Soho

• Vasco & Piero's are coming back to Soho

  

  There was much consternation earlier this year when the news broke that Soho legendary Italian Vasco and Piero's Pavilion was to shut because of rent issues. But we then learned pretty quickly from an Instagram post that it wasn't a complete goodbye as they were already on the hunt for a new

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• Test Driving Sucre & Abajo - the hot new Latin American bar and restaurant in Soho

  

  London's restaurant scene just got a whole lot brighter with the arrival of this gorgeous new restaurant and bar from a Latin American powerhouse team. We went along to marvel at it all. 

• Test Driving Park Row - Gotham City and Batman come to London

  

  Park Row is a huge, immersive Batman-themed restaurant in London. But what's it like? We popped along to find out. 

• Gunpowder and their Kashmiri lamb chops head for Soho

   

  Following their two restaurants (Spitalfields and Tower Bridge) and a strong lockdown/delivery game with Empire Biryani and more, Gunpowder are getting ready to open their next Indian restaurant - this time in Soho. They're coming to Greek Street (where the Pizza Express used to

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• Fancy dining with Batman? Park Row, a DC Comics Universe restaurant is coming to London

  

  Taking over the space where Mash restaurant was, this is a huge DC Comics experience - with a big lean towards Batman in particular. Expect a multi-room experience that's inspired by Gotham City. 

• Big Mamma's Napoli Gang is popping up in Soho

  

  They may have only recently opened Ave Mario in Covent Garden and before that Circolo Popolare in Fitzrovia - but before now Big Mamma hadn't occupied the space in between, Soho. But now they're planning a month-long pop-ip of Napoli Gang. 

  Napoli Gang is their (until now) delivery-only offshoot. This August it will be popping up in the Soho Fiorucci flagship store on Brewer Street. There you'll be able to pick

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• Top Argentine chef Fernando Trocca is opening Sucre in Soho (with a world class bar Abajo downstairs)

  

  One of Latin America's top chefs is teaming up with one of the regions top mixologists for a London restaurant and cocktail bar opening that should be as huge as it sounds.

• Bar Crispin is a new natural wine bar for Soho

  

  The people behind Crispin in Spitalfields are coming to Soho with a new natural wine bar (backed up by a great snacks list). 

• Kasa & Kin is a new Filipino cafe and restaurant in Soho from Romulo Café

  

  The people behind Kensington's Romulo Café & Restaurant are coming to Soho for their next opening - Kasa and Kin.

  This will be a combination of all-day restaurant & bar, bakery and patisserie, all centred in Filipino cuisine. At this stage, we know more about what will be happening with the pattiserie. On that menu will be pandesal bread

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• SOMA is the new standalone bar in Soho from Kricket

  

  The people behind Kricket are getting ready to open something new, and quite different from before. This time it's a standalone basement bar in Soho, called SOMA, taking over the building right next door to Kricket Soho (which used to be a club and karaoke bar). 

  SOMA will still carry on the Indian influences that you'll see in Kricket, and more besides with drinks

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• Test Driving the new Mr Ji - where the people behind TOU and TA TA Eatery have taken over the menu

   

  Taiwanese chicken emporium Mr Ji has had a major overhaul with a brand new menu from a talented team. We went down for a look...

• Pam's in Soho takes over from The Diner

  

  A Hot Dinners exclusive

  If you've been around Soho, you might have noticed a new bar and restaurant called Pam's. It turns out that it's from Barworks, the same people behind The Diner as well as Mare Street Market, who have completely relaunched that site with a new look, name and new menu too. The aim was to make it a more casual space than before and they told Hot Dinners they want it to be

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• Hongdae Pocha is a new Korean pub in the heart of Soho

  

  Bringing Korean drinking culture to London, Hongdae Pocha is serving up hotpots, soju cocktails and more.

• Rudy's Neapolitan Pizza heads down south to open in Soho

   

  Updated 25/5/21 with opening date and soft launch offer

  As things open up again, it's time for another new London pizzeria, but this one has had success elsewhere first. Rudy's Neapolitan Pizza has been mainly serving pizzas in the north - in Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds and Birmingham and they've been very popular there. But they've now headed south, straight into Soho,

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• Tendril are back with a plant-based menu at the Sun & 13 Cantons in Soho

  

  After a brief reopening late last year, Soho's Sun and 13 Cantons is back and continuing its series of very interesting pop-ups (they hosted Darjeeling Express before Asma Khan opened their first restaurant) and it's a continuation of the last - Tendril.

  It comes from Rishim Sachdeva, previously at Chiltern Firehouse, Almeida and The Dairy and who is now going it alone with Tendril, serving up a plant-based

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