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Updated 2/12/23 with new opening date

When is a pub not a pub? When it's a wine pub of course. That's the distinction a new East London business is making when it opens its doors this month. Alfi is being billed as a wine pub and restaurant by experienced hospitality folk Ben Hodges and Alex Lewis and it's taken over the old Leon space inside Spitalfields market.

The pub will be the first part to

London's competitive socialising scene is going from strength to strength and the latest to join the crowd is Lane7 in Victoria, who are bringing Patty & Bun along for the ride. 

Described as a "boutique bowling venue", bowling will be the main event with 10

It may be the final month of 2023, but there are still big new openings to come in December, from a new Tom Kerridge pub to a supperclub star going permanent and lot more. 

29/11/23 - updated with the opening date

Tom Kerridge is planning something new for London. The chef has been running Kerridge's Bar & Grill in Corinthia London for nearly five years but for his second place, he's heading west to Chelsea. And this time he's opening a pub. 

It's not Kerridge's first pub, of course. He already runs the only two-Michelin-starred

Over the past few years, we've seen a number of restaurants start up around the country before deciding to make it in the capital, like Six by Nico or Cin Cin, and now here comes another. Phat Buns can be found all over the North, but now they're opening their first London outpost in Bayswater (taking over from TinselTown). 

Those Phat Buns are actually burgers, and mainly burgers you customise yourself.

In an early Christmas present for anyone living and working in Waterloo, Roti King have just announced that they'll be opening their third London restaurant there. Having started life as a street food stall, and now with restaurants in Euston and Battersea it sounds like things are definitely going well for Malaysian founder Sugen Gopal.

Key to Gopal's success has been his amazing roti canai, all of which are

More than a decade after opening the doors to his Argentine grill Zoilo, chef Diego Jacquet is expanding. He's getting ready to open a pizzeria just around the corner from his restaurant.

Florencio Pizza will give him a chance to showcase pizzas inspired by his travels around the world including time spent in Patagonia, his life in Argentina and the creative input of Italian immigrants in

Updated 4/9/25 - this restaurant is no longer happening

It's always nice to see a landmark London building saved from falling into disrepair. Whiteley's on Bayswater had been closed for years but is now gearing up to reopen as a glamorous apartment block, complete with the UK's first Six Senses hotel and spa, an Everyman cinema and a new branch of Guillam Coffee House.

Now the first restaurant in

It's loved by celebrities as well as being one of the most critically rated Indian restaurants in London. Now Michelin-starred Gymkhana is getting ready to open a new cocktail bar, 42.

The name alludes to Gymkhana's address on Albemarle Street but the entrance to the bar will actually be through the door neighbouring the restaurant. It's going to be a late-night haunt, with last orders at 2am every evening.

And that,

Opening in Covent Garden, this Italian cafe and wine bar is very much a family affair. 

Running things will be Gianluca Capilungo (former Bar Manager for Aqua) and Asia Capilungo (previously a chef at Soho House and Cubitt House) who've joined up with their uncle Luca Capilungo as well as Asia’s partner Huzefa Sajawal (co-owner and Executive Chef of Fatt

Broadwick Soho is a new luxury hotel about to open in the middle of Soho, with an impressive rooftop bar and terrace. We went in for an exclusive first look. 

In what will be their fifth restaurant, Temper are heading west to Paddington, taking over the space that once held Scandinavian restaurant Kupp. 

Flame-grilled meat is primarily what it's all about in Temper, with plenty of steak cuts available, including porterhouse, picaña, châteaubriand and T-bone, with sauces like beef-fat bearnaise and Korean barbecue on the side. As well as the main

Updated 9/11/23 with menu details and new opening date

Over the past few years, Abhilash Jobanputra and Gabriel Unger have built up a loyal following for their Chai Guys stalls in places like Seven Dials Market, Covent Garden and Old Spitalfields Market. But this year marks the time when they switched it up as the pair are opening a bakery cafe in Notting Hill.

Their bakehouse on Portobello Road,

10 years after they first started out on Brockley Market, Mother Flipper are now about to open a permanent burger bar in the area they call their "spiritual home". 

They're known as serving up some of the very best burgers in London, so if you haven't yet had a chance to try them, a trip to the new place should definitely be on the cards. As for those, burgers, you

Updated 6/11/23 with chef info

At their original restaurant Il Portico, they boast of being the oldest family-run restaurant in London. Now the family behind that are getting ready to unveil a new place that focuses on French Basque regional cuisine.

La Palombe opens next week on the site of the ill-fated Pino, also by the same family, which only lasted a year. But while that was also