Shoreditch

They already have orange, yellow, scarlet, blue and violet Little Doors around town and now a Little Neon Door is getting ready to open in Shoreditch. 

Taking over what was once Floripa cocktail bar, this is going to follow the template of the other, very successful, Little Doors in the growing franchise. So it's essentially themed after a house party, and you could have cocktails in the Sitting Room, a party in the Living Room and Kitchen, karaoke in the shower and loot the fancy dress cupboard in the Dressing Room (which also has karaoke).

Alongside the cocktails,

It might have somehow escaped your notice to date that there's a new Star Wars film coming out. But in the next few weeks, that movie is going to be hard to miss. And where there's a big new film, there's a pop-up. So as The Mandalorian and Grogu gets ready for release, Londoners will have a chance to visit the Grogu Café, popping up in Shoreditch.

Given that it's all centred around the green-tinged character formerly known as "baby Yoda", it makes sense that this will be a matcha café. So they've teamed up with Bread Ahead, Bubble CiTea and PerfectTed on the food and drink front.

It's been a while since we've had a big brand launching a mad pop-up in town, but here comes Heinz to change that. This week, they're holding a one-day pop-up in Shoreditch to launch their new Ranch Sauce. 

They'll be taking over Shoreditch newcomer Vincenzo's and for one day it'll be "Ranchenzo's". Apparently, it's all about how people love dipping their pizza crusts in ranch sauce, so as a part of that, there will be a one-day-only pizza that's "just crust". That is, as you can see from the photo above, either a pizza with the centre cut out or a very, very big dough ball. You

Kirk Haworth is the chef behind the hugely popular, Michelin-starred, plant-based restaurant Plates. He both lives and works in Shoreditch so here are his top tips in the area. 

Soak up the skyline at 45th & 7th, Shoreditch’s go-to rooftop destination and get 50% off food on the à la carte menu at this fun rooftop spot.

Offer: Get 50% off food on the à la carte menu

Where: 45 Curtain Road, London EC2A 3PT

When: 8 April to 8 May 2026

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. 

Updated 12.01pm - yes this was our 2026 April Fool's (although we maintain it's only a matter of time before it happens...) Click here to see all our April Fool's stories in one place.

You can hardly move right now in East London for hip vinyl bars, but one new Shoreditch spot is hoping to switch things up a level. Seedy in Shoreditch sees two well-connected bar alumni opening their first standalone venture.

What will set them apart from their fellow music bars in the city is

17/3/26 - updated with the opening date

Recently, Taqueria rebranded to TAQ after 20 years and Smokehouse became Bistro Sablé. Now here comes another big rebrand. After nine years, Nest in Shoreditch is about to be relaunched as Tavern.

Owned by the same team that also runs Michelin-starred Restaurant St Barts, Tavern is co-founded

Updated 3/3/26 with opening date

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

Hoppers has just opened its fourth restaurant, this time in Shoreditch. And although they've been all about Sri Lankan food until now, this latest opening adds some brand new South Indian dishes to the menu. We went down to try all of them. 

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.  

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.