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A couple of decades ago, there were advanced plans, if you can credit it, to demolish the lovely Victorian buildings that surround Smithfield Market. Happily, the whole area has now been protected as part of the new London Museum development, and to add to the general joy, we also have a new pub on the way.

The Poet comes from the same stellar team that are behind Sune in Hackney; so that's Spencer Large, Honey Spencer and Charlie Sims. It's a lovely corner site on Farringdon Road and the pub will also feature a first-floor dining room. In the kitchens is chef Charlie Tayler who

If you're looking for a new restaurant with a great view, this might be for you. A new high-rise restaurant is coming to Canary Wharf called Alto 19. 

This one comes from White Rabbit Projects, a restaurant group that has Lina Stores and Kricket under its umbrella, as well as restaurants in Locke hotels that include Nuno Mendes' restaurant in Lisbon. This latest opening is at the top of Locke Canary Wharf, and they've brought in Executive Chef Chris Dargavel to head it up. He's recently been head chef at Daphne's and before that was head chef of J Sheekey, as well as

Luke Farrell has had an impressive string of hits over the past few years, with both Speedboat Bar and Plaza Khao Gaeng becoming hugely popular Thai restaurants. Now the chef is getting ready to launch something new with Yai. 

He's taking on a space in Marylebone that was once Il Baretto, and this latest restaurant will be very different from his previous openings as it's going be a fine dining restaurant (although there's an emphasis on a relaxed approach to that). It'll be particularly focused on the food of Phuket and it also sounds like that'll stretch to the design

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Recently, there have been a lot of fancy new Mayfair hotels opening, from the Chancery Rosewood on Grosvenor Square to the upcoming St Regis Hotel, taking over what used to be The Westbury. Also planned for a while, but finally due to open is The Shepherd Mayfair, which is more of a boutique affair.

The hotel has taken over what used to be the Park Lane Mews Hotel, just

From terraces overlooking Lincoln's Inn Fields to a new rooftop bar in Bloomsbury and an upcoming all star cast beside Buckingham Palace, here's our guide to the new hotels opening across London, along with details on what their restaurant and bars are going to be.

Their Borough Market restaurant Camille has quietly forged a stellar reputation for its French food. But when the same team opens B. Penhale in Smithfield, they're moving instead to Britain and Ireland for inspiration. The restaurant, whose name they're already shortening to Penhale's, is just across the road from London's historic meat market. So it stands to reason that it'll focus on a whole-carcass approach in the kitchen.

But we're intrigued by the idea that they'll also be focusing on super traditional dishes from the Victorian era. "Shining a light on the food, stories and

Nearly two years after the original Hakkasan at Hanway Place closed, a new restaurant and bar are getting ready to open in its place, and it'll be quite a change.

AJ Records is being billed as an "Urban Culture Dining Club", and it's brought in a French rapper as one of the partners. It's going to be a southern French restaurant, a late-night cocktail bar, a live music venue and will even boast a "state-of-the-art recording studio".

On the food side, there will be a large restaurant, with room for 160 diners. At this point, all we know is that it will serve Southern French

It's all change at Spring Street Pizza down in Borough, where some pretty exciting plans are underway. The pizzeria by chef Tom Kemble, who won a Michelin star for his previous restaurant at Bonham's, has already carved out a name for its pizzas. And that's not easy in a market as feverish as London's pizza scene. Now Spring Street is planning a massive expansion into the space next door, where Kemble is opening an Italian American bar.

The move into the next-door arch will create a space that will have room for 200 people, serving up a mix of cocktails and bar food. They're

Earlier this year, The Silver Birch in Chiswick closed after six years, but that's not the end of the road for its owner, Tim Price. He's completely relaunching the restaurant but moving away from the fine-dining approach of The Silver Birch and more towards a neighbourhood restaurant. And yes, we are putting this at least partly in the "pivot" category, but that's no bad thing if it gives the space a new lease of life. 

As Brook & Green, the new restaurant has had a redesign (they're going for a "warmer" look), so it'll feel different even if you've visited in its

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It's the hotel where Renee Zellweger and Hugh Grant enjoyed a mini break in Bridget Jones's Diary, and the place where James Bond and Goldfinger had it out on the golf course. But now Stoke Park in Buckinghamshire is getting one hell of a makeover with a slew of new restaurants opening there, ahead of the hotel's relaunch.

Fresh from unveiling his Mor restaurant down at the luxury Carbis Bay Estate hotel in Cornwall, chef Tom Sellers is behind the five dining and

Updated 11/9/26 with soft launch offer

Nikkei restaurant Bamboo Mat has been proving a big hit in Stratford - so much that it's gearing up for a second opening in Canary Wharf. 

Before moving to Stratford, the original Bamboo Mat opened in Leyton, where Grace Dent described it as: "It’s a smaller, cheaper and better Chotto Matte, without all the shouty people and art installations. What’s not to love

Updated 11/9/26 with opening date

Three years after they opened their first bagel shop in Primrose Hill in 2023, the NYC-inspired bakery is expanding its North London footprint by opening in Hampstead. They'll hit up the high street there at the end of the summer.

As per their other three bakeries, their newest opening will serve a combination of grab-and-go bagels along with a mix of unfilled bagels topped with poppy or sesame seeds, garlic, onion, ‘everything,’ or just plain.

"We want to be the place people stop before a walk on the Heath, before school