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• Parasol sees the Discount Suit Co team join forces with Ruby's founder in Dalston

  

  28/3/25 - updated with opening details

  The team behind bars like Discount Suit Company and The Sun Tavern are getting ready for their next bar, this time in Dalston. They're taking over the basement venue that was once Nest nightclub. They've brought in Tom Gibson, the man behind Ruby's and more to create some sort of bar superteam. 

  On the

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• The big new London restaurants opening in April 2025

  

  Springtime is properly upon us and that's bringing with it lots of new places to eat. From a pub in Camberwell by The Baring team to a high-end seafood restaurant in Belgravia from Tom Brown, here's what's coming your way in April.

• Chantelle Nicholson is opening The Cordia Collective in a Grade II West Sussex estate

  

  26/3/25 - updated with Baked by Cordia opening date

  Two years ago Chantelle Nicholson opened Apricity in Mayfair, a restaurant that perfectly showcased her strong commitment to sustainability and vegetable-forward approach to cooking. The restaurant later won the

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• Rotisserie chicken and pork belly is on the menu at Chuck's in Brixton

  

  Over in Brixton two seasoned restaurateurs are teaming up for what sounds like a very promising rotisserie restaurant. They're Kieran Monteiro (previously Boma) and Sam Mousawi (who ran the Park Road Kitchen Group in Battersea) and their new place, Chuck's, brings rotisserie chicken and pork to Brixton Village at pretty decent prices. 

  Set inside Brixton Village Market,

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• Kung Fu Mama Taiwanese noodle bar picks Covent Garden as its launchpad

  

  What do you get if you pair up the co-founder of Ottolenghi with the founder of a noodle empire? It turns out that a Taiwanese noodle bar in Covent Garden is the answer. The business duo in question are Noam Bar-Chang (Ottolenghi's right-hand man) and Chris Hsu the man behind the best-selling Taiwanese noodles brand in the UK, Kung Fu Mama. They've gone into business to open a noodle bar on Long Acre that'll focus on

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• Alfie's at Belgravia pub The Alfred Tennyson will offer tableside theatre and a 'black book' of wine

  

  2025 continues to be a year of dining well in London pubs. The latest central London boozer to take things up a notch is Belgravia pub The Alfred Tennyson, which is just getting ready to unveil a new upstairs dining room.

  Alfie's will offer a very different menu to the general pub food downstairs, with a series of dishes created by the pub's Executive chef Ben Tish and Head Chef Stevie Phillip

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• Holy Carrot's second plant-based affair is in Spitalfields

  

  After making a big splash in Notting Hill with their first restaurant last year, Holy Carrot already has a second site lined up, this time in Spitalfields. 

  Run by Irina Linovich and ex-Acme Fire Cult chef Daniel Watkins, it's a plant-based restaurant and one that has really found an audience. Of the original restaurant, we said it was "a plant-based menu that pushes what's

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• Bleecker Burger's next stop is at Baker Street

  

  21/3/25 - updated with the opening date

  They make what is one of our favourite burgers in London and now Zan Kaufman's Bleecker, is about to get bigger. Soon after opening in Seven Dials and London Bridge, Bleecker is ready to expand again, this time opening on Baker Street.

  It's planned to be their biggest Bleecker yet, fitting in 28 seats (as well as having takeaway, of course). It also

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• Flat Iron's next steakhouse is in the Royal Festival Hall

  

  21/3/25 - updated with the opening date.

  Flat Iron is getting even bigger. The affordable steakhouse already has 14 restaurants in London and there's about to be a 15th - and it's also their second in Waterloo. 

  Clearly, they've set their sights on opening in more prominent places following their recent opening right on Victoria station. The next one is taking

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• E5 bakehouse is opening at the new V&E East Storehouse in Stratford

  

  The new Stratford Cross development is resulting in adding some very interesting new food options to the area. We've recently had the opening of Templar from the

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• London has a new riverside terrace bar at the Southbank Centre

  

  Even if the springtime burst of sunshine we've been having recently doesn't continue, it's going to be well worth knowing that London has a brand new terrace bar overlooking the river. Seventy5th Balcony Bar sees the Southbank Centre joining its neighbour the National Theatre in finally making the most of its riverside real estate. The new bar is up on the fifth floor of the arts centre but its main USP is a massive

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• Ara in Aldgate is a new all day spot from the team behind nearby Amber

  

  What's better than having one successful restaurant in Aldgate? Having two of course. That's the trajectory London restaurateur Murat Kilic is hoping for when he opens Ara just down the road from his already bustling business Amber.

  But while Amber focuses on Middle Eastern food, Ara will broaden its horizons with a menu influenced by Murat's "love of travel and

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• Romeo San will be a no bookings luxury Japanese handroll bar in Marylebone

  

  When we heard that the family who own the London and New York branches of Le Relais de Venise l’Entrecôte were opening a new restaurant in London, you can be sure we sat up and took notice. Romeo San sees the Elghanayan family branching out into Japanese food, with a temaki bar in Marylebone.

  "Our handrolls are made with the finest ingredients," says founder Yasmine Elghanayan. "The dining experience is

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• La Spot puts brioche sarnies in the spotlight on Charlotte Street

  

  Right now, you can hardly make a move in London without bumping into a new sandwich spot. The latest to join the ranks is La Spot which is getting ready to open in Fitzrovia. The Spanish-inspired place is going big on its brioche sandwiches with a whole section of the menu devoted to them.

  On offer you'll find it used in:

  • Pulled oxtail with red wine sauce, cheddar, black pepper, and wild rocket
  • Red
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• Tom Brown at The Capital sees the Pearly Queen chef opening in Belgravia

  

  19/3/25 - updated with the opening date and menu details

  Last year, Tom Brown closed his Michelin-starred Cornerstone restaurant in Hackney. At the time, it was said that he was concentrating on Pearly Queen in Shoreditch as efforts to move Cornerstone to central London had fallen to the wayside. But Brown found another way to go central, and it's something of a

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