Shoreditch

Five years after it reopened after a long hiatus, The Light Bar in Shoreditch is about to enter its third iteration, with a brand new owner on board and - crucially - a rather interesting new executive chef.

Rob Star is the new owner of the well-known bar, and his takeover here quickly follows his opening of Firestarter restaurant in Liverpool Street, less than a mile away. He's also the man behind Electric Star Pubs. Which is kind of a neat fit, if you think about it, as The Light Bar used to be a Victorian power station.

What really prompted our attention though was the

Updated 20/1/25 with full details and an opening date.

It's been nearly 10 years since the original Hoppers launched in Soho. Now they're about to open their fourth restaurant, but this one is taking things in a different direction than before. Up until now, Hoppers has been known as a Sri Lankan restaurant but with this Shoreditch opening, they're bringing in more influences from South India. 

Led by Karan Gokani (who tells us more about it

Karan Gokani first launched Hoppers in Soho ten years ago. Now he's getting ready to open up the fourth Hoppers in Shoreditch. But this time he's doing things a little differently, bringing in some new South Indian influences. We caught up with him to find out what's being planned for Shoreditch.  

Mid last year, the Shoreditch expansion of Nobu quietly drew to a close. And what was the Nobu hotel has now become the London home of Aethos hotels. However, even though the new hotel opened back in October, they were holding back on what was going to replace the space that housed the Nobu restaurant. But now we know what's coming. 

The new restaurant will be called Mitsu, which will be a Japanese restaurant that they say will be "capturing the spirit of East Tokyo's izakayas", albeit with something of an East London approach. So it sounds like less of a high-end affair than

Updated 29/12/25 with opening date

Song Que Cafe in Hoxton has long been both one of the area's best Vietnamese restaurants and also one of the best in London. It's been doing great business since opening all the way back in 2002, and now they've decided it's time to launch something new. 

To that end, they've taken over what was once Pearly Queen in Spitalfields (Tom Brown's former seafood restaurant) to open Song Que Pho Bar. As the name suggests, here they'll be focusing on their pho noodle soup, and they tell us that they'll be serving up "all our

The co-founder of viral Italian sandwich shop Dal Fiorentino, Cristina Affortunati shares her top food and drink spots in Shoreditch.

It's all change once more in Shoreditch, as the hotel that was formerly The Curtain and then The Mondrian has now transformed into 45 London. With the change in ownership comes a new restaurant (in the space that was Red Rooster followed by Bibo).

45 Curtain Road has taken two of the biggest London restaurant trends this year and brought them together under one roof. It'll be a Japanese chophouse with a menu influenced by the

From intimate bistros and high-end dining to old-school Vietnamese cafes and top-tier Thai spots - here's our pick of the best places to eat out in Shoreditch right now. 

Six months after a kitchen fire that closed it down for half a year, Shoreditch restaurant som saa is getting ready to reopen. But the team haven't been sitting twiddling their thumbs during the long closure and renovation. They've come up with a bunch of new dishes as well as a brand-new bar snacks menu.

New dishes you might want to go and try include lemongrass salad, with squid, pork and cashew nuts,

After a few fallow years, Shoreditch's food scene has come roaring back. We've had the likes of One Club Row, Singburi and Angelina open there. Now, hoping to make a similar impact, is a high end deli that's more concept store than city centre supermarket. Nekter Deli.

The store's the passion project of US wine importer Jon Davey who supplies everyone from The Clove Club to Ynyshir. As you might imagine, wine is a core

London's New York-style pizza craze isn't ending any time soon, with the launch of Vincenzo's, a pizzeria that's already found fame in Bushey. 

This opening will be a little different to the original, as it will be all about pizzas by the slice, with those slices starting at £5. Planned for the menu here are the standard margherita, tomato and pepperoni, vodka sauce

A couple of years ago, Gordon Ramsay bought Pizza East. Since then, the pizzeria has been running as normal, but now he's switching things up with a very interesting pop-up. 

Ramsay's invited husband-and-wife chefs Phillip Frankland Lee and Margarita Kallas-Lee, who are the team behind Michelin-starred LA restaurant Pasta Bar. That restaurant has been

The Farrier in Camden may be no more, but the team behind it have moved to Shoreditch to try something new. Opening just a couple of doors down from One Club Row and The Knave of Clubs, Clara's will be a cafe and deli during the day and a wine bar and bistro at night. 

From the deli side of things, you'll be able to find charcuterie, cheeses and butchery cuts, from

18/9/25 - updated with the opening date

Il Bambini Club is an Italian restaurant, known for its extravagant design, but originating in Paris and with a giant lemon meringue pie on the menu. While this might sound a bit like Big Mamma, it's definitely got more of a high-end reputation in Paris, and you'll be able to check it out for yourself soon, as they're gearing up to open in London.

The restaurant,

The London Pachamama Group has just unveiled its latest restaurant to make the switch to a Mediterranean menu. We went to Shoreditch to check out Lagana.