New opening

• 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.

• Fish Bite is Tooting Broadway Market's new Italian-style seafood spot

  This new seafood spot in Tooting Broadway Market combines the freshest seafood with Italian flair making it a street food spot worth checking out.

• Tonkotsu's 10th ramen restaurant will be in the Dickens Yard development in Ealing

  The ramen group's 10th opening sees them taking over two floors of the Dickens Yard development in Ealing.

• London has two new matcha bars - on Tottenham Court Road and in Chelsea

  

  Isn't it always the way. You wait for a matcha bar to open and two come along at once.

  Already open is a popup matcha bar. OHH CHA BAR (pictured above) is currently serving up matcha and snacks at MUJI’s Tottenham Court Road store for two weeks.

  Their menu features classic matcha blends, single cultivar selections as well as unusual loose leaf Japanese teas. And they'll be holding masterclasses so you can more easily whisk yourself up a cuppa at

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• Selfridges team up with Caprice for Brasserie of Light (inc a huge Damien Hirst crystal Pegasus)

  The latest big new restaurant to open at Selfridges is the Brasserie of Light - their team-up with Caprice - the people behind The Ivy restaurants, Sexy Fish and lots more. And like Sexy Fish, this has a big old Damen Hirst installation front and centre.  

• Lost Boys Pizza is coming to Camden (and is adding a basement absinthe bar)

  Lost Boys pizza (based on a certain 1980s film) has built up a following in Archway and now they're opening their second place in Camden. Expect black charcoal pizzas and also a basement absinth bar - with absinthe fountains...