Seafood

London has its fair share of Sri Lankan restaurants. But the arrival of Isso in Canary Wharf this summer marks one of the first times a Sri Lankan-based restaurant group has opened in the city.

Owner Apinash Sivagumaaran happily admits he was obsessed with prawns from an early age. "You find chicken restaurants, crab restaurants, lobster restaurants, but there's no specialised prawn restaurants," he says. "and I personally as a kid loved prawns." All the prawns come direct from Sri Lanka, where as Apinash explains, "we support over 150 artisanal fishermen in Jaffna and Mannar who

The husband and wife team behind popular south London seafood spots Sea Garden in Tooting's Broadway Market and Norbury are branching out. Natalie and Nuno Fecha's next venture will actually be on the water, as they've taken on the old Prince Regent narrowboat restaurant in Paddington Basin.

Their current restaurants serve up a seafood-focused menu, influenced by Portuguese & South African flavours. Brunches are a big deal, as are bottomless offerings and seafood boils. We've had a sneak peek at the menu and the seafood boil and surf & turf options are both on there as are

7/4/26 - updated with the opening date

After seven years on Pavilion Road, fishmonger and wine bar The Sea The Sea is getting ready to move to a bigger spot - but it's only moving just across the road. 

They'll be taking over the space that used to be Wulf & Lamb, and that's giving them a whole new room upstairs that's going to be their new seafood bistro. In charge of the bistro is chef Nick Marsden, whose previous credits include Dovetale, Pitt Cue and The Laughing Heart. Up there, things kick off with oysters, to which you'll be able to add caviar for £1 a

The Langham London brought in classic Knightsbridge restaurant Sale E Pepe to open a seafood branch in their hotel. It was a good idea.

Following years of interesting residencies from Mexican guest chefs Carousel has turned its wine bar into a permanent Mexican restaurant. We went to see what Cometa had to offer. 

New Chelsea restaurant Beef & Bass focuses on serving up two key ingredients really well. We went to the King's Road to see if they delivered on their promise. 

A quick look back at all the chef collabs that have taken place at Carousel over the past few years would reveal a distinct trend - they really love working with Mexican chefs. And at some point something on the team clearly asked the question, 'Why don't we open our own Mexican restaurant if we're so into it?' The net result is that Carousel founders, Ed and Ollie Templeton are currently working on one.

Cometa is being described as a contemporary Mexican seafood spot, influenced by the likes of Mexico City's Contramar and New York's The Four Horsemen. In the kitchen,

It's been a troubled few years at The Langham, which has struggled to find a solid proposition for its main restaurant space since Roux at the Landau closed back in 2023. They did try to follow that with Mimosa from French group Moma, but that folded after a scant five months of service.

But news today suggests that a new lease of life for the restaurant may be just around the corner. The Thesleff Group, who run Los Mochis and Sale e Pepe in Knightsbridge, are taking over the space. They're planning a seafood iteration of the Knightsbridge restaurant, Sale e Pepe Mare. That makes

Mayfair's key seafood spots have a new rival in Lilibet's, a glamorous arrival from an experienced restaurateur that sets great store by its old school approach to hospitality. 

He had a very successful long-term pop-up at The Inercontinental, but now former MasterChef: The Professionals winner Alex Webb is getting ready to open his own place. 

Orion is opening in Wimbledon Village (taking over the space that used to be The Light House). He's pitching the restaurant as a British/French sharing-style restaurant,

If you're bored of seeing London restaurants all following the same design playbook, then the arrival of a new seafood restaurant in Mayfair is going to make you sit up and pay attention. Lilibet's is taking over a building in Mayfair that has historical significance. It was the birthplace of the late Queen Elizabeth. And it's to her that this new restaurant turns as a muse.

Behind it is restaurateur Ross Shonhan, who founded the

Island sees two top chefs, Tom Brown and Brad Carter, come together for what might be London's ultimate surf & turf experience. We went to King's Cross to check it out. 

Tucked away from the main drag in Shoreditch is where you'll find Noisy Oyster, which turns out to be a haven for well made martinis and seafood snacking. We went down to try it out.

Together they run one of the UK's best seafood restaurants. The only trouble for Londoners is that you have to travel all the way to Devon usually to try their food. But this summer Mitch and Ben Tonks from The Seahorse in Dartmouth are running a three-month residency in Mayfair. The father and son duo's residency is at The Donovan Bar at Brown's Hotel in the heart of town, aimed at bringing their amazing seafood to central

Seafood in Covent Garden