Soho

• Speedboat Bar is a Soho Thai restaurant from Plaza Khao Gaeng's Luke Farrell

  

  30/9/22 - updated with opening offer

  He's had success at Arcade with Plaza Khao Gaeng and now chef Luke Farrell is getting ready to open a standalone restaurant - Speedboat Bar. 

  Taking over the space that used to be Xu, the Thai restaurant is being described as a love letter to Yaowarat Road, the neon-lit street of Bangkok’s Chinatown." It

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• Chef Alyn Williams to join London’s Park Row as Executive Chef

  

  Information we’ve just received via the Bat-Signal is that DC Comics-inspired restaurant Park Row has recruited a new Executive Chef: Alyn Williams.

  Having trained under chefs Marcus Wareing and Gordon Ramsay, Williams rose to fame with his eponymous restaurant Alyn Williams at The Westbury in Mayfair in 2011, which received a Michelin star less than a year after its opening. He was also named National Chef

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• Andrew Edmunds, founder of Soho's most romantic restaurant, has died

  

  It's most regularly described as "one of the last bastions of Old Soho" and certainly Andrew Edmunds on Lexington Street appears on pretty much every guide to eating out in Soho, ours included. Dark and candlelit, it was equally the kind of place to have the longest of lunches, or the most

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• How to find the best of Soho food and drink this summer

  

  If you're looking for an exciting food and drink hotspot, you couldn't do better than Soho, the beating heart of the West End.

• Block Soho has steak, seafood and a Croquettes & Cocktails happy hour

  

  A Hot Dinners exclusive

  Having recently opened Maddox Tavern in Mayfair, the same team is opening Block Soho (it's in the space where Zelman Meats used to be). 

  The big focus of the restaurant will be meat cooked over coals, alongside seafood and shellfish. The meat comes from Huntsham Court Farm and will be hung and aged in the restaurant’s own

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• Bantof in Soho sees Pied a Terre's chef branch out

  

  There's a new restaurant coming to Soho that, looking at the folk involved, certainly sounds worth a visit. Bantof describes itself as a restaurant, cocktail bar and art space. But it's the team that they've brought on board to consult on the food and drink that elevates it from the usual restaurant equivalent of Actress, Model, Whatever.

  In charge of the menu is chef Asimakis Chaniotis, whose day job is heading up

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• A Nutella breakfast cafe is coming to Soho

  

  We've already had a Veuve Clicquot breakfast cafe in Soho and now the same space is about to be taken over by another brand - this time it's going to be a Nutella breakfast cafe. 

  Called Happy Portion Parlour, this pop-up is all about using one serving of Nutella in its dishes -

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• Milk Beach brings its Aussie restaurant to Soho

  

  17/8/22 - updated with the opening date

  They've become big in Queen's Park and now Australian restaurant Milk Beach is heading into town for a second restaurant in Soho. 

  They'll be opening in the new Ilona Rose House building on Greek Street (where The Little Scarlet

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• Test Driving Miznon - the mad pita place that's landed in Soho

  

  Israeli celebrity chef Eyal Shani already has branches of Miznon in Tel Aviv, Paris and NYC. We popped along to see what his London outpost is like.

• Cult Japanese brand Lemonade by Lemonica is popping up in Soho

  

  When life gives you a heatwave, go in search of lemonade. It looks as if cult Japanese brand Lemonade by Lemonica has chosen pretty much the perfect time to launch its first UK pop up shop, which opened over the weekend in Soho.

  Originally from Kanazawa, the idea is that each glass of lemonade is made to order. In London the options will be their original lemonade, matcha lemonade, and fruity lemonades

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• Test Driving Bubala Soho - a second hit for the Middle Eastern vegetarian spot

   

  They quickly became big in Spitalfields and now Bubala have opened a second restaurant in Soho, with the same focus on Middle Eastern vegetarian cuisine. We went for a look. 

• Miznon is bringing its pitas to London

  

  29/6/22 - updated with the opening date

  They have pita restaurants around the world and now Miznon finally has its sights set on London.

  The international pita merchant, set up by Israeli celebrity chef Eyal Shani, is opening in Soho. So far there are only eight Miznons worldwide (first in Tel Aviv and now including Paris and New York), but he has plans for another 150 so don't be surprised

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• Bubala head to Soho for their second restaurant

  

  23/6/22 - Updated with opening date

  It's been a hit in Spitalfields and now Marc Summers and chef Helen Graham's restaurant Bubala is getting ready to double up with a second restaurant, this time in Soho. 

  The pair have taken over the space that used to be Vasco & Piero (which has ...

• Café Leon Dore opens in London at Aimé Leon Dore's flagship store in Soho

  

  London's cafe scene got a boost at the weekend when fashion and lifestyle brand Aimé Leon Dore opened their London flagship store in Soho. Why it's of interest to us is that it means that, like the original store in New York, London now has a Café Leon Dore.

  The hip walnut-panelled, marble-floored café serves up a shortish menu that they say is "inspired by Greek culture". That means you'll be able to order Freddo Espresso

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• Burger & Beyond's next stops are in Soho and Borough Yards

   

  Updated 6/6/22 with Soho soft launch info

  Burger and Beyond have had a pretty successful two years, all things being considered. They were one of the very first restaurants out of the door with a meal kit once the first lockdown arrived and they became a big hit (and they're still available too). Now, they've returned to real-life, mainly concentrated at their

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