New opening

• Andina returns - the Peruvian restaurant finds a new home in Spitalfields

   

  10/5/21 - updated with opening details. 

  Last year, Peruvian restaurant Andina (from the same people behind Ceviche) ended up in the position of having to find a new location. In a passionate Facebook post they announced the news: "We

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• Humble Chicken will be Angelo Sato's Soho yakitori bar

  

  Chef Angelo Sato brings a slice of Japan's yakitori style to the heart of Soho with a restaurant focused on using every part of the chicken.

• Sushi Revolution opens in Brixton, from Sticks'n'Sushi alumni

  

  A new sushi restaurant has opened in Brixton that looks well worth checking out. Sushi Revolution comes from two people who have come from Sticks'n'Sushi,  Aidan Bryan and Tom Blackshaw, and this is their first venture going It alone. 

  The name comes from the kind of menu they're serving. So there's the more classic sushi offering or the "revolution" side of

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• Ritu Seasons of India sees ex-Benares chef take on St John's Wood

  

  Former Benares head chef Navin Prasad is in charge of the food at this new St John's Wood restaurant showcasing the seasonal cooking of India. 

• Jason Atherton heads to the shops with Harrods Social

  

  The latest Social restaurant to join the Jason Atherton empire is within Knightsbridge's iconic Harrods. He's launching a menu there that makes the best of British provenance. 

• Bibi is the new Indian restaurant from the team behind Gymkhana, Hoppers and more

  

  The team behind some of London's greatest Indian restaurants is behind Bibi, which puts its main development chef in charge of the kitchen. 

• Manakish & Naanza bring flatbreads to Covent Garden

  

  Coming to Covent Garden this summer is a new restaurant that's all about two types of flatbread: manakish or naan.

  They're taking over an old Starbucks (we're noticing a trend of chain coffee shops being replaced by independent ventures which we're all for) and you'll be able to choose either bread (all baked to order) as a base for all the toppings you desire. The restaurant is a

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• Jollibee's Filipino Fried chicken is coming to Leicester Square

  

  30/4/21 - updated with the opening date.

  While we don't think the queues are going to be quite as long (over 10 hours) as the ones when they opened in Earl's Court, the news that Jollibee is opening on Leicester Square should

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• New London restaurants opening in May

  

  With luck, 17 May is D-Day, with restaurants being allowed to open to diners inside. All of which means that many more new restaurants will be opening for the first time. Here's what you've got to look forward to.  

• Eataly London arrives in Broadgate - a full guide to the restaurants, shops and more

  

  The Italian food and wine marketplace gets ready to open their first London opening in the heart of the City at Broadgate.

• Cin Cin Italian restaurant makes the leap from Brighton to London

  

  Updated 28/4/21 with menu and opening date

  A new Italian restaurant is coming to Fitzrovia, via Brighton. The original Cin Cin has been a hit and also won a Michelin Bib Gourmand. They've now announced that they're taking over the space that used to be the Bonnie Gull Seafood Shack. 

  On the London menu, expect a combination of a small a la carte menu, or a

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• An immersive and interactive football bar is coming to the O2

  

  We've had bars where you can play cricket, and where you can enjoy darts and crazy golf, now we have one where you can play football. Opening up in the O2 is Toca Social, which mixes up food and drink with "immersive football games". 

  It's a

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• New Irish pub Brendan the Navigator opens in Highgate

  

  Updated 23/4/21 with opening date

  Highgate is about to get a new Irish pub and the people behind it have an interesting background. Called Brendan the Navigator, it's going to open on Highgate Hill, taking over the prominent building that used to be The Tourian Lounge, and before that the Old Crown Inn.

  As reported by ...

• Macellaio RC takes over the Cafe Monico space on Shaftesbury Avenue

  

  In what should be its biggest restaurant yet by far, Robert Costa's Macellaio RC (somehow, we've only now just realised what the RC stands for...) is heading up to Shaftesbury Avenue. It's taking over the space that was once one of the best pre-theatre dining restaurants in the area, Cafe Monico. But with no theatre, we can see how that might have been very hard to keep

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• Sixes sees the Mac & Wild team bring their indoor cricket club bar to Fitzrovia

  

  Fancy playing cricket indoors? This bar matches indoor cricket nets with food by Mac & Wild.