New opening

• Din Tai Fung is coming to London, bringing their xiaolongbao to Covent Garden and Centre Point - updated

  

  22/11/18 - updated with opening date for Henrietta Street

  What: Din Tai Fung London

  In a nutshell: Taiwanese steamed bun powerhouse comes to London

  Summing it all up: The hugely popular Taiwanese dumpling restaurant is coming to London with steamed soup dumplings and lots more... 

• Pizza Pilgrims are coming to The City AND London Bridge and they're bringing the Bread Zeppelin - updated

  Pizza Pilgrim fans are about to get two new places to try their favourite pizzas as they arrive in London Bridge AND The City. Plus they're bringing new pizzas with them and the "Bread Zeppelin"...

• Wild Rice and Mamasan comes to Brewer Street - a double-decker restaurant with two takes on Thai food

  London's love affair with Thai food continues as a young Thai pair open a pair of new restaurants serving up different takes on Thai food in the same building on Brewer Street.

• The Court will be a private members club in Carnaby with food by Tom Sellers and drinks by Mr Lyan

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• Angelina Restaurant will mash up Italian and Japanese food and drink on Dalston Lane

  Expect to see a modern take on Japanese and Italian food in this new Dalston restaurant which also sports a tiny Tokyo-style cocktail bar.

• Bowls comes to Soho serving up, yes, bowl food

  This restaurant does what it says on the tin - it serves up bowl food. Those bowls will be inspired by worldwide cuisine, including the Caribbean, South America and South East Asia.

• The Gallery in South Woodford sees a Gordon Ramsay-trained chef in charge

  With a Ramsay trained chef in the kitchen, hopes are high for this new restaurant taking over where The Woodford used to be.

• Goose Island Shoreditch Brewpub promises a holy trinity of beer, pizzas and live music

  Expect a holy trinity of beer, food and live music at this American beer company's first UK brewpub which has landed on Shoreditch High Street.

• Those bleeding plant burgers are getting a place of their own at Halo Burger in Pop Brixton

  

  They've been growing in popularity recently and now the bleeding plant burger - aka the Beyond Burger - is getting a place all to itself in Brixton, thanks to Halo Burger. The Beyond Burger is meant to be as close to looking at tasting like a real beef burger as possible - even with beetroot juice to represent, let's say a "rare" beef burger's look.

  They'll have a simple menu

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• Bun House brings their Cantonese buns to Chinatown

  Since 2017, Bun House have built up a reputation in Soho for their steamed buns. Now they're opening a much larger restaurant in the heart of Chinatown (with new buns too). 

• Miami's Buns and Buns are opening their first London restaurant in Covent Garden

  Miami restaurateur Alex Zibi brings his ‘gastro-fast’ concept to London with a menu featuring bao, lobster rolls and more.

• Fortnum's is opening a restaurant and bar at The Royal Exchange

  London's iconic food store, Fortnum & Mason will be opening in two spots in The Royal Exchange in the City - with a food hall and a restaurant and bar space.

• Albert Adria, the world’s best pastry chef is opening Cakes and Bubbles in Hotel Cafe Royal

  After a successful pop-up a few years ago, Albert Adrià is coming back to London for good with an all-dessert restaurant in the swanky Hotel Cafe Royal.

• Yamagoya ramen returns to Soho and there will be raindrop cakes

  Yamagoya ramen originally started as a pop-up upstairs at Shuang Shuang. Now they're back, taking over the main restaurant for good and are bringing their famed raindrop cake with them. 

• Soho Wala Indian restaurant comes to the Courthouse Hotel

  The Courthouse Hotel in Soho is getting its own Indian restaurant from a chef with a background in Dinner by Heston and Nobu.