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

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

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

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.  

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

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

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

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.

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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

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

 Top Italian sommelier Maurizio Titone joins forces with entrepreneur Marco Petrozzi for this boutique wine bar on Archway Road.

This new neighbourhood restaurant by an ex-Ritz chef Jake Finn has a menu devoted to the grill and a lovely outside terrace too.

The Hoxton museum is getting a new all day cafe and bistro from the team who brought us the Anchor & Hope and The Clarence Tavern. 

South London Spanish restaurant The Tapas Room is expanding again. They're already in Tooting, Deptford, Battersea and Brixton - now they're coming to Peckham too. The restaurant has its roots in the successful Donostia Social Club pop-up and this will be the group's largest restaurant yet.

The main menus will be a mix of snacks, tapas, meat and cheese. So, alongside the usual suspects like croquetas

OPSO's new restaurant in Soho is all about live-fire grilling over charcoal. Expect plenty of meat and fish grilling, alongside an ever-changing Greek wine list.