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- Hot new bar Waltz has just shimmied into Shoreditch
Tokyo-born mixologist Gento Torigata travelled across the globe working in bars from Ginza to Sydney and Singapore before landing in the UK. Most recently he was bar manager at the fabulous Kwãnt in Mayfair for the past two years. Now he's branching out on his own, opening up Waltz on Scrutton Street.
The bar and its drinks list takes inspiration from both jazz and nature. There's a general menu of drinks available along with
... - Pizza Pilgrims next pizzeria is on Brick Lane
A second Pizza Pilgrims is on the way to Shoreditch, this time opening on Brick Lane opening as part of the Truman Brewery.
If you've been to a Pizza Pilgrims before, you'll know what to expect: 72-hour, double-fermented dough, used in all their Neapolitan pizzas. And as for the pizzas themselves, alongside the classics, you'll find:
- Nduja - Spicy & meaty Calabrian sausage on
- The Dorian team are opening no-bookings Eel Sushi Bar in Notting Hill
6/5/25 - updated with new opening date and soft launch details
Not content with having one of the hardest-to-book restaurants in West London in Dorian, or the viral sushi experience Tuna Fight Club, the team responsible for both of those is now gearing up to open a sushi bar in Notting Hill.
Eel has taken over an old antiques shop on Talbot Road. It'll be a 10-16 seater restaurant that they're describing
... - Twenty8 NoMad is the Covent Garden hotel's revamped New York-inspired restaurant
NoMad London has had great success with its cocktail bar Side Hustle, but even though it's housed in an incredible room, the hotel's restaurant hasn't had as big a profile. Now they're getting ready to relaunch it as a New-York-inspired brasserie.
Called Twenty8 NoMad (based on the address of the hotel), it'll also bring in a light refresh of the already impressive room,
... - Lisa Goodwin-Allen joins The Beaumont, launching new restaurant Rosi
It's been a busy few weeks for Lisa Goodwin-Allen. She rejoined Northcote after making a surprise departure announcement just two months ago (being sold to new owners helped with that), and now she's also getting ready to open a new restaurant at The Beaumont, called Rosi.
It's not her first London hotel, of course, as she was in charge of the menu at The Game Bird at The Stafford
... - Brother Marcus and its famous brunches are heading to Canary Wharf
5/5/25 - updated with soft launch details
Another restaurant is adding to the huge growth in places to eat out that we've seen in Canary Wharf in recent years. This time, it's the turn of Brother Marcus, the Mediterranean-influenced restaurant that's a particular hit at brunch.
This latest outpost will be on the ground floor of the YY London building at One Canada Square
... - Nourished Communities are opening their next independent producers shop in Walthamstow
We've always been impressed by the Nourished Communities shops, having been into the ones in Islington and Finsbury Park many times. Now, Walthamstow residents can see what we mean as another store is just about to open there.
As with the other shops, they store food, drink and produce from over 200 independent producers, with the range including organic veg and veg boxes,
... - The big new London restaurants opening in May 2025
Even by London standards, this May is a hugely busy month for new restaurant openings, with lots to look forward to over the coming weeks. From the return of chefs Giorgio Locatelli and Stevie Parle to a Dishoom offshoot in Notting Hill and so much more besides - here's what's coming your way in May.
- ADOH! sees the Kolamba team bringing Sri Lankan street food to Covent Garden
Having already launched two London restaurants devoted to great Sri Lankan food, the couple behind Kolamba are getting ready to open a much more casual affair. ADOH! (a Sri Lankan word which is used both in greeting or to express surprise) is taking over a former Franca Manca space next door to Rules on Maiden Lane. And it's much more of a quick dine and dash affair than either of the Kolamba
... - Dom Taylor takes on the Caribbean takeaway with Marvee's Food Shop in Ladbroke Grove
Dom Taylor's residency at The Langham was our most-read story of 2023 so news of his new Ladbroke Grove restaurant should go down well with many of you.
Marvee’s Food Shop, his new restaurant, is due to be a more laid-back affair than The Good Front Room, as
... - Kokin brings whole tuna nights and sushi to Stratford (taking over from Allegra)
You may recall a few weeks ago we reported on the changes afoot at South Bank restaurant Hannah which was morphing into a claypot offering Donabe at the same time as moving their sushi operation to Stratford in the form of Kokin.
Now we can reveal exactly what they have planned for their foray into East London.
... - Dishoom are opening a Permit Room in Notting Hill
26/4/25 - updated with the opening date
Dishoom already has seven restaurants in London, but for the eighth, they're going in a (slightly) different direction. Outside of town, they've opened three Permit Rooms, which are essentially offshoots of the main Dishoom, billed instead as all-day bars and cafes, and now they're bringing one of those to Notting Hill.
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... - Amsterdam live fire restaurant Nela is coming to The Whiteley in Bayswater
25/4/25 - updated with more details about the opening
Plans are well underway to bring Whiteleys, now renamed The Whiteley, back to its former glory, albeit this time as a hotel, apartments and restaurants. The people behind Bottarga and Nina
- Bancone's next fresh pasta restaurant will be in Kensington
Slowly but surely, some notably interesting restaurants have been opening around High Street Kensington station. We had the excellent Krokodilos fairly recently and now Bancone have picked the area for their fourth location.
If you're unfamiliar with Bancone, they're predominantly
... - Belgravia gets in on the London noodle trend with a new noodle bar at The Peninsula London
Not wanting to be left out of the general London obsession with noodles, super luxe hotel The Peninsula London is getting in on the trend. They've just opened up a noodle bar that serves up a tight menu of noodle dishes alongside Gweilo beers from Hong Kong and the bar's own cocktail list.
The chefs behind the menu are the multi-award-winning Hou Yurui who has worked on the concept with Jonnie Liang,
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