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- Jeremy King to reopen Simpson's in the Strand
Updated 24/7/25 with more details and imagery.
Jeremy King is definitely on a roll at the moment. He's opened The Park near Hyde Park, relaunched Le Caprice as Arlington and
... - Platapian sees a second generation restaurateur take over from Patara in Soho
It's all change at one of Soho's longstanding Thai restaurants Patara, which has undergone a full 21st-century reimagining and emerged as Platapian. The new look and menu is the result of second-generation restaurateur Nam Parama Raiva taking over the reins from her aunt Khun Patara Sila-On, who launched the Patara group with head chef Phayom Phimkrua three decades ago.
Twenty years after it opened its doors on
... - The next long queue for Alley Cats Pizzas will be in Notting Hill
Popular pizza spot Alley Cats is on the expansion trail again - this time to the area that it seems everyone's trying to break into, Notting Hill.
Announcing the opening on their Instagram story feed (as spotted by Restaurant
... - The Manicomio team are behind new City Italian restaurant Campanelle
The City has a brand new Italian worth checking out this summer. Campanelle is from the same team behind such classic London restaurants as Manicomio in Chelsea and Canto Corvino in Spitalfields. They've taken over the restaurant in a Grade II listed building between Fenchurch Street and Leadenhall Market.
The City has a brand new Italian worth checking out this summer. Campanelle is from the
... - Layla Bakery is bringing its sourdough and pastries to a second bakery, in Acton
If there's one thing London loves at the moment, it's a new local bakery. One of the more popular is Notting Hill's Layla Bakery, launched by Tessa Faulkner. And now we hear that they're looking to go further west for their second opening, this time in Acton.
The new place is just a few minutes from Acton Central station, so it's going to be an extremely
... - Junk Burger's smash burgers are coming to Marylebone
It would appear that London simply does not have enough smash burger restaurants as Junk is getting ready to open its second burger bar in Marylebone.
The first Junk (which hails from France) opened in Soho and they've also opened a Puffy cookie shop right next door. This Marylebone
... - Sushi Fanatics sees the Amsterdam sushi izakaya opening in Islington
Islington's about to get a new sushi restaurant, this time via Amsterdam. Sushi Fanatics, billed as a "hidden sushi izakaya", will be taking over the space from Hot Stone on Chapel Market.
The original Amsterdam location has built up something of a fanbase over there for their compact restaurant serving up various options of nigiri, maki, donburi and more. They also have a
... - Looks like the Crisp Pizza team are opening a pub in Mayfair
There have been plenty of rumours of this in the mix for months now, but it looks as though the plans for the Crisp Pizza team to expand into central London have just got a step closer to reality.
For months now, they've been making a move to take over The Marlborough Head pub on North Audley Street. And now we can see that they've just been given their licence by Westminster Council, which will have
... - Sabor's Nieves Barragán to open Legado in Shoreditch
18/7/25 - updated with the opening date
Seven years after opening the wildly successful (and Michelin-starred) Sabor on Heddon Street, Nieves Barragán is getting ready to open her next restaurant. She'll be opening Legado (which means "legacy") in Shoreditch.
Once again, it's a team-up with JKS restaurants (also behind Gymkhana), and this restaurant is focused around "Spain's
... - Lisa Goodwin-Allen joins The Beaumont, launching new restaurant Rosi
18/7/25 - updated with more details
Just after Lisa Goodwin-Allen rejoined Northcote, after making a surprise departure announcement just two months prior (being sold to new owners helped with that), she's also announced she was to open a new restaurant at The Beaumont, called Rosi. Now we have a few more details about what's planned.
It's not her first
... - Margot Green sees the Daisy Green group bring their Aussie vibes to Clapham
It might seem like an absolutely no-brainer to open an Aussie-style cafe in Clapham given how many expats live there, but it's taken until this year for the Daisy Green group to get the memo and take their all day cafe group to the area. Owners (and fellow Aussies) Prue Freeman and Tom Onions have just opened Margot Green in Clapham Old Town and they're hoping for a big hit.
The new restaurant has taken over the old
... - Bonheur by Matt Abé is the restaurant replacing Le Gavroche
We've known for a while that Restaurant Gordon Ramsay chef Matt Abé was taking on the old Le Gavroche site (snapped up by Gordon himself), and now we have a name: Bonheur by Matt Abé.
It's early days right now, so very little information has been released. We know that
... - Hoxton’s art’otel will open 25th floor restaurant Solaya from Kenny Atkinson
When the swanky art’otel chain opened its second London outpost in Hoxton in 2024, we told you about its ground-floor dining experience Brush East London Grand Café. Well, the hotel has just announced its latest restaurant, and you’d better look to the skies because Solaya is coming to
... - Cô Thành to bring a taste of Southern Vietnam to Covent Garden
If you were wondering what would replace Frenchie in Covent Garden we finally have the answer and it’s great news for fans of Vietnamese food: Cô Thành is coming. Inspired by the international legend that is the Lunch Lady, aka Mrs Nguyễn Thị Thanh (who sadly died in May), Cô Thành already has an outpost in Hong Kong
... - A new Ta’mini Lebanese Bakery to open in Kensington
When you can’t have too much of a good thing, along comes the third Ta’mini Lebanese Bakery in London. After successful launches in Fulham (during the first COVID lockdown of 2020) and Bloomsbury (in 2023), Ta’mini will next waft the aromas of freshly baked date bread through the streets of Kensington.
The husband-and-wife team behind the concept - Ali from North Lebanon and Nermin from Beirut -
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