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• Maíz in Peckham is London's first dedicated pozoleria

  

  As proof that London's Mexican food scene is getting better by the day, comes a new opening in Peckham that genuinely sounds worth crossing town for. Maíz's USP is that it's the city's first Mexican restaurant to specialise in pozole. We're not going to pretend we're experts in this particular Mexican dish, but according to them, it's a "slow-cooked hominy corn broth infused with over five spices and simmered for many hours".

  The duo

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• GOAT burger makes the trip from Dubai to Knightsbridge

  

  Ready for even more burgers? The latest addition is a burger restaurant from Dubai that's found a home in Knightsbridge. 

  GOAT's London outpost is its first outside the UAE, and it's taking over the space that used to be Feya. It's a burger brand that appears to be big in its original location, although the release that we've been given talks about launching the "UAE’s first emoji-based

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• Here's what's opening in the big revamp of Olympia

  

  Updated 17/11/25 with restaurant details

  Big changes are afoot at Olympia. Long known as a place for huge events in Central London (it's been around for 140 years), it's now in the process of getting a £1.3bn overhaul. As with lots of these big projects, that means there will be many new bars and restaurants to come.

  The space is due to open in 2025, and in the run-up, we'll be

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• Pizza Pilgrims is opening around the corner from King's Cross station

  

  A new pizza restaurant is coming to King's Cross with the arrival of the latest Pizza Pilgrims. They're taking over a former hair salon that's on the corner of Caledonian Road and Pentonville Road (and just a few doors down from another popular King's Cross pizzeria, Pizza Union). It's just a two-minute walk from the main station. 

  If you've been to Pizza Pilgrims

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• The new restaurants and bars opening in London this week

  

  Here are all the new restaurants to look forward to in the coming week. This week, Hawksmoor takes over one of London's most impressive dining rooms, Francesco Mazzei returns, Noodle Inn brings its queues to Spitalfields, No Drama finds a permanent home and more...

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

  

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

• Upcoming London restaurants - hot new openings coming soon

  All the latest news on every upcoming London restaurant that's going to be opening in the capital. The only Coming Soon list you need.

• Noodle Inn is coming to Spitalfields. It's going to be much bigger, but there will still be queues

  

  Around this time last year, Noodle Inn opened in Soho and was an instant sensation. It immediately became the restaurant with some of the longest queues in Soho and has remained hugely popular to this day. Well, now they're about to open a second restaurant.

  The new Noodle Inn will be in Spitalfields, opening in one of the many brand new developments

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• Plaza Khao Gaeng is opening in Borough Yards, bringing some of London's spiciest dishes

  

  13/11/25 - updated with more details about the menu

  Craving some spicy Thai food as the nights draw in? Allow us to draw your attention to London’s forthcoming second outlet of Plaza Khao Gaeng, which is joining the ever-expanding dining options at Borough Yards. It will be taking over the old Vinoteca spot. 

  If you’re a fan of southern Thai cooking, you’re probably already au fait with Plaza

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• The Cloth team are turning the historic Simpson's Tavern in the City into Cloth Cornhill

  

  It's been three long years since we first reported on the fight for survival of one of London's oldest restaurants. Now there's good (and bad) news. On the upside, the historic tavern is getting ready to open its doors again for the first time since 2022. The other good thing is that the team who are

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• YolanDa Brown's Soul Mama is opening in Westfield Stratford

  

  YolanDa Brown's Soul Mama in Stratford has proved to be a big hit - so much so that she's opening a second Soul Mama in the area. This one will open on Westfield's The Street and will once again be part restaurant, part music venue.

  The new location will also have a slightly larger menu alongside dishes from the original. So expect slow-cooked Caribbean curries, one-pots with

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• Hawksmoor St Pancras sees the steakhouse taking over The Midland Grand space, and adding the Martini Bar.

  

  12/11/25 - updated with the opening date and menu details

  After the surprise closure of Victor Garvey at The Midland Grand, there were rumours about who was going to take over the very impressive dining room next, with Hawksmoor top of the list. Very soon after, the news was confirmed - Hawksmoor St Pancras will be the group's

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• The Bush Tavern is opening as the new home of No Drama Burgers

  

  We've been wondering when we'd hear where popular West London burger slingers No Drama were moving to, since they lost their own premises in Acton earlier this year. Now we have the answer. They'll be in charge of the food side of things at new pub, The Bush Tavern, that's just about to open in Shepherd's Bush. And this isn't just a residency, it's a permanent home.

  The tavern is taking over the pub on

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• Dalston's getting a modern Italian called HOAX with a secret late night cocktail bar

  

  After what seems like quite a while since we got too excited about the food and drink scene in Dalston, it all seems to be happening on the Kingsland Road at the moment. Just weeks after new East London pub The Black Eel opened its doors, a very interesting new Italian is about to be unveiled.

  HOAX is being billed as a modern Italian restaurant with a 'secret'

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• New Shoreditch spot 45 Curtain Road connects the trends as a Japanese and Mediterranean chophouse

  

  It's all change once more in Shoreditch, as the hotel that was formerly The Curtain and then The Mondrian has now transformed into 45 London. With the change in ownership comes a new restaurant (in the space that was Red Rooster followed by Bibo).

  45 Curtain Road has taken two of the biggest London restaurant trends this year and brought them together under one roof. It'll be a Japanese chophouse with a menu influenced by the

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