Soho

Central London is firmly in the grip of a noodle craze - the queues outside Noodle Inn aren't getting any shorter and there's the new Noodle & Beer in Chinatown too. Now, here's news of a third hot new noodle restaurant coming to the area. Songhelou is a Chinese restaurant that has real history, having first opened in Suzhou back in 1737.

The dish to have features their famous Suzhou-style noodles. Think slim noodles

29/4/25 - updated with the opening date

As longstanding Hot Dinners readers should know, we do love a good wine bar. So we're very interested in combo wine bar and French restaurant Marjorie's which is opening in Soho soon.

It comes from a duo that are new to hospitality, Michael Searle & Josh Anderson but who have brought in someone very interesting on

He already has two more Italian restaurants in Soho named after the street they're in, so when restaurateur Nima Safaei came around to giving his latest opening a moniker he stayed true to form, naming it after its address on Compton Street. But while this new restaurant may share a naming convention with its sibling restaurants, it's going to be quite a different beast.

The new spot is focusing on quick pasta - think of

Brat's Tomos Parry in Soho

Victor Garvey's Californian-inspired restaurant in Soho

Asma Khan's Indian restaurant, Mk III

Noble Rot's Soho venture, serving classic food matched with great wine.

They've run pop-ups and a very popular stall at Spitalfields Market but now the Crunch team are getting ready to bring their brioche sandwiches to Soho.  

The folk behind it are Sacha Yonan, Michael Medovnikov and Joni Francisco -  who has experience at

Classic French restaurant in Soho

Classic Soho boozer with an upstairs dining room

The Rita's team's Soho restaurant

The arrival of an affordable omakase experience in Soho is to be celebrated. We grabbed a seat at the counter to see what Sushi Kyu is serving up.

Two years after they launched a pop-up with Japanese artist Kusama at Harrods with its own patisserie counter, Louis Vuitton are back at it again. They've just opened a pop-up in Soho to celebrate the 20 year anniversary of their partnership with another Japanese artist Takashi Murakami.

The Louis Vuitton x Murakami pop-up has taken over the old Fiorucci store on Brewer Street for a month.

After several successful years in Battersea, Breadstall opens its first permanent (and indoor) location in Soho, serving up huge pizzas and slices. We went down to try it for ourselves. 

2/1/25 - updated with the opening date

For years, Sebastian Vince's Breadstall has been one of the most popular pizza places in Battersea and he's spent all that time operating out of a (very big) stall on Northcote Road. However, he's finally getting ready to expand in a very big way as Breadstall is coming to Soho. It'll be opening on Berwick Street (near the