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- Ploussard restaurant and wine bar comes to Battersea Rise from Other Side Fried founders
10/3/23 - updated with the opening date
It's all happening in Battersea right now. Alongside upcoming wine bar Archway, we also have news of a new neighbourhood restaurant and wine bar Ploussard on the way.
Ploussard comes
... - KöD, a Danish steakhouse, opens in the City
There has been much written about the cosy art of Danish ‘hygge’ but at the time of writing, London’s weather is still doing its best frosty Scandi impersonation, so a new Danish steakhouse called KöD in Devonshire Square is worth investigating.
First opening in Denmark’s second-largest city Århus in 2014, Restaurant KöD hopes to bring some Danish vibes via way of juicy steaks to the City (‘köd’ means ‘meat’
... - Atlas Grinds are opening House of Hades bar and restaurant incubator in Hackney
It's been a fair old while since popular cocktail bar Silver Lining had its last service in Hackney. So we're happy to be bringing you the news that another cocktail bar is getting ready to open in its place.
Atlas Grinds have been serving up coffee by day and cocktails by night over in Stoke Newington since the summer of 2021. Now they're expanding to Hackney, but the queer-owned cafe owners have something a
... - America's Angry Crab Shack arrives in London
7/3/23 - updated with the opening date
Hard on the heels of Boston's Saltie Girl opening in London comes news of another American seafood import.
Angry Crab Shack is a restaurant group that was first opened in Arizona back in 2013 by former NFL player Ron Lou. It's billed as a 'bib up and
... - The Gurkhas is a modern Nepalese restaurant opening in Fitzrovia
Nepalese cuisine isn't something that we have too much of in London (although there are a few classic establishments dotted about) but a new restaurant is looking to change that.
The Gurkhas comes from the same group that's behind Hot Stone and the upcoming
- Rambutan Sri Lankan restaurant is coming to Borough Market
3/3/22 - Updated with the opening date
It's been promised for a while, but Rambutan is finally gearing up to open. It's the latest step in chef, restaurateur and author Cynthia Shanmugalingam's journey of exploration of her Sri Lankan roots. The restaurant, which opens in Borough Market, follows the publication of a book of the same name which shines a light on Sri Lankan cooking with a focus on
... - Paradise in Soho goes late-night with Paradise After Dark
Paradise in Soho should be on your list as a new late-night haunt as they're get ready to launch Paradise After Dark.
It'll all kick in from Thursday to Saturday, after dinner finishes, with their aim to shift the restaurant into what'll be "an intimate bar with speakeasy vibes". We think that Paradise is one of the best-looking restaurants in Soho (we love the Brutalist feel) and reckon
... - Kibako brings sushi and sashimi boxes to Fitzrovia from the Hot Stone team
The team behind Hot Stone have a new restaurant on the way, taking over from what used to be Rai in Fitzrovia.
Kibako is being billed as a modern Japanese restaurant, which takes its name from omakase-style boxes that are one of the key parts of the menu. These kikabo boxes feature 10-12 pieces of sushi and sashimi which they say are "chosen personally by the kitchen for
... - The big new London restaurants opening in March 2023
Spring has sprung and the new season brings with it many new restaurant openings. From swanky Mayfair openings to hot things in Hackney, here's what's opening in March.
- Yard Sale Pizza are coming to Tottenham
27/2/23 - updated with opening date and offer
They've been concentrating on south London for their most recent openings, but now Yard Sales is back up north for their next, opening in Tottenham.
This will be a milestone as it's their 10th restaurant in London and you can expect all of their top pizzas to arrive, including:
- New Porker - Sicilian sausage, guindilla
- Celeb hotspot Sheesh is coming to Mayfair
They're big in Chigwell and pretty soon they're going to be just as big in London as Sheesh has taken on a pretty prime piece of real estate on the corner of One Dover Street and Piccadilly, right opposite The Wolseley.
- Indonesian restaurant Toba opens in St James’s Market
If you’ve been lamenting the lack of Indonesian cuisine in London, today is your lucky day. Toba is now open with a soft launch in St James’s Market. If your favourite Indonesian cuisine in London is the Camden street-food stall Pino’s Warung, well, you’ll be extra pleased because Toba is its sister restaurant.
... - Treats Club bring their hot doughnuts to Shoreditch
We've seen fresh hot doughnut maker Treats Club in various forms, as both a pop-up and a longer-term space in Netil Market. Now owner Lungi Mhlanga is bringing Treats to Shoreditch with a new permanent shop.
If you haven't been to Treats before, it works a little differently to your average doughnut shop. Each one on the menu is cooked to order so when it gets to your hands it'll be
... - Taro Japanese restaurant takes over the L Manze pie shop in Walthamstow
We've already had one story this week about a Manze pie shop being reborn in a new guise, and now there's another. This time it's the turn of Japanese restaurant Taro, who have taken over the old Walthamstow L Manze (which shut almost a year ago) for their latest
... - Gouqi is former Hakkasan chef Tong Chee Hwee's solo restaurant in St James
17/2/23 - updated with launch details
Slightly out of nowhere, a big-name chef is getting ready to open his own restaurant in London.
Gouqi (pronounced Goji) comes from chef Tong Chee Hwee who, after originally building his career in Singapore, came to London to become head chef at Hakkasan in 2001. He followed that with the opening of
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