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• Kamara sees Brother Marcus opening an Eastern-Med-influenced cocktail bar in Soho

  

  The team behind Brother Marcus (best known for their Mediterranean brunches) are trying something a little different for their next opening. They've taken over the bar space that was the original Blind Pig bar (above Jason Atherton's Social Eating House), and they're launching their own Eastern-Med-influenced cocktail bar. 

  They've teamed up with ...

• The team behind Notting Hill's Gold set their sights on Richmond

  

  In recent weeks there's been a flurry of activity on the riverbank at Richmond where the old Pitcher & Piano used to be. It's a huge site, with gardens leading down to the river. So naturally locals have been wondering what's opening there next.

  Well, we think we have the answer. Following up reports on the ...

• Hoxton’s art’otel will open 25th floor restaurant Solaya from Kenny Atkinson

  

  7/8/25 - updated with the opening date

  When the swanky art’otel chain opened its second London outpost in Hoxton in 2024, we told you about its ground-floor dining experience Brush East London Grand Café. Well, the hotel has just announced its latest restaurant, and

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• Heard heads to Soho with its burgers from a two Michelin-starred chef

  

  Just six months after he graduated from slinging burgers in a food truck to opening a burger restaurant in Borough, chef Jordan Bailey is already planning an expansion of his burger empire. The chef who won two Michelin stars at his now-closed Irish restaurant Aimsir had a slew of great reviews for his smash burgers at Heard. But now he's expanding both the restaurant and menu with a new opening in Carnaby.

  The restaurant in

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• Yangguofu Malatang brings its spicy hot pots to London's Chinatown

  

  Hot pot restaurants are ten a penny in London but the arrival of another new one in the centre of town has got fans rather excited. Yangguofu Malatang is a beast of a restaurant chain from China with over 7000 restaurants all over the world. Up till now if you wanted to try their food in the UK you had to head on over to Hammersmith, but a few weeks ago they unveiled their first restaurant in central

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• Café Ciel opens in The OWO from the founder of Miel bakery

  

  The OWO might be one of London's most expensive new hotels, but it hasn't had the most trouble-free launches. Chief among those was one of the restaurants, Café Laperouse, which had a dire review from Jay Rayner who also called attention to the low hygiene rating. Even though the latter was quickly resolved, the restaurant closed just two years after opening. 

  Now, something new has

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• Berenjak brings its Persian cuisine to Mayfair

  

  1 August 2025 - updated with new early 2026 opening window

  They have restaurants in Soho and Borough Market (not to mention as far afield as Doha and Dubai) and next up for Berenjak is Mayfair. As revealed on their own Instagram page, they're taking on a space on Duke Street right next to The Barley Mow (it's a new development so there hasn't been a restaurant there

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• Carmela's pizzeria brings East Coast USA style pizzas to Islington

  

  1/8/25 - updated with opening date and menu details

  Earlier this year, Nordic restaurant Skal closed its doors for good in Islington, and now we know who will be taking over that space on Upper Street. Moving is Italian/American pizzeria Carmela's. 

  It comes from Phil Chaykin, the man behind Ugly Dumpling in Carnaby, who's teamed up with Gerry del

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• A new Arcade Food Hall might be coming to Covent Garden

  

  The revived food hall trend keeps trundling on. Recently, we've had Market Halls in Paddington, Kerb's Corner Corner in Canada Water, and now there's news that a new Arcade Food Hall

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• Vagabond are opening London's biggest urban winery and bar at Canada Water

  

  If you live or work in the Docklands and have been wondering what's going to take over the space at the recently completed Dock Shed at Canada Water, then we're here to enlighten you. It's going to be an absolutely massive new wine bar and winery. The space has been taken up by Vagabond wine bars: if you haven't been to one before, they're the bars where all the wines are on an enomatic-style system and you get to

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• The big new London restaurants opening in August 2025 you need to know about

  

  Traditionally one of the quieter months of the year for new openings, there's still a fair bit to look forward to this August. There's the next from Sabor chef Nieves Barragán, a Camino pintxo spin-off in Covent Garden, and a Hoxton pub that's one to watch, not to mention more pizzerias. 

• Supernova's burgers have arrived in South Kensington, around the corner from Museum Mile

  

  We're still waiting to find out what's happening with their Mayfair opening, but in the meantime, Supernova have quietly opened their second smash burger bar, this time in South Kensington. 

  Announced in typically low-key fashion on

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• HANBAAGAASUUTEEKI takes an Asian-inspired approach to smash burgers in Victoria

  

  No, we still haven't reached peak smash burger - here's one we missed (it opened about a month ago). Called HANBAAGAASUUTEEKI, it's an Asian-inspired smashburger restaurant that's opened in Victoria not too far from Bleecker and Shake Shack. 

  There are just three burgers on the menu, kicking off with the standard Another Double Cheese Burger.

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• Former Sosharu chef Alex Craciun is behind casual by day, immersive by night Aces Foodcraft opening in Fitzrovia

  

  It's been almost a decade since we last encountered the cooking of chef Alex Craciun in London. Back then, the chef had taken on the head chef position at Jason Atherton's Sosharu, for which he received almost universal praise from the critics. Grace Dent said his was 'the best chicken karaage in London, Giles Coren called the food 'fantastic' and Jay Rayner loved the 'precision verging on nerdiness' of his cooking.

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• Berberè's sourdough pizzas are coming to Marylebone

  

  Updated 28/7/25 with launch offer

  They're rated the world’s 6th best artisan pizzeria chain by the 50 Top Pizza list and now Berberè are getting ready to expand more. They're opening their fourth London restaurant on James Street, Marylebone (taking over the space of another pizzeria, Homeslice). 

  Originally opened in Bologna (they have pizzerias all across

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