New opening

• SOOM Korean BBQ, where you cook at your table, has arrived in Covent Garden

  

  They already have a Korean restaurant in Canary Wharf with 3KOBROS, and now the same team are coming to St Martin's Lane with SOOM. 

  The new restaurant, taking over the space that used to be The Theatre Cafe, will be all about Korean BBQ. So there will be individual stone tables, each with an electric BBQ grill and you'll be cooking your own meats and vegetables.

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• MA/NA sees the Los Mochis team head to Mayfair with a Japanese restaurant

  

  28/10/25 - updated with more details

  Mayfair residents wondering what's happening over at the old Ruya site on Upper Grosvenor Street, next to Corrigan's, should know that they'll have a new restaurant on their doorstep in the new year. It was bought by the Thesleff Group, which is behind Los Mochis in Notting Hill, Sale e Pepe in Knightsbridge and the Juno and Luna omakase

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• The big new London restaurants opening in November 2025

  

  It's another big month in London restaurant openings. We have the Crisp Pizza pub (with a little help from The Devonshire), the restaurant that's replacing Le Gavroche, a new Clare Smyth restaurant, award-winning burgers, and so much more. 

• New Mayfair opening Chargal is going to be a three storey Turkish restaurant and late night lounge

  

  Set firmly in the Mayfair triangle, new Turkish opening Chargal is hoping to woo Londoners in with three storeys of mezze, refined Turkish dining and a late-night club in the basement. It's taken over the spot vacated by Jeru on Berkeley Street and comes from restaurateur Serdar Demir, who's also behind The Mantl in Knightsbridge.

  Here at Chargal, he's hoping that whether you're after a more casual

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• Are Dishoom opening right beside Borough Market?

  

  Although most of the current buzz around everyone's favourite Indian cafe, Dishoom, has recently been around their planned expansion to New York, it seems they're also looking at extending their London estate. It looks like work is already underway for a new Dishoom at London Bridge, just around the corner from Borough Market.

  The restaurant group have been busy submitting plans to Southwark Council for a

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• Award-winning Bristol pizzeria Pizzarova comes to Pop Brixton

  

  Pizzarova has four pizzerias in Bristol, having first opened back in 2013, and before that they had started life selling pizzas off the back of a landrover (which is where the name comes from). Now, for the first time, they're opening in London. 

  Their London pizzeria is opening inside Pop Brixton, and they'll be serving sourdough pizzas that are apparently made from a 70-year-old

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• Thai restaurant Khao Bird goes permanent in Soho, opening in an ex adult cinema

  

  24/10/25 - updated with the opening date

  For the past year, Northern Thai restaurant Khao Bird (which originally started life as pop-ups in Brighton) has had a very successful residency above The Globe Tavern in London Bridge. However, now it's time for them to put down permanent roots, and they've chosen Soho for that, in a space that was apparently once Soho's

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• Supernova are bringing their burgers to Mayfair

  

  23/10/25 - updated with the opening date

  When they opened in Soho last year, Supernova were an instant hit. It certainly helped that they carefully cultivated scarcity by only opening at certain days and times to start with. That meant that queues built up quickly and soon one of their burgers became the thing to try.

  It was also right at the forefront of the smash

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• The Devonshire team's next pub and restaurant looks like being in Covent Garden's The Lady building

  

  They've been helping out with the launch of The Marlborough pub, but now The Devonshire team look to have lined up their own next big opening. 

• Guzzl Canteen is hoping its gourmet hotdogs and rum cocktails are a winning combo for Brixton Village

  

  They've been a mainstay of Brixton Village for the past eight years, now the same team behind Guzzl deli are opening Guzzl Canteen, a gourmet hot dog and rum bar.

  Keeping it local, the team are working with top Forest Hill butcher Henwens on the sausages. The final mix is a combination of British beef and chicken and a mixture of herbs and spices. You then get to top it with all manner of what they're

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• The Mr Bao team bring wonton soup to London Fields with Wonton Charlie's

  

  Until now, the team behind Mr Bao and Daddy Bao have been mainly south of the river (Westfield outlet notwithstanding) and solely about Taiwanese cooking. But now they're coming to London Fields, and this is their first Cantonese restaurant. 

  Wonton Charlie's main focus is right there in the name - it's going to be all about wonton soup. Everything for that soup will be

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• Trogolo is the Petersham Nurseries family's new Florentine trattoria in Notting Hill

  

  Updated 21/10/25 with opening date

  Following the closure of their two Covent Garden restaurants, we've been wondering what the Petersham Nurseries team were going to do next. Now we have our answer, of sorts. The baton has moved to the family's next generation of restaurateurs who are about to open a Florence-inspired trattoria and bar called Trogolo on Westbourne

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• Popular Thai restaurant Khao-Sō-i's permanent London restaurant is in Fitzrovia

  

  21/10.25 - updated with the opening date

  It's been big in Thailand and now Khao-Sō-i is coming to Fitzrovia, bringing its Northern Thai soul food menu. 

  The restaurant started in Chiang Mai (before expanding to Bangkok) and its titular dish, the coconut curry soup Khao Soi is what brought the restaurant acclaim. It's opening in a space

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

  

  20/10/25 - updated with a name and more details

  In recent months, there had 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 were wondering what's opening there next.

  We reported back in August, that the folks behind

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• New food concept store, Nekter Deli, is wooing foodies and wine lovers in Shoreditch

  

  After a few fallow years, Shoreditch's food scene has come roaring back. We've had the likes of One Club Row, Singburi and Angelina open there. Now, hoping to make a similar impact, is a high end deli that's more concept store than city centre supermarket. Nekter Deli.

  The store's the passion project of US wine importer Jon Davey who supplies everyone from The Clove Club to Ynyshir. As you might imagine, wine is a core

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