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- Rita's Soho is opening
Rita's are on the up again. Bodega Rita's closed and then resurfaced in Clerkenwell and now, 10 years after their first pop-up, they're opening a restaurant in Soho.
They've been open as a terrace restaurant for a few weeks, but now they're ready to open the main event. The menu will be
... - 3 Henrietta Street is a 4-in-1 building with Pivot, Lilly's, El Ta'Koy and Gentlemen Baristas all taking up residence
14/10/21 - updated with a look inside
Gearing up to open in Covent Garden is 3 Henrietta Street. It's a Grade II listed building, built in 1780, that's getting a big makeover, fitting in two new cafes and two new restaurants. Look to the right of the Ivy Brasserie and it's that long thin building next door.
... - The Connaught launches The Red Room, its first new bar in a decade
Optimism seems to be in the air if you consider the number of new bar openings in the Mayfair/Marylebone area. Anywhere that doesn’t require driving to/petrol will certainly hit the spot this week, at least. Hot on the heels of its sister hotel’s new bar, Claridge’s The Painter’s Room Bar, which we recently visited,
... - Manthan is Rohit Ghai's new Mayfair restaurant
Following up on his previous successes at Gymkhana and Jamavar, Rohit Ghai is back in Mayfair with his latest restaurant. Expect a menu which draws on both his childhood and career, with a focus on contemporary Indian sharing plates.
- Mayfair gets a new Parisian bar Below des Prés
If you’re hankering for an intimate little cocktail bar that reminds you of St-Germain-des-Prés but without the Eurostar queues, well we have just the thing. But first, let us remind you of the Michelin-starred French version of Jamie Oliver. What? Well, that’s how we referenced chef Cyril Lignac, when we told you about his new Mayfair restaurant Bar des Prés that
- Colonel Saab is taking over the Holborn Town Hall
24/9/21 - updated with opening date
It's fair to say that The Holborn Town Hall building has been a tricky venue for restaurants. There was Shanghai Blues, then a brief appearance from Burger & Lobster and - most recently - it was home to the gone-too-soon Gezellig. But it looks like another restaurant is now going to give it a try.
Coming to the site later this year will be
... - Salt Bae is finally opening his London Nusr-Et steak restaurant in Knightsbridge
Updated 23/9/21 with the opening date
Sometimes restaurants take a little while to get from concept to actually coming to life and this is a good example. We're now four years in from initially publishing a story about Salt Bae opening in London and only now is it becoming a reality. Yes indeed - Salt Bae has arrived in London!
Along with many people, we've become obsessed with the arrival of Salt Bae's new
... - Harrods gets the UK’s first Em Sherif Lebanese restaurant and deli
While you may not have been able to travel to the Middle East as easily as usual recently, you might have encountered on previous trips the restaurant group Em Sherif, in locations spanning Beirut, Kuwait, Doha, Dubai, Cairo and Damascus.
Now you won’t need to travel too far for a fix of Lebanese fine dining, as Em Sherif is opening its first European outlet (both a deli and a restaurant) at Harrods later this year.
... - Dirty Bones to relaunch a bigger Carnaby restaurant and debut a ‘Reverse Truffle Cheeseburger’
If you’ve been having NYC-comfort-food cravings and fearing the worst since Dirty Bones restaurant vacated the top floor of Carnaby’s Kingly Court, worry no more. Bigger things are on the way for Dirty Bones, and rest assured they’ll still have a spot in Soho’s favourite foodie courtyard.
The new flagship Dirty Bones site
... - Kolkata cuisine comes to London, with the opening of Chourangi in Marylebone
There seem to be a significant number of new restaurant openings in Marylebone and now comes the news that Londoners will be able to enjoy Kolkata cuisine when Chourangi opens its doors.
If you’re wondering how the food of Kolkata differs to your standard Friday night Chicken Jalfrezi, then prepare to be surprised. Incorporating British, Dutch, Armenian, French,
... - La Brasseria head to Notting Hill with their Italian luxe trattoria
You may have been busy this summer visiting old London restaurant haunts, making up for lost dining time during lockdown. While it’s been a mixed bag of emotions seeing who’s still standing and who is still sadly boarded up, the inspirational openings keep coming. We’re happy to see that lovers of Italian food can still get their fix at Marylebone’s La Brasseria Milanese, which first opened back in May 2018. Now the owners,
... - Big Easy head to Westfield Stratford with their 'cue and lobsters
After a quiet year or so, it does seem like life is heading back to Stratford with a few new openings. Hard on the heels of the arrival of Haugen, comes Big Easy who are opening their fourth London restaurant over at Westfield.
As to what you can expect, well it's a formula they're not
... - Three Uncles bring their Cantonese roast meats to Camden's Hawley Wharf
As news trickles out on what's opening at the Hawley Wharf food court in Camden, it's gradually becoming one of the more interesting new London openings of the autumn.
The latest to announce their arrival are Three Uncles. They've already built up a large fan base for their
... - The Bourbon serves up hard liquor and BBQ in Bow
A few streets away from Victoria Park, there's a new dive bar to check out. The Bourbon has taken over the old Kisses from Nonna site and turned it from Italian to American.
As the name suggests, bourbon is the drink to order here with more than 40 on offer including rare, vintage bourbons such as the 23-year-old Pappy Van Winkle. There are American beers like Pabst Blue Ribbon too, along with cocktails and wine.
In the
... - Idris Elba is opening Porte Noire - a wine bar, restaurant and tasting room in King's Cross
Idris Elba is getting back into the bar business with a new launch in King's Cross. He already opened The Parrot in Aldwych - but this is quite a departure from that cocktail bar. This time he's teamed up with founder of Connaught Wine Cellars, David Farber, to create a bar and wine shop from Porte Noire (if you haven't heard of them, it's a wine and
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