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4/10/22 - updated with the opening date

Chef Rafael Cagali is already running the two Michelin-starred restaurant Da Terra at the Town Hall Hotel in Bethnal Green. And from this autumn, he'll be taking over the hotel's second restaurant (which used to be Corner Room).

We've seen Amazon take on the high street with its Amazon Fresh shops, and now Deliveroo is giving it a go too. 

They've just opened their first real shop on New Oxford Street called Deliveroo Hop, something they've put together with the help of Morrisons. So, like Amazon Fresh before it (but without the automatic paying), it'll be primarily a grocery store, with a focus on the Morrisons

A new Camden restaurant is aiming to bring the best of Texas BBQ and Korean fried chicken to the canalside at Camden. The Korean Cowgirl first opened down in Faversham in Kent, where it made a big deal of its passion for Korean flavours and the low and slow Texan BBQ style.

So their menu features items like USDA Texas-style brisket & Korean BBQ sausage, smoked overnight for 15 hours alongside more mashed-up

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

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 -

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.

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

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

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,

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

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.

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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

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

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

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