New opening

• Zelman Meats is coming to the City with a St Paul's location

  They've already had big success in Soho with another offshoot in Harvey Nichols. Now the next main Zelman Meats is coming to the City - expect lots of cuts of meats and some rotisserie chicken too.

• Grab a bite and sort your bike at Dynamo's new Balham base

  Very good news for South London bike lovers - the ever popular Putney cycle caf Dynamo has branched out to Balham, bringing its range of hearty food, cold drinks, coffees and to the cycling community.

• Amalfi-inspired Sorella takes the place of Clapham's The Manor

  It's farewell to The Manor and hello to Sorella, a new Italian restaurant from The Dairy group that'll be springing up in its place. 

• The Principal London takes over from Hotel Russell on Russell Square

  

  Updated 16/11/17 with restaurant and bar details

  If you've been wondering what's happening with the old Hotel Russell on Russell Square which is currently swathed in scaffolding, then let us enlighten you. The hotel has been taken over by the Principal Hotel Group, who also run hotels of the same name in Edinburgh, Manchester and York. The Principal Manchester

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• Caprice's Granary Square Brasserie is opening in King’s Cross

  This new Granary Square opening (taking the space from Grain Store) from the team behind the Ivy Collection is aiming to cater for everyone.

• Perfect pasta at penny pinching prices - we Test Drive Flour and Grape in Bermondsey

  The team behind Antico in Bermondsey have reopened as Flour & Grape, honing the menu to simple starters and top quality pastas

• Lewisham's Dirty South reopens after 6 years - and Other Side Fried will be there

  Lewisham's former music venue Dirty South is back, but not as you know it. Now, they've relaunched as a casual restaurant and bar.

• Try new Wahaca dishes first at their new Shoreditch test kitchen

  If you know the Wahaca menu like the back of your hand, then get down to Shoreditch where you can be the first to try, and rate brand new concoctions from the Mexican chain, before they get rolled out nationwide, or send back to the drawing room.

• Shoreditch edge on The Mall - we Test Drive the new Rochelle Canteen at the ICA

  Rochelle Canteen has expanded, opening a sibling restaurant at the ICA. We went along to see how the move from Shoreditch to the Buckingham Palace environs has worked for them.

• Swingers West End is opening in the old BHS store on Oxford Street

  If you do like to be beside the seaside, head down to the newest Swingers, which will be opening up in the former BHS flagship building off Oxford Street to bring you cocktails, crazy golf, and loads of (as of yet unannounced) street food vendors, including one famously Instagrammable dessert seller we’re yet to find out about.

• Claw goes permanent in Carnaby

  They've been popping up around town for the past few years, but now shellfish specialists Claw have found their own spot. Expect lots of crab and plenty of surf and turf options too...

• Liberty London opens Arthur's on its second floor

  After a hefty refurbishment, Liberty London has opened Arthur's, who'll be aiming to please the post-work crowd with cocktails, the tourist crowd with afternoon tea, and everyone else with a selection of menu tidbits sourced from their food hall, plus baked goods, brunches and juices galore...

• Broadleaf is coming to Broadgate, from The Botanist team

  Those who work in the Square Mile will most likely be familiar with the ETM Group's style by now - ritzy, brasserie-style dining with a something-for-everyone menu and well dressed wait staff. Now they're making the move to Broadgate with the greenhouse-inspired Broadleaf, bringing a big open plan kitchen, a bar laden with cocktails and shuffleboard.

• Millennial paradise arrives on Curtain Road courtesy of mad new restaurant Rascals

  We’re not sure which bit of Rascals to tell you about first. There’s the waterproof dining room with half off on Champagne, the bottomless pizza, or the Wheel of Misfortune with wooden stocks for the “losers”... plus creative cocktails, a mad menu and a retro dessert trolley for all your tableside flambéing needs.

• Daisy Green are launching two Peter Blake-designed floating restaurants at Paddington Central

  Try something a different with Daisy Green's new pair of enormous barges, who'll be serving up Antipodean dinners, brunches, lunches and cocktails packed loads of fresh, strong flavours, all while floating on one of London's iconic canals.