New opening

• The Palm House takes on the old Aster site in Victoria

  

  Updated 3/10/22 with images and menu details

  If you've been wondering what was going to take over the huge space left by Aster's departure from Victoria, then we now have the answer. Come this autumn it'll be reopening as The Palm House.

  The idea is to take inspiration from Cuba and Miami’s 1930s clubhouses, so it's Miami-style on the ground floor and Cuban upstairs with a daiquiri

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• Flat Iron steaks come to White City's Westfield London

  The affordable steak empire of Flat Iron moves ever one - with its latest restaurant in Westfield having just opened. 

  If you've been to a Flat Iron, you know the drill by now. But if you haven't, it's all about their titular Flat Iron steak that's sold with salad for £12, making it one of the most affordable steak dinners in town. If you want to upgrade, there are more cuts available -

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• New London restaurants opening in October 2022

  

  With the arrival of autumn, the London restaurant scene is kicking off with some pretty big openings. Here's our pick of the key new restaurants you'll need to know about.

• Straker's sees TikTok chef Thomas Straker head to Notting Hill for his restaurant

  

  1/10/22 - updated with opening date and booking link

  He became big on both Instagram and Tiktok over the pandemic years with "food you want to eat" as his main byline. Now Thomas Straker is ready to launch his own restaurant, Straker's, in Notting Hill. 

  If you're unfamiliar with Straker, he's previously worked at The Dorchester, Heston Blumenthal’s Dinner and

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• The Drop wine bar heads west to Kensington

  

  They already have wine bars on Drury Lane and in Clapham and now Drop Wine bar has just opened another - this time in Kensington.  

  The Drop (also a wine delivery app) comes from Ian Campbell and Will Palmer, who also happen to be the pair behind The Ten Cases and Parsons in Covent Garden. The Drops are all run independently, however, and this West London outpost is owned and

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• Mayfair scores a new Ben Tish pub and restaurant: The Barley Mow

  

  There’s an impressive new dining destination about to hit Mayfair. The Barley Mow is a pub and restaurant set in a Grade-II-listed building on the corner of Brown Hart Gardens and Duke Street. The building was snapped up by pub group Cubitt House a while back, after closing down during the pandemic. Now you can admire the refurbished surroundings and sink an ale with the likes of haggis Scotch eggs or battered pollock,

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• Speedboat Bar is a Soho Thai restaurant from Plaza Khao Gaeng's Luke Farrell

  

  30/9/22 - updated with opening offer

  He's had success at Arcade with Plaza Khao Gaeng and now chef Luke Farrell is getting ready to open a standalone restaurant - Speedboat Bar. 

  Taking over the space that used to be Xu, the Thai restaurant is being described as a love letter to Yaowarat Road, the neon-lit street of Bangkok’s Chinatown." It

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• The Theatre Cafe Diner is mixing up show tunes and diner classics

  

  Like a bit of singing and dancing with your meal? Then the Theatre Cafe Diner could be just the thing. It's a sibling restaurant to the Theatre Cafe, the memorabilia-adorned cafe on St Martin's Lane.

• Hachi, a new Japanese bakery from the founders of Maru and Taka, is coming to Notting Hill

  

  A Hot Dinners exclusive

  Notting Hill's bakery scene is getting quite the boost. Just days after hearing that Kuro Coffee are opening a Japanese-inspired bakery, comes the news that Hachi will open later in the year. Cravings for Japanese pastries and cakes will soon be

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• Club Mexicana goes big with vegan tacos and frozen pina coladas in Spitalfields

  

  If the thought of California-style street food gets your motor running, or if you were already making pilgrimages to Club Mexicana at their Kingly Court or Seven Dials locations, then news of an upcoming Spitalfields location will make the job of hunting down vegan tacos even easier.

  Located in the former HotBox site, Club Mexicana Spitalfields promises an even bigger menu and some serious bar

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• St John pick Marylebone for their third London restaurant

  

  Updated 28/9/22 with opening date

  It's always a red letter day when we hear that a new St John Restaurant is on the way. 

  The new opening in Marylebone will make it the third restaurant in town after the original and St John Bread and Wine (not to mention bakeries in Neal's Yard and Bermondsey). It will be an all-day restaurant, apparently kicking off the day by pairing their amazing

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• The Barletta team are opening Sète wine bar and restaurant in Margate

  

  A Hot Dinners exclusive. Updated 28/9/22 with opening date

  Down in Margate, the food scene seems unstoppable with loads of interesting places opening up to look after locals and entice Londoners down for the weekend.

  This summer will see the opening of Sète by Jackson Berg & Natalia Ribbe, the team behind well-established restaurant Barletta at Turner Contemporary. The launch will be in two

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• Din Tai Fung bring their dumplings to Centre Point

  

  Ever since the first UK Din Tai Fung opened back in late 2018, there was always talk of a second restaurant that would be coming to Centre Point. But years passed with no further developments (as the work at developing the rest of Centre Point seemed to drag on). So long, in fact, that they managed to open ...

• Celebrity hangout Scott's is opening in Richmond

  

  Updated 26/9/22 with photos

  He's already had a lot of success with expanding his Ivy restaurant group across the country. Now Richard Caring is getting ready to do the same with Mayfair classic seafood restaurant, Scott's. And the first place he's expanding to is south of the river, in Richmond.

  Announced earlier this year, Caprice Holdings has revealed a little

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• Casa do Frango bring piri piri to Mayfair

  

  23/9/22 - updated with the opening date

  Next up for popular Portuguese piri-piri restaurant Casa do Frango - they're coming to Mayfair. 

  Taking over what used to be Ice Bar on Heddon Street, the restaurant will be their biggest yet (fitting in 200 people). As well as the main dining room, they'll have a terrace and two private rooms. 

  As for the food, that'll focus

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