New opening

• Ex-Babbo Head Chef to open Xier in Marylebone

  Carlo Scotto's first solo venture, on Thayer Street, will be a two tiered affair with a casual ground floor space XR and then a first floor fine dining experience Xier with a tasting menu.

• Roe opens in Pop Brixton - with seafood and an Irish influence

  Simon Whiteside originally opened Hook in Camden and now he's bringing his seafood expertise to Pop Brixton with his own restaurant, Roe. Expect sustainable seafood on an ever-changing menu that showcases his Irish influences.

• The five-storey Onima is coming to Mayfair and hoping to bring a little of Mykonos with it

  This Mykonos-inspired restaurant is a five-storey affair in Mayfair, mixing restaurant, bar and private club. And it has what sounds like a pretty great roof terrace too. 

• Two new Chinatown restaurants JinLi and Shanghai Modern announced for the Central Cross development

  A modern Sichuan and a Shanghai noodle and dumpling offering will be the first two restaurants to open in Chinatown's new Central Cross development.

• LINO sees the former head chef of The Dairy take on an all day restaurant and cocktail bar by Smithfield

  With the former head chef of The Dairy heading up the kitchen team, this new all day restaurant and cocktail bar in the City looks worth checking out.

• Motley in Whitechapel has an eco-conscious menu and a cracking cocktail list

  An eco-conscious menu with a ‘Waste Not’ section that uses leftovers

• Wild Food Cafe is bringing its vegan delights to Islington's Upper Street

  Plant-based menus and vegan pizzas will feature at this new Islington outpost

• Daylesford are opening a huge new farmshop and all day cafe in Brompton Cross

   If you sometimes like to pretend that you live in bucolic Oxfordshire rather than a studio in Peckham or semi in Southgate, then the opening of this huge new Daylesford farmshop with an all day restaurant is going to be your new go-to place to hang out.

• Gridiron grill room is taking over the old Met Bar on Park Lane with a restaurant A-Team

  (Updated 11/10/18 with more images and interviews) There's a wealth of talent behind this modern grill room opening up on Park Lane - with Hawksmoor's Richard Turner and wine writer Fiona Beckett on the dream team.

• Test Driving Jolene - three is the magic number for this Newington Green restaurant

  They already have two very successful restaurants, but Jolene, the new bakery-restaurant from the team behind Primeur and Westerns Laundry, shows the team are getting even better at what

  ...
• Le Petit Citron sees Brook Green brasserie Mustard given a French makeover

  Classic French bistro dishes, wines, coffee, and pastries will be the order of the day at this revamped neighbourhood spot.

• Usain Bolt is opening his Tracks and Records restaurant in London

  Usain Bolt may have retired from professional athletics, but that means he's spending more time on his businesses. And one of them is his own restaurant Tracks and Records. He's launching the first one outside of Jamaica in London - expect lots of Jamaican food on the menu (and a lot of rum too).

• Pachamama East sees the team behind the original restaurant open in Shoreditch

  The team behind the original Pachamama in Marylebone and Chicama in Chelsea are bringing Pachamama to Shoreditch, with some Asian influences as well as Peruvian.

• Kinilaw and Buko are bringing Filipino food and ice-cream to Hoxton

  It's a two for one at this new Hoxton restaurant where you can try the Filipino take on ceviche and a menu of artisan ice-creams served in young coconut shells.

• Elephant and Castle gets a new wine bar with Diogenes The Dog

  Lesser-known wines and regions are the focus at this new venture from Sunny Hodge.