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  • Singburi uproots itself from Leytonstone to Shoreditch for a reimagined Singburi 2.0

    singburi is moving from leytonstone to shoreditch

    Updated 13/6/25 with opening date and booking info

    The North East London restaurant and all-round institution, which closed late last year under the guise of taking a longer-than-usual sabbatical, has made a bombshell announcement that it's moving to Shoreditch. Look, we're very sorry for Leytonstone's loss. But, on the upside, the new incarnation of Singburi will be a lot handier for

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  • CÉ LA VI in Paddington will be the highest rooftop restaurant in West London

    ce la vi London paddington square

    13/6/25 - updated with a look at the new restaurant's design

    If you've ever watched Crazy Rich Asians and wondered what it was like dining at the top of that amazing hotel in Singapore, well you're soon going to get the next best thing. That's because CÉ LA VI, which is the restaurant, bar and club at the top of the famous Marina Bay Sands hotel, is opening in the rooftop space of the new Renzo Piano

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  • Base Face Pizza are coming to Richmond

    Base Face Pizza are coming to Richmond

    They already have pizzerias in Putney and Barnes and now Base Face Pizza are getting ready to open their next location a little further west in Richmond. It's planned to be their flagship space, taking over from their original pizzeria in Hammersmith (which closed last week). 

    The pizzeria has a slightly unusual origin, being set up by former professional jazz musician Tim Thornton, who started

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  • Latin American restaurant Tigermilk is big in France and now it's coming to London

    Latin American restaurant Tigermilk is big in in France and now it's coming to London

    12/6/25 - soft launch details added

    They have multiple restaurants across France (as well as one in Brussels) and now French restaurant group Tigermilk are getting ready to open in London too. But much how fellow French restaurant group Big Mamma is actually all about Italian food, this French import looks to Latin America for its food.

    Opening in

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  • Upcoming London restaurants - hot new openings coming soon

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  • Fink's are taking over the Clissold Park cafe in Stoke Newington

    fink's at clissold house

    It's been rumoured for months now, but yesterday the folks at North London cafe group Fink's announced that they would be taking over the cafe space at Clissold House in Stoke Newington.

    "It’s the Fink’s you know and love, reimagined," they said on Instagram. "We’ll even have sit-in (yes, actual chairs and tables!)."

    The cafe went into administration last year so news that it's being replaced by a team who really

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  • La Mia Mamma brings its mammas to Battersea

    La Mia Mamma brings its mammas to Battersea

    They already have restaurants in Chelsea and Notting Hill (not to mention seafood spin-off Fish & Bubbles) and now La Mia Mamma has just opened its latest restaurant in Battersea.

    If you're not familiar, the idea behind the restaurants is that there are "real Italian mothers" in the kitchens, looking after the punters. The "mammas" have never worked in professional kitchens before, but they

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  • Looks like Mazi is coming to Mayfair

    mazi mayfair bruton place

    It's been over a decade since Mazi opened its doors in Notting Hill. The refined Greek food restaurant by Adrien Carre and Christina Mouratoglou has since spawned sibling establishment Suzi Tros, also in Notting Hill, but it's about to head into central London.

    It looks like they're planning to open in the old Pizza Express building opposite The Guinea on Bruton Place. The space, you may remember, was briefly taken over

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  • The new restaurants and bars opening in London this week

    The new restaurants opening in London this week

    This week, it's another smashburger restaurant, this time from Paris, an interesting Vietnamese cafe in Peckham and more...

  • Ravneet Gill unveils her chophouse restaurant Gina

    Ravneet Gill's restaurant Gina is opening

    Ravneet Gill has been a big name in the London restaurant scene for many years, with three cookbooks under her belt, time spent working at restaurants like St John and Black Axe Mangal, not to mention her TV appearances. Her chef husband Mattie Taiano, meanwhile, has worked in top places like The Camberwell Arms, Som Saa and Franks. Now the couple are teaming up for their first restaurant together, Gina.

    In

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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...

  • Rudy's takes over the old Dairy spot on Clapham Common

    rudys pizza opening in clapham

    They nabbed second place at this year's UK's Best Pizza Awards and now Rudy's Pizza Napoletana are gearing up to open their first neighbourhood restaurant in London. The Neapolitan pizzeria is taking over the old The Diary space right beside Clapham Common, making this their first foray outside central London (they already have restaurants in Soho, Shoreditch, Tottenham Court Road, Spitalfields, Queensway and

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  • The team behind Ibai are opening Harley's butcher and rotisserie in Hampstead

    The team behind Ibai are opening Harley's butcher and rotisserie in Hampstead

    5/6/25 - updated with the opening date

    With the weather looking, at least temporarily, fine and sunny, barbecue season is again a possibility. So the upcoming opening of extremely promising new butcher Harley's in Hampstead is one to watch. And that's partly because it's from a team who are also behind the excellent Smithfields restaurant Ibai, known for its great

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  • Little Fires will serve up rare mezcals and Oaxacan small plates in Shoreditch

    little fires cocktail bar shoreditch

    It's all change at East London bar Alfie's, which this summer is being transformed into a little slice of Oaxaca, Little Fires. And rather than just saying it's going to be Mexican-inspired, they've got all the talent to back it up.

    The collective in charge, Christian Pecoraro, Florian Schulze, and Horacio Sainz, has brought in the team behind one of the world's best bars, Sabina Sabe in Oaxaca, to help create

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  • Michelin-starred chef Michael Caines is opening his first restaurant in London

    Michelin-starred chef Michael Caines is opening his first restaurant in London

    Chef Michael Caines won a Michelin star for his restaurant at Lympstone Manor, and has previously held two stars at Gidleigh Park. But until now, the chef hasn't opened anything in London. 

    That's now changing as, ...