New opening

• New food hall Sessions comes to Islington, from the people behind Brighton's Shelter Hall

  

  London's food hall scene has had a lift recently with new openings at Seven Dials Market and the reopening of Arcade. Now Islington is getting its own mini food hall in the shape of Sessions. It's taken over the space left by the now-closed Rodizio Rico on Upper Street.

  Sessions (not to be confused with Sessions Arts Club) comes from the people behind

  ...
• Greggs is coming to Leicester Square

  

  14/7/22 - updated with launch info

  There's been a lot of development around Leicester Square of late - but this latest addition is the one that really matters. Yes, a flagship Greggs is opening in London's tourist centre and it's one of the biggest Greggs yet. 

  So if you're in the middle of town and craving a steak bake you'll know where to come (the hoarding even features

  ...
• Harrods is opening the first UK patisserie by top Paris chef Angelo Musa

  

  Updated 14/7/22 with images

  Hot on the heels of Cedric Grolet's arrival in London comes news that another feted Parisian pastry chef is heading our way. Angelo Musa is HUGE in Paris where he works at super luxe hotel Hotel Plaza Athénée and he's been enticed over to London by Harrods.

  The

  ...
• Gaia brings high-end Greek cuisine to Mayfair

  

  There's a lot of change on Mayfair's Berkeley Street at the moment. As part of the huge One Berkeley development, there's a big new 1 Hotel Mayfair on the way and now there's also news of Gaia restaurant, which will be making its London debut (they have restaurants in Monaco and Dubai already). Apparently, they'll be opening next to a new Lotus cars showroom - so that should give you an idea of how upmarket

  ...
• Jeremy Clarkson manages to open his Diddly Squat restaurant

  

  Jeremy Clarkson has been doing rather well out of his Diddly Squat Farm in the Cotswolds. Not only has the show about the farm been a massive hit on Amazon Prime, but his farm shop has been doing pretty good business too. 

  The presenter had been talking up the possibility of starting up a restaurant on the farm ever since the success of the show but, up until now, he'd been met

  ...
• KiliG introduces a Filipino-Colombian menu to Deptford

  

  We've had plenty of Filipino/Mexican mashups, but a new Deptford restaurant, KiliG is bringing London a blend Filipino and Columbian cuisine that we are definitely up for.

  KiliG's name comes from the Tagalog expression for "inexplicable joy and happiness" and the restaurant takes its inspiration from the Filipino and Colombian roots of owners Anjelica Serra and Ivan Ruiz, who have run a group of

  ...
• Sudu in Queen's Park comes from the children of Satay House founders

  

  With a new generation comes a new restaurant. The sibling duo behind newly opened Queen's Park restaurant Sudu are continuing their family legacy as they're children of the owners of Paddington's much-loved Satay House.

  Since opening in 1973, Satay House has been a hit amongst the locals with their authentic Malaysian cuisine. In Queen's Park, Sudu has a shorter menu, but Satay House

  ...
• Richmond gets a hot new riverside restaurant with the opening of the Peggy Jean barge

  

  Down on the banks of the Thames at Richmond, a new riverside spot has opened which looks like it's going to be a hit with locals. Peggy Jean is the latest launch from the Daisy Green Collection who have totally transformed the old Jesus College Boat Race Barge into a restaurant.

  Inside, there's a large airy dining room and outside on the pontoon, there's space for loads of alfresco wineing and dining,

  ...
• Jimmy Choo opens an incredibly pink café inside Harrods

  

  It's all go at Harrods with its new champagne bar and the upcoming patisserie by Angelo Musa, and now there's the freshly open Jimmy Choo Café

  New designs and a luxury

  ...
• Whistle Punks are bringing axe-throwing to Oxford Circus

  

  We've had darts, crazy golf and, of course, bowling and now we have axe-throwing, thanks to the upcoming opening of a new Whistle Punks. 

  This new one in Oxford Circus

  ...
• Blingtastic restaurant Miro is opening in Mayfair with a £3k signature dish

  

  Let's start this story with a 'don't shoot the messanger' plea. But a new restaurant is about to open in Mayfair with an offering that makes the likes of Sexy Fish and Novikov look like maiden aunts by comparison.

  Miro has stealthily taken over the old Street XO site on Old Burlington Street and looks to open as early as this week (although the official opening date is next week). They've brought in chef Toby Burrows,

  ...
• Other Side Fried are coming to Battersea

  

  Masters of fried chicken burgers, Other Side Fried, are getting ready to open another restaurant, following up on their Brixton success. 

  This time they're coming to Battersea, with a restaurant that'll seat nearly 40 inside, and as for the popular burgers, you can expect:

  • Buffalo - fried chicken, ranch sauce, hot sauce, pickles, lettuce
  • Garlic Butter Mayo, fried chicken,
  ...
• Carrubo and In Horto, Mediterranean bar and rustic restaurant, are coming to Borough

  

  The team behind Flat Iron Square and Goods Way are just about to open what looks to be an interesting combo of bar and restaurant Carrubo and In Horto just around the corner from Borough Market.

  The restaurant side of things is In Horto which will be serving homestyle food straight from a bespoke brick oven amongst a whole lot of floral décor. On the menu you'll

  ...
• Robin and Sarah Gill are opening Bottle & Rye - a Parisian-style wine bar in Brixton

  

  Updated 5/7/22 with opening date and soft launch info

  Irish chef Robin Gill is keeping himself nicely busy this summer. In an announcement today, one day before the opening of his new Kensington restaurant, Maria G's, Gill revealed that he and his wife Sarah also have a

  ...
• Zephyr is coming to Notting Hill from the Pachamama Group

  

  5/7/22 - updated with opening details

  With two big (and popular) Peruvian restaurants to their name, the people behind Pachamama are trying something new. This time they're going Greek. 

  Their new Notting Hill restaurant is called Zephyr (that's named after the Greek god of the west wind) and the team are promising a restaurant that's inspired by Grecian culture. In

  ...