Get 50% off at the new YouMeSushi in Brixton
New opening
- Liu Xiaomian take their spicy Chongqing noodles to Carnaby
You've got to hand it to whoever's curating the food offering at Kingly Court at the moment. They're really playing a blinding game. Hot on the heels of having signed up everyone's favourite Filipino spot Donia, they've only gone and persuaded the insanely popular noodle purveyors Liu Xiaomian to make a space on the
... - BAM Karaoke Box in Victoria brings in chef Sabrina Gidda for a Parisian menu
As we've previously written about, karaoke has become a big thing in London, with some places offering pretty great food to accompany the backdrop of occasionally on-tune warbling. Now here comes a new karaoke bar which has a strong focus on food, BAM
... - Unlock mixes Napoli-style pizzas and art in Hackney Wick
Hackney's getting a new pizzeria and it's from two Napoli-born siblings, so we should be getting something pretty authentic with this opening.
Unlock comes from Arianna and Giovanni Izzo. Arianna is the chef, who previously worked as a pastry chef at Tarallificio Leopoldo in Naples, and she's joined by her brother Giovanni.
Pizzas are the main event here, made from traditional 30-hour fermented dough,
... - A Braccetto is a modern Italian trattoria in Earl's Court from the Spaghetti House family
12/3/24 - updated with the opening date
Almost 70 years after opening their first Italian restaurant on Goodge Street, the family behind Spaghetti House is getting ready to open a brand new place. A Braccetto in Earl's Court is being billed as a modern Italian trattoria focusing on regional Italian dishes.
And while the OG Spaghetti Houses are fully old-school, this latest opening is
... - 20 Berkeley becomes Niju Japanese grill and sushi bar, with Endo Kazutoshi more involved
After nine months, things are changing at 20 Berkeley Street. The restaurant there originally opened as 20 Berkeley, a British-influenced brasserie from the Creative Restaurant Group, which runs Endo Kazutoshi's restaurants, and got some pretty good reviews too. But it seems that wasn't enough and now it's about to get a relaunch, pivoting to
... - Jean-Georges' ABC Kitchens at The Emory opens in Knightsbridge
Updated 18/2/24 with images
London's hotel scene is seriously hot at the moment. The past 18 months have seen the opening of The Pensinsula, The OWO and 1 Mayfair and now the group behind Claridge's is getting ready to open a new hotel in Knightsbridge. The Emory will be the first brand-new London opening for them in over 50 years - the Berkeley opened its doors back in
... - Nancy Spain's Irish pub is opening in Shoreditch
If there's one date you want to open in time for if you're a new Irish pub, it's St Patrick's Day. So Shoreditch pub Nancy Spain's is coming in just under the wire with the intention of flinging open its doors a few days before the big day.
The folks behind it are Kerry-born brothers Peter and Nicholas O’Halloran and they're hoping their pub will bring something new to Shoreditch. Interestingly,
... - Ex-Pujol chef Jesús Durón is opening Dué in London
The opening of Kol and Cavita gave a shot in the arm to London's high-end Mexican dining scene and it looks like another exciting chef from Mexico is on the way too.
Jesús Durón was the executive chef of Pujol, which happens to be no. 13 in the World's 50 Best Restaurants list, and he's getting ready to open Dué in London. For that, he's teaming up with Lindsay Jang of Hong Kong's Yardbird for a restaurant
... - Freddie's is a New-York-inspired deli and restaurant in Belsize Park
A new New York-inspired deli has just opened in Belsize Park, taking over the site that used to be Sunday.
A family-run business, it comes from Jack Graham, who previously ran Raw Press in Chelsea, and Amelia Graham who was previously in charge of marketing at Planet Organic (the restaurant is named after their son). An all-day restaurant, it's serving up smoked fish
... - Fish & Bubbles features seafood paninis from the La Mia Mamma team in Notting Hill
The people behind La Mia Mamma, Italian restaurants in Chelsea and Notting Hill which got a big push by featuring on Stanley Tucci's "Searching for Italy", are getting ready to try something different with their next opening.
Opening next door to their Notting Hill restaurant, taking over what used to be the La Mia Mamma deli, is Fish & Bubbles. This
... - Vivek Singh's Cinnamon Bazaar comes to Richmond
Updated 15/2/24 with soft launch info
Vivek Singh (also behind The Cinnamon Club and Cinnamon Kitchen) is bringing Cinnamon Bazaar south of the river as the restaurant gets ready to open in Richmond.
As with the first Cinnamon Bazaar in Covent Garden, they say the restaurant is "inspired by bazaars in antiquity and in the modern day." That translates into an all-day menu
... - Yuki Bar sees ex-Noma sommelier opening in London Fields
This weekend a new East London restaurant/wine bar opened its doors officially, and there are a number of reasons why you should have Yuki Bar on your radar.
The key point of interest is the man behind it, Yukiyasu Kaneko. Kaneko was formerly the sommelier at Noma and also P Franco before working with former Koya chef Junya Yamasaki at Yess Aquatic in LA. This will be his first solo project. It's being billed as a small
... - Franklin & Baines is serving up steak and cocktails inside Clapham's Aquum
A new restaurant is gearing up to open in Clapham, taking what they describe as a 'permanent residency" inside the Aquum nightclub on the high street. Franklin & Baines is going big on steaks and has employed the services of Fernando Lerroude, previously Master Griller at The Gaucho group, as a consultant chef to show they mean business.
They'll be offering all manner of cuts including flat iron,
... - Detroit Pizza comes to Islington (bringing deep-fried lasagna too)
Deep-dish Detroit pizza is becoming a bit of a thing again. We've had Ria's in Notting Hill and Kin Pizza in Notting Hill while Detroit Pizza, already a big deal in Spitalfields, has just opened its second restaurant, in
... - Quince Bakery prepares to open in Islington
Updated 8/2/24 with opening date
Lucky Islington residents will have a very interesting new bakery on their doorstep. Quince Bakery is the brainchild of baker Anna Higham. She ran the bakery at Flor before becoming Executive Pastry Chef at The River Café. So it's fair to say she knows a thing or two about baked goods.
As for the bread she'll be baking, it'll be sourdough breads
...
