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Soraya in Marylebone sees the team behind Nina and Bottarga opening their largest restaurant to date

Information: 23 April 2026

If you've been wandering around Marylebone recently and wondered what is going to be opening up at the massive Loxton Walk development on Baker Street (Matchado, Le Choux and Melrose & Morgan have...

Slavic sips at Sova, the new vinyl wine bar in Notting Hill with a list to broaden your wine horizons

Information: 23 April 2026

We went to expand our wine tastes with the eclectic Eastern European-focused list at new Notting Hill wine bar Sova.

New London restaurants added to the Michelin Guide - now with April's additions

Information: 22 April 2026

Updated for April, with excellent Notting Hill restaurant Fan getting a highlighted addition, while Osteria Angelina, Motorino, MOI and more all get added to the guide.

Expect banging brunches and innovative bakes at Burnt's new Bethnal Green home

Information: 22 April 2026

Updated 22/4/26 with opening date Londoners' capacity to be excited by the arrival of a new bakery knows no bounds, so the arrival of a new one in Bethnal Green should be of interest. This will be...

The Wolseley Group are opening a hotel (and restaurant) in Mayfair

Information: 22 April 2026

It's been a while since The Wolseley Group's last opening, which was The Wolseley City back in 2023. But now they're getting ready to open their first London hotel, and it's going to be part of...

The Victory takes over from longstanding East Dulwich restaurant Franklin's

Information: 22 April 2026

When one door closes, another opens, and that's very much the case with the closure this week of an East Dulwich institution, Franklin's. After 26 years in business, owner Rod Franklin decided that...

Viral smoothie brand Elevate is opening a smoothie bar inside Selfridges Food Hall

Information: 22 April 2026

Every once in a while, you'll find a new indie coffee or smoothie brand that somehow manages to cut through the noise and really cause a splash on the London scene. Last year those two were matcha...

The Conduit is bringing Kent chef Will Devlin's farm-to-table restaurant Birchwood to Covent Garden

Information: 22 April 2026

Chef Will Devlin runs a series of restaurants across Kent, under his Acre group, that have a big focus on sustainability and farm-to-table cooking. Of those, The Small Holding and Birchwood are the...

Avi is a new French/American bistro from the Prince Arthur team, and they've brought the caviar

Information: 21 April 2026

The team behind The Prince Arthur Belgravia, as well as Arthur's Market in Chelsea, are getting ready to open their next restaurant. This time around, they're going back to Belgravia and are teaming...

Test Driving Weezie's, marrying pizza and good wine in Belgravia

Information: 21 April 2026

Weezie's brings pizza and wine together, coming from the same team as Amie Wine Studio (and opening next door). We went down to Belgravia to check out London's latest wine bar/pizzeria.

Miami's celeb hangout Coyo Taco is coming to London (and they'll have a speakeasy too)

Information: 20 April 2026

We've had a bit of an influx of tacos from America of late, from Trejo's Tacos in Notting Hill to Velvet Taco in the City. Now there's news of a new arrival from Miami, Coyo Taco. In Miami, it's...

The Talli Queen sees The Queen Adeleide in Shepherd's Bush reborn as an Indian pub by chef Avi Shashidhara

Information: 20 April 2026

The Queen Adelaide pub in Shepherd's Bush closed last summer, but the pub is now returning under a new guise, called The Talli Queen. It comes from chef Avi Shashidhara, who previously worked at...

Jimmy Garcia turns to rotisserie chicken on the South Bank with Rotate by Jimmy

Information: 20 April 2026

Jimmy Garcia is now into his tenth year on the South Bank with Jimmy's BBQ Club. For something that was originally billed as a pop-up, that's one hell of a run. But as he hits the decade mark, he's...

New restaurants and bars opening in London this week

Information: 20 April 2026

Here are all the new restaurants to look forward to in the coming week. This week, the Spiteri family open a pub, Papi do too, Theo Clench arrives in Mayfair, Cue Point go permanent in White City...

Jackson Boxer's next restaurant is Vesper, opening on Exmouth Market

Information: 17 April 2026

Only a few weeks after helping to relaunch TAQ in Notting Hill, Jackson Boxer already has a new restaurant nearly ready to go. The chef, best known for Dove in Notting Hill and Brunswick House in...

Tattu are taking over one of the floating Canary Wharf restaurants

Information: 17 April 2026

A few weeks ago, we got the news that French brasserie Marceline had closed the doors of its floating restaurant in Canary Wharf. That building was empty for a long time before Marceline took it on,...

Test Driving Orrery by Pierre Minotti, well on its way to earning that Michelin star

Information: 16 April 2026

Orrery in Marylebone has relaunched under new chef Pierre Minotti, who intends to win it a new Michelin star. We went down to see just how much has changed and how his Michelin hopes are faring.

All Roads is making the leap from supperclub to restaurant in Brixton

Information: 15 April 2026

Malika Green and Paschelle Brown have been running All Roads as sold-out supperclubs for three years. That's along with working a wide variety of restaurants, including Patty & Bun, Daddy Bao,...

Zylia is a new standalone Greek/Cypriot taverna at Arcade Covent Garden, from Singburi's Nick Molyviatis

Information: 15 April 2026

We recently wrote about what's coming to the Arcade food hall in Covent Garden, but while most of those have already appeared elsewhere, there's one very interesting new addition that we can now...

St Katharine Docks is getting all the dim sum with Banquet 88

Information: 15 April 2026

They already own two dim sum restaurants in Wimbledon and Ealing as well as Tao Tao Ju in Chinatown, but now the folks behind the Good Fortune Club are coming into the centre of town with a hot new...

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