New opening

• Wringer & Mangle opens its first sister restaurant in Liverpool Street

  The first sister restaurant of London Fields’ Wringer & Mangle’s sets up opposite Liverpool Street Station. It’s a sizable venture, with two stories, a bar, a deli, bar snacks and bottomless brunches all on the go - something for everyone, including vegans. 

• Feast Canteen is taking over the food court at Hammersmith's Kings Mall

  Hammersmith shopping complex Kings Mall gets a lot more exciting with the arrival of Feast Canteen, a serious new food court from the Pergola crew that’ll be hosting popular names from the London restaurant world, doing sit in, take out and yes, even Deliveroo.

• Santo Remedio triumphantly return with their new Bermondsey cantina and comedor

  After a successful Kickstarter, the much-loved Santo Remedio has returned with their new Cantina & Comedor, a two-storey bar and restaurant on Tooley Street, with a charcoal grill, a bigger kitchen and reservations available for lunch and dinner.

• Bateman and Co brings back Blighty classics to Boxpark Croydon

  In the midst of World War II, Jack Bateman’s Croydon-based canteen kept wartime workers fed and their spirits lifted. Now, some 70-odd years later it’s back in the form of Bateman & Co, who’ll be setting up shop in the South London Boxpark to dish out bubble and squeak, sandwiches and coffee.

• ICHIBUNS are bringing wagyu burgers and ramen to Soho

  The somewhat oddly named ICHIBUNS is the latest restaurant from the folk behind Nobu, Busaba Eathai etc. This one's a bid for a roll-out, featuring burgers, rolls, ramen and more on the menu. 

• With Gilly’s Fry Bar in Finsbury Park, Northern chip shop meets Asia

  Owner Neil Gill knows a thing or two about catering for the souls of Finsbury Park, since opening Season 2010. Now he’s heading around the corner to turn his hand to Anglo-Japanese food, like tempura fish, sausage and aubergine, plus donburi and pickles. Plus, a healthy selection of rather fun-sounding cocktails, including a punch made with Irn Bru(!)

• Ceremony on Tufnell Park's Fortess Road will not be your usual vegetarian restaurant

  This new Tufnell Park vegetarian spot promises interesting dishes that just happen not to feature meat. And the drinks background of the owners suggests a bar offering that'll be exceptional

• Paul Hollywood from GBBO is opening Knead bakery at Euston station

  Paul Hollywood’s back, not just on our screens, but in our train stations with his very first bakery by the name of Knead, where you’ll be able to buy his very own sausage rolls and bacon butties.

• Get a taste of Bahrain in Chelsea with Villa Mama’s

  After a successful first opening in her home country, Bahraini chef Roaya is now opening the second branch of Villa Mama’s all the way over in London. 

• The Roasting Party brings Aussie snacks and coffee to Chelsea's Pavilion Road

  Australian coffee roasters are the latest opening on Chelsea's Pavilion Road, serving up toast with vegemite and top notch coffee

• Daily Dose juice bar is taking over the ground floor of Matt Roberts gym in Mayfair

  Taking over the ground floor of the Matt Roberts gym in Mayfair, this organic cold pressed juice cafe looks set to make a mint

• Japanese tapas and sushi - we Test Drive Cubé

  Try this new Japanese spot just off Oxford Street, but don't expect the traditional menu...

• Fermented French cuisine with a Persian twist from Clerkenwell’s The Drunken Butler

  Yuma Hashemi has been all over, from Portugal to San Francisco. Now he’s opened his first ever solo restaurant in London. It’ll be loosely French themed, with a Persian and Korean twist, and you can expect to see more than a bit of preserving and fermenting...

• Farm Girl brings superfood lattes, smoothie bowls and coconut BLTs to Soho

  After getting off to a strong start in Portobello Road, aussie health food chain Farm Girl has teamed up with stylish activewear mavens Sweaty Betty to provide the health conscious with their choice of guilt-free grub, plus a bar with fairtrade vodka and biodynamic wines. Well, It is Soho, after all.

• Shoreditch’s new Essence Cuisine brings clean vegan eating with big flavour

  More good news for the vegans of the world, as Essence Cuisine is bringing their animal-free cuisine to East London. They’ve got every intention of eschewing the belief that clean eating = bland as well, and based on the makeup of their raw chocolate brownie, we’re intrigued.