New opening

• The Holland pub sees Oxalis pop-up chef go permanent

  A new pub that quietly opened a couple of months back has just appeared on our radar with its official opening today.

  The Holland (it used to be the Princess Victoria but it is very close to Holland Park) comes from chef Max de Nahlik, who previously co-ran popular pop-up Oxalis, and was most recently at The Duke of Cambridge in Islington. He's billing his menu as “unpretentious and fun” and

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• Kung Fu Noodle serves up hand pulled noodles in Chinatown

  

  There's been a new round of openings in Chinatown and it includes the first live hand-pulled noodle restaurant within the official Chinatown area (Lanzhou Lamian Noodle Bar is apparently just outside the boundary).

  Kung Fu Noodle specialises in dishes from China's Gansu province in the North West of the country. On the menu, you'll find a range of hot, cold and soup noodle dishes

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• Mr Ji head to Camden for their next restaurant, adding a Sunday roast

  

  13/9/22 - updated with the opening date

  Soho's Mr Ji got a brand new lease of life when the team behind TĀ TĀ Eatery, Zijun Meng and Ana Gonçalves, took over the kitchen. Adding more dishes to the menu, with a little TA TA twist, it became a big Soho Hit and

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• Sides by Sidemen is coming to Boxpark Croydon

  

  They're huge on YouTube and their delivery service is pretty popular too (apparently they have over 100 kitchens globally including India and the USA). Now The Sidemen are getting ready to unveil their second real-life venue, this time in Boxpark Croydon. 

  This is their second spot, following on from the original Boxpark

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• Control Room B is a 1950s-themed bar inside Battersea Power Station

  

  More Battersea Power Station news today, as the final pieces of the new development come into place. This time it's news of a big new bar that's opening there from the Mr Fogg's team. 

  Called Control Room B as it's based in - you guessed it - the power station's old control room, it's inspired by the Power Station architecture, right up to the turbine-inspired radial

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• Autumn's biggest new London restaurant openings

  

  Autumn is when the London restaurant scene gets busier than ever - and that means some big new restaurants are getting ready to open. Here are the ones to watch... 

• Bromley Town Hall's courthouse is turning into restaurant Dorothy & Marshall

  

  Bromley Town Hall has been going through a big renovation recently and as it's gearing up to opening fully, we have news about the brand new restaurant opening there.

  Taking over what used to be the old courthouse in the Grade II building (originally built in 1906), will be Dorothy & Marshall. In charge of the kitchen is local chef Ralph Jones, who's worked in the kitchens

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• Mykonos restaurant Nammos is coming to London

  

  They started in Mykonos, expanded to Cannes, Dubai and more - and now Nammos is coming to London. 

  Opening in Knightsbridge, just across the road from Harrods, they're taking over a Grade II listed building and are calling it an "an elegant and more refined version of its original concept" so it sounds like we might be in for another impressive-looking dining room in London. 

  As

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• The Hoxton prepares to open in Shepherd's Bush with Chet's as its restaurant

  

  Earlier this summer we popped into The Hoxton hotel in Holborn to check out Chet's - their latest residency. Back then, the word was that this would be LA-based chef Kris Yenbamroong's restaurant in the upcoming Hoxton opening in Shepherd's Bush and we've now had confirmation of that.

  The

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• Notto is chef Phil Howard's new fresh pasta restaurant on Piccadilly

  

  He launched his own mail-order pasta during the various lockdowns and now Phil Howard is going one step further with his own pasta restaurant. The chef, who has a Michelin star for his Elystan Street restaurant, will be opening Notto in Piccadilly (taking over an old Paperchase site).

  He's joined in the endeavour by Executive chef Louis Korovilas who has been quite busy

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• Restaurant St Barts sees the Fenn team come to Smithfield with a 15-course tasting menu

  

  6/9/22 - Updated with the opening date

  They've had success with Nest in Hackney and an even bigger hit with Fenn in Fulham, now the same team are heading eastwards again.

  Johnnie Crowe, Luke Wasserman and Toby Neill are the people

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• Evernight is Nine Elms' hot new izakaya from a Laughing Heart chef

  

  A Hot Dinners exclusive

  Every once in a while a London restaurant manages to open totally under our radar but the minute we become aware of it, we want to let you know about it too. That's 100% the case with Evernight, an extremely interesting new Japanese restaurant in the Embassy Gardens development in Nine Elms that's starting to get noticed, with a lot of low-level buzz right

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• Marugame Udon are opening at Oxford Circus, St Christopher's Place and Canary Wharf

  

  Updated 5/9/22 with Oxford Circus date

  When one door closes, another opens and Londoners have definitely got the better end of the deal with this particular restaurant changeover on Argyll Street.

  Taking over the old Garfunkels site, beloved only of confused tourists, is the udon chain Marugame. It'll turn out to be Marugame's fifth opening in quick succession in the city, following their

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• Sonora Taqueria are opening Mexa at Arcade Food Hall

  

  A Hot Dinners exclusive

  Ever since top taco folk Sonora Taqueria dropped the news on Instagram that they were leaving their home in Netil Market, London's Mexican food lovers have been wondering when and indeed where they'll be getting their next Sonora fix from. Well we can now reveal what their plans are.

  From later this month, Sonora's co-founders Michelle Salazar de la Rocha and

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• Holloway Model Bakery sees East Finchley's Margot Bakery expand to Holloway

  

  Updated 31/8/22 with soft launch details

  It feels like we're living through a boom period of amazing neighbourhood bakeries opening in London. The next area to get a great bakery landing on their doorstep is Lower Holloway.

  Artisan baker Michelle Eshkeri opened Margot Bakery in East Finchley in 2016 and it's since become one of North London's most popular bakeries, winning Michelle plaudits for

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