Pasta

• Phil Howard's Notto is promising City folk fresh pasta for lunch

  

  8/12/25 - updated with the opening date

  His main home may be Elystan Street, but Phil Howard's other business looks like it's doing pretty well. Fresh pasta bar Notto is already on Piccadilly and in Covent Garden, and a third is on the way to the City. 

  If you're as yet unfamiliar with the restaurant, ...

• Padella hit up Soho for their third restaurant (and yes the beef shin ragu is on the menu)

  

  We can't quite believe it's been 10 years since Padella first roared onto the London restaurant scene. The idea of well-priced, freshly made pasta dishes in a modern setting blew our tiny London minds at the time and set the scene for a perma-queue that pretty much remains at its OG Borough Market restaurant to this day.

  Now the duo behind it, Tim Siadatan and Jordan Frieda (and also co-owners of Islington's Trullo),

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• The City looks like the next stop for pasta restaurant Bancone

  

  Pasta restaurant Bancone already has four restaurants across town (Soho, Covent Garden, Kensington and Borough), and now it looks like they're getting ready to open a fifth. They've just applied for licensing to open in a new development on Princes Street (down the road from Bank station and around the corner from The Ned).

  If you're yet unfamiliar with them, Bancone started early in

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• Angela Hartnett's latest Cafe Murano is opening in Marylebone

  

  Updated 5/7/25 with soft launch info

  It's been some time since Angela Hartnett opened the last Cafe Murano (over five years ago in Bermondsey) but now she's getting ready to open a new branch, this time in Marylebone. 

  The latest cafe is opening on Dorset Street (taking over the old AOK Kitchen site). Expect it to be similar to the others, serving up a short,

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• Test Driving Osteria Angelina, a restaurant with its finger firmly on London's pulse

  

  Already an instant hit from the word go, we visited Osteria Angelina, the new restaurant from the Angelina Dalston team, to see what the secret of their success is.

• Lina Stores pick Canary Wharf for their tenth restaurant

  

  18/5/25 - updated with the opening date

  After decades spent as a standalone store in Soho selling fresh pasta and Parma ham to Londoners, it's fair to say that Lina Stores is now a fully-fledged chain. They're currently working on their tenth opening, this time in Canary Wharf. This will be their third City space, following hard on the heels of a Broadgate branch which opened

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• 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

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• Test Driving 27 Old Compton Street - the late night pasta bar that's exactly what Soho needs right now

  

  Amidst a sea of luxury openings comes a well-priced Soho spot that wants to make sitting down for a bowl of pasta and a glass of wine an easy, fun thing to do. We find that 27 Old Compton Street is very much to our taste. 

• Officina 00's next pasta restaurant is in Covent Garden

  

  5/3/25- updated with opening date

  One of London's best pasta restaurants is gearing up for a new opening. They already have popular restaurants on Old Street and in Fitzrovia, and now Officina 00 are going even more central for their next

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• 27 Old Compton Street is aiming to be Soho's hot new pasta bar

  

  He already has two more Italian restaurants in Soho named after the street they're in, so when restaurateur Nima Safaei came around to giving his latest opening a moniker he stayed true to form, naming it after its address on Compton Street. But while this new restaurant may share a naming convention with its sibling restaurants, it's going to be quite a different beast.

  The new spot is focusing on quick pasta - think of

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• All-you-can-eat lasagna restaurant Senza Fondo is coming to Shoreditch

  

  Cementing London's current love affair with all things Italian American is new East London restaurant Senza Fondo, a self-styled 'premiumised lasagneria'. The concept is all about big plates and communal dining with the key offering being an all-you-can eat lasagna for just £20. It's taken over the old Rossopomodoro site just off Hoxton Square so it's going to be a pretty large place complete with a bar at the

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• The best pasta restaurants in London

  

  London's pasta scene could not be hotter right now - with everywhere from no reservation spots to fine dining restaurants doing great business. We pick out the best pasta to be had in the city.

• Italian restaurant Artusi Soho takes the reins at Underbelly Boulevard

  

  Cafe Kitty only lasted nine months as the Soho Underbelly Bouevard's dining spot, but now another high-profile restaurant is giving it a shot.  This time, it's Peckham's Artusi (also behind Marcella in Deptford), who will be taking it on as Artusi

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• Lina Stores Shoreditch is on its way, along with a second Bar Lina

  

  Updated 15/10/24 with new opening date

  Its pistachio-green and white-striped decor is instantly synonymous with cosy chic and extraordinary pasta, and now Lina Stores is bringing its eye-pleasing vibe to Shoreditch.

  If you’ve somehow missed the proliferation of Lina Stores (there’s even one in Japan), this latest venture follows their seventh London venue opening in South Kensington in

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• Pastino brings fast, fresh pasta to Fitzrovia

  

  London loves a fresh pasta restaurant and this new opening on Tottenham Court Road looks worth keeping an eye on. Pastino comes from Franco Manca alumnus Ahmos Wasif and it's been inspired by his trips to Italy and a desire to bring traditional Neapolitan, Sicilian and Roman pasta to London, with an emphasis on value.

  It also leans towards more of a fast-food meets fresh pasta operation than we've

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