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New Knightsbridge spot Clap Ka-fe is hoping to go viral with its cute Japanese pastries

Information: 02 April 2025

They already run a sushi restaurant at the top of the building, now the Knightsbridge cafe CLAP London (we feel we've pretty much exhausted jokes on that name) has taken over the ground floor too...

Claude Bosi is opening Josephine in Marylebone

Information: 01 April 2025

1/4/25 - updated with more details and the opening date. Last year, chef Claude Bosi, together with his wife Lucy, opened French bouchon Josephine in Chelsea to rave reviews. It was, however, for...

Buttered up - Soho's new single item restaurant Butter LDN is for dairy lovers only

Information: 01 April 2025

Updated 12pm 1/4/25 - we know we've tricked a fair few of you, who've started following Butter on Insta, but this was our 2025 April Fool and one to add to our long line of April Fool's Day jokes...

Konjiki is serving up cheese nigiri and sushi tacos in Kensington

Information: 31 March 2025

Kensington's restaurant scene is on fire right now and nowhere is that more obvious than on Kensington Church Street. Hot on the heels of Krokodilos and Passyunk Avenue opening their doors comes a...

Seventy Five is a new restaurant inside Liberty with an Ex-Da Terra chef in charge

Information: 31 March 2025

Somewhat out of the blue, Liberty on Regent Street is getting ready to open a brand new restaurant. It's part of their 150th anniversary celebrations, hence the name of the restaurant, Seventy Five. It...

Greek restaurant Myrtos arrives in South Kensington with an ex-Pied a Terre chef in charge

Information: 28 March 2025

9/5/25 - Updated with soft launch details We've had a few excellent new Greek restaurants open in London of late and it looks like another is coming to South Kensington. Myrtos is from ex-Pied a...

Parasol sees the Discount Suit Co team join forces with Ruby's founder in Dalston

Information: 28 March 2025

28/3/25 - updated with opening details The team behind bars like Discount Suit Company and The Sun Tavern are getting ready for their next bar, this time in Dalston. They're taking over the basement...

William Gleave is the new Chef Patron at Sargasso in Margate

Information: 27 March 2025

Ever since the news broke that the restaurant at Hill & Szrok had closed, we've been wondering where we'd see their resident chef William Gleave pop up next. Well now we know that he's made a...

Adam Handling unveils a new chocolate shop in Covent Garden

Information: 26 March 2025

It's been a while since he opened a new restaurant in London, but chef Adam Handling is doing something a little different for his next launch - he's opened a chocolate shop in Covent Garden. Called...

Bad Manners are taking their popular burritos (and more) from Clapton to Shoreditch

Information: 26 March 2025

Fans of East London's popular churchyard burrito stand Bad Manners got a bit of a shock last week when they were told that it was their last week serving up their OG all day breakfast menu. But the...

Chantelle Nicholson is opening The Cordia Collective in a Grade II West Sussex estate

Information: 26 March 2025

26/3/25 - updated with Baked by Cordia opening date Two years ago Chantelle Nicholson opened Apricity in Mayfair, a restaurant that perfectly showcased her strong commitment to sustainability and...

Rotisserie chicken and pork belly is on the menu at Chuck's in Brixton

Information: 25 March 2025

Over in Brixton two seasoned restaurateurs are teaming up for what sounds like a very promising rotisserie restaurant. They're Kieran Monteiro (previously Boma) and Sam Mousawi (who ran the Park...

Kung Fu Mama Taiwanese noodle bar picks Covent Garden as its launchpad

Information: 25 March 2025

What do you get if you pair up the co-founder of Ottolenghi with the founder of a noodle empire? It turns out that a Taiwanese noodle bar in Covent Garden is the answer. The business duo in question are...

The FT does a deep dive on London restaurant hype

Information: 24 March 2025

This weekend saw the Financial Times unveiling its newly expanded food and drink dream team, Appetites, consisting of Tim Hayward, Marina O'Loughlin and Jay Rayner alongside columnists Jancis...

Alfie's at Belgravia pub The Alfred Tennyson will offer tableside theatre and a 'black book' of wine

Information: 24 March 2025

2025 continues to be a year of dining well in London pubs. The latest central London boozer to take things up a notch is Belgravia pub The Alfred Tennyson, which is just getting ready to unveil a...

Bleecker Burger's next stop is at Baker Street

Information: 21 March 2025

21/3/25 - updated with the opening date They make what is one of our favourite burgers in London and now Zan Kaufman's Bleecker, is about to get bigger. Soon after opening in Seven Dials and London...

Flat Iron's next steakhouse is in the Royal Festival Hall

Information: 21 March 2025

21/3/25 - updated with the opening date. Flat Iron is getting even bigger. The affordable steakhouse already has 14 restaurants in London and there's about to be a 15th - and it's also their second in...

BookBar is expanding to Chelsea with its social offering for book lovers

Information: 21 March 2025

Four years down the road of having charmed the residents of Blackstock Road with their winning mix of books, coffee and wine, the founder behind BookBar is heading west. Making the announcement...

E5 bakehouse is opening at the new V&E East Storehouse in Stratford

Information: 21 March 2025

The new Stratford Cross development is resulting in adding some very interesting new food options to the area. We've recently had the opening of Templar from the Darkhorse team and next year we'll...

London has a new riverside terrace bar at the Southbank Centre

Information: 21 March 2025

Even if the springtime burst of sunshine we've been having recently doesn't continue, it's going to be well worth knowing that London has a brand new terrace bar overlooking the river. Seventy5th...

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