Pasta

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

You'll probably be aware of them as a pasta delivery service. But fresh pasta company Pasta Evangelists are also getting into the London restaurant game. First, they teamed up with Michelin-starred chef Giancarlo Perbellini for a spot in the Harrods Dining Hall. Next, they opened a standalone restaurant in Richmond. Clearly that must have worked for them because they've just opened a second South London spot, this time in

Looks like Hackney Wick's Fish Island is doing pretty well for itself at the moment with restaurants. We've already reported on the upcoming Inis opening there and Test Driven new pizzeria

18/3/24 - updated with the opening date

If you're a South Ken resident wondering what was happening to the old Le Pain Quotidien site on Exhibition Road, then we bring you good news, particularly if you're a pasta lover. This is going to be the seventh restaurant opening for Lina Stores.

Their South Kensington restaurant is going to be an all-day affair, opening in the morning for

5/1/24 - Updated with the soft launch info

The march of fresh pasta restaurants across London continues, with a fourth Emilia's about to join the fray. This time they're heading to Baker Street, just down the road from Sherlock Holmes' pretend gaff and next to Regent's Park.

As with every Emilia's, all the pasta will be made fresh on-site. Here it'll be in a special pasta station

28/9/23 - updated with the opening date

Last year, top chef Phil Howard (of Michelin-starred Elystan Street) got into London's ever-growing fresh pasta scene with Notto, just off Piccadilly Circus. In our original story, we asked "will there be more of them to come" and the answer to that seems to be yes, as new reaches us of a second Notto pasta bar that's being planned for Covent

On the cusp of celebrating their fifth birthday, the folks at Bancone are also getting ready to open their third restaurant.

They're the latest to join the procession of restaurants opening in Borough Yards. The space itself is a huge railway arch and it's going to have an open kitchen, plus a large mezzanine space upstairs that can be hired out for private parties.

In addition to all the usual Bancone

They've already been quite the hit in Islington, now the team behind pasta restaurant Noci are heading south of the river to Battersea for their second place.

This is part of a raft of new openings at Battersea Power Station. The Battersea branch will follow the same successful formula as they had in Islington; so think well-priced fresh pasta and small plates and snacks. Their pasta 'hankerchiefs' are a

Top chef Phil Howard has entered the fresh pasta game with Notto. We went down to Piccadilly to see how it shapes up against London's already pretty great fresh pasta restaurants.   

Updated 21/11/22 with launch offer and opening date

As the nights draw in and thoughts turn to steaming bowls of hearty pasta, it’s like Officina 00 is reading our minds. They’re opening a second restaurant, this time in Fitzrovia. If you’ve been hitherto unaware of the Old Street venue that opened in mid-2019, Officina 00 is an Italian kitchen and workshop with

For the first time since closing down his Jamie's Italian business in 2019, Jamie Oliver is back with a new restaurant - although this one is for collection and delivery only.

He's just launched Pasta Dreams in Soho. It's not a full restaurant launch though - Pasta Dreams will be a pop-up in the run-up to Christmas and seems to be designed to expand as delivery only across the

He launched his own mail-order pasta during the various lockdowns and now Phil Howard is going one step further with his own pasta restaurant. The chef, who has a Michelin star for his Elystan Street restaurant, will be opening Notto in Piccadilly (taking over an old Paperchase site).

He's joined in the endeavour by Executive chef Louis Korovilas who has been quite busy

Islington has a hot new pasta place that's already pulling the crowds in. We went to take a look. 

Islington's waited a while for a pasta restaurant and soon there will be two within a few feet of each other. Hot on the heels of Noci opening on Islington Green, Italian chain Miscusi is opening nearby on Upper Street (where Masala Zone used to be). 

Miscusi opened its first London restaurant earlier this year where it suffered a pretty duff review ...

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He had a big hit with his dishes at Bancone, before moving onto Tavolino, and now Louis Korovilas is opening an Italian pasta restaurant in Islington (taking over from the Cote on Islington Green).

At this new restaurant, you can expect a combination of Italian street food and pasta dishes. Of the former, the fritti are the main