New opening

• Amaro is a new cocktail bar for Kensington with an impressive pedigree

  

  Just as London's finishes hosting the 50 Best Bars awards, another very promising bar is opening in Kensington. 

  Amaro is the passion project of Elon Soddu, previously Head Mixologist of The Savoy. Elon and his bar team all have experience in five-star

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• New 10-seater Japanese restaurant, Roji, to open in London’s Mayfair

  

  If you had been planning a trip to Japan until it closed its borders, well, we have some news that may console you on the food front. There’s a new restaurant from two accomplished Japanese chefs coming to Mayfair called Roji.

  The name Roji can translate as either ‘journey/path’ or ‘hidden alley’, which is appropriate enough, as this is a little sanctuary tucked down a Mayfair back alley. In fact, you’ll need to be

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• Sustainable seafood restaurant Off The Hook heads to Wapping

  

  If you’re the kind of person who loves fish and chips but has concerns about eating sustainably, then fret no more. One of your mindful New Year’s Resolutions can involve heading to Wapping in East London, to check out new restaurant Off The Hook, where absolutely everything has been accounted for, right down to the time your chosen fish arrived in London.

  Run by chef Neil Wagner in collaboration with Shaun

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• Zia Lucia's next pizzeria is in Balham

  

  Updated 6/12/21 with new opening date

  Zia Lucia are continuing their march south with a new pizzeria, this time in Balham. 

  If you're not familiar with them, they first started on Holloway Road (where they've now merged with pasta restaurant Berto) and the restaurant is all centred around their 48-hour slow-fermented doughs. With each pizza, you get a choice of traditional white

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• The Timber Loft opens upstairs at The Light Bar in Shoreditch

  

  The Light Bar was one of the first restaurants to open post-lockdown in 2021 and next year they're getting ready to launch something new. This time they're opening the upstairs restaurant which they're calling The Timber Loft, and it's all sounding rather promising. 

  In charge of things will be Tristan Downes, who last worked with Stevie Parle at Joy. He's bringing a few of

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• Hill & Szrok open Stella's butcher shop on Newington Green

  

  They've been going strong on Broadway Market and now Hill and Szrok are stretching their wings with a second location called Stella's on Newington Green (The new place isn't called Hill & Szrok as original chef Alex Szrok has moved on).

  If you're unaware of them, at their current location they're butcher by day, restaurant by night. This new place has launched

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• Tonkotsu hits on Finsbury Park for its next restaurant

  

  It's all go at Finsbury Park. As part of the new development around the station, there are all manner of restaurants, cafes and bars opening and the latest to throw their hat into the ring is Tonkotsu.

  The good news for fans of the ramen group is that their signature Tonkotsu ramen will be on offer here - making it perfect for hungry commuters or Arsenal fans craving that gorgeous pork and lardo broth. They'll also

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• New London restaurants opening in December 2021

  

  As the end of 2021 looms, things are quietening down on the new opening side - but there are still some very interesting new restaurant openings in December...

• Richard Corrigan is opening a restaurant at Hawley Wharf in Camden

  

  Two years after he opened Daffodil Mulligan, chef and restaurateur Richard Corrigan is hard at work on his next project. He'll be opening what sounds to be a very interesting place as part of the whole Hawley Wharf development in Camden Market.

  In an interview this weekend with the ...

• Boiler & Co in Bankside has Great British Menu finalist Kerth Gumbs in the kitchen

  

  New restaurant and bar Boiler & Co is heading to Bankside and has a very interesting chef heading up the menu - Kerth Gumbs. Last seen at Ormer Mayfair, he also made a big splash in the final of Great British menu last year. 

  Here, he'll have a menu of small plates that will have references to his home of Anguilla with dishes

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• The Sky Bar & Lounge set to tower over Piccadilly on top of the Trocadero

  

  Piccadilly is getting a stunning new rooftop bar and restaurant.

• The Aubrey at the Mandarin Oriental is their new izakaya-style restaurant

  

  During the pandemic, one of the restaurants to close was the long-running Bar Boulud, one of two key restaurants at the Mandarin Oriental (the other is Dinner by Heston). 

  But now they've just announced the successor - The Aubrey, which is being billed as "an eccentric Japanese izakaya experience". It's apparently the first Uk restaurant by Maximal Concepts,

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• First look - we check out The LaLee at The Cadogan

  

  Chelsea has a new neighbourhood dining spot. Newly opened at The Cadogan, A Belmond Hotel, on Sloane Street is The LaLee.

• The Jones Family Affair brings Ginger Pig steaks and more to Covent Garden

  

  After closing their Shoreditch restaurant during lockdown, the folks behind the Jones Family Project have bounced back again and are about to open in Covent Garden.

  The Jones Family Affair takes over the large space that used to be home to Les Deux Salons on William IV Street. If you've been to either their Eccleston Yards space or the old Shoreditch spot you'll know that Jones Family restaurants go

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• Pizza Pilgrims and Yard Sale add more pizzerias - in Queensway and Crofton Park

  

  22/11/21 - updated with Yard Sale opening date

  There's even more pizza on the way as two of London's favourites expand with a couple of new openings. 

  First off, we have Pizza Pilgrims, who are heading west to Queensway. Their new place there is an 85-seater restaurant and you can have Neapolitan pizzas that

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