this is only a four-day week, thanks to the bank holiday, it's the busiest week for new openings yet, with TEN new restaurants opening their doors in those four days, from what will be a pizza smash on Newington Green to the arrival of Uncle Roger. 

  • Mykonos restaurant Nammos sets sail for London for a more urban take

    3/5/26 - updated with the opening date

    A few years back, we reported on the impending arrival of Mykonos restaurant Nammos, which was supposed to be heading to Knightsbridge. Now it turns out that those plans have changed and the restaurant is instead coming to Mayfair. 

    They'll be taking over from Il Borro on Berkeley Street and are planning something subtly different to their Mykonos

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  • Carmy's sees the Carmela's team opening a slice shop in Covent Garden

    It took a bit longer than we expected, particularly as they were such a big deal in NYC, but London really is getting into the slice shop trend right now. And the latest to get in on the action is Carmy's.

    If that name seems familiar, it's because it happens to come from the same people behind Carmela's in Islington. That's Phil Chaykin (who's also behind Ugly Dumpling) as well as Gerry del Guercio and Paul Delany, best known as the Bite Twice social-media food duo. The latter put their money where their mouths were when they helped set up Carmela's and it clearly paid off. In

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  • High-end modern Indian restaurant Trèsind reveals its London opening plans

    1/5/26 - Updated with full details about the opening.

    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. Overall, the menu is led by Tresind's Chef Himanshu Saini, while the kitchen in

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  • The big new London restaurants opening in May 2026

    The big new London restaurants opening in May 2026

    May is another busy month in the London restaurant calendar with a lot of very promising new openings throughout the month. There's a new restaurant from Uncle Roger, a Great British Menu Finalist, a two-Michelin-starred chef, the latest from Jackson Boxer and a whole lot more. Here are the ones we think you need to focus on so you can start planning your May now...

  • Covent Garden is Noodle Inn's next stop for their hand-pulled noodles

    We're still waiting for the upcoming Battersea Noodle Inn to throw open its doors, but while we wait, they've just announced another opening. This time it's back close to where they started in Soho (just 10 minutes' walk away) as they're opening in Covent Garden. 

    They're taking over a space that used to be a Gordon Ramsay Street Burger, so we'd call that a definite trade-up for Covent Garden. Other than that, little has been announced about the restaurant, apart from the fact that it's likely to open before their Battersea outpost does. 

    As for what to expect, it'll be

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